List of female poets

This is a list of female poets organised by the time period in which they were born. This listing is subordered alphabetically by name.

Before Common Era

1 – 500 CE

500 – 999 CE

1000 – 1399 CE

15th century

16th century

17th century

1710s

1720s

1730s

1740s

1750s

1760s

1770s

1780s

1790s

and actress

1800s

1810s

1820s

  • Anne Brontë (1820–1849), British novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family
  • Alice Cary (1820–1871), American poet, sister of Phoebe Cary
  • Frances Harper (1825–1911), American poet and novelist
  • Jean Ingelow (1820–1897), English poet and novelist
  • Annie Keary (1825–1879), English novelist and poet
  • Lucy Larcom (1824–1893), millgirl, frequent contributor to the Lowell Offering, published four books of poetry in her lifetime

1830s

1840s

1850s

1860s

1870s

1880s

1890s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

See also

References

  1. Benson, Eugene; Conolly, L W (2004). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. p. 1004. ISBN 1134468482.
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