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This page lists some of the 10,000 entries from the Dartmouth Medal-winning encyclopedia Women in World History that do not have articles in Wikipedia. Please note that some of the entries concern historical figures of whom little is known other than birth and death dates, or records of their marriage and children. So, prior to starting an article from this list, be certain the subject meets notability guidelines and that you have multiple reliable sources.

This list is a work in progress.

Full entries are available online through Internet Archive (volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) or Encyclopedia.com (list).

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<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Commire|editor1-first=Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|date=2002|publisher=Yorkin Publications|location=Waterford, Connecticut|isbn=0-7876-4074-3|volume=3|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist03comm/page/356/mode/2up|chapter=Carabillo, Toni (1926–1997)|page=357}}</ref>

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  • Faileuba (fl. 586-587), Queen of Austrasia and Burgundy
  • Marie Favart (born 1833) (born Marie Pierette Ignace Pingaud Favart, 1833), French actress
  • Feodore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1866–1932) Born Feodore Victoria Alberta on July 23, 1866; died on November 1, 1932; daughter of Hermann, 6th prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Leopoldine (1837–1903); married Emich, 5th prince of Leiningen, on July 12, 1894; children: five, including Charles, 6th prince of Leiningen
  • Fergusa (fl. 800s), Queen of Dalriada; daughter of Fergus, king of Dalriada (Fergus mac Echdach?); maternal niece of two kings of the Picts, Kenneth II and Alpin II; married her cousin Eochaid IV, king of Dalriada; children: Alpin, king of Kintyre (d. 834)
  • Félicité de and Théophile de Fernig/Félicité de Fernig/Felicite de Fernig/Théophile de Fernig/Theophile de Fernig (c. 1776–after 1831)/(c. 1779–c. 1818), French soldiers known as the "Amazons of the Jemappes" for their bravery at the Battle of Jemappes [8]
  • Anne Ferrers (d. 1342), English noblewoman; daughter of William Ferrers, 1st baron Ferrers of Groby, and Margaret Segrave (c. 1280–?); married Edward Despenser; children: Edward Despenser, 1st baron Despenser.
  • Francesca da Firenze (fl. 15th c.), Florentine miniaturist and nun [9]
  • Greta Fischer (1909–1988), child welfare worker with the UN Relief and Rehabilitation Agency's Special Child Division [10]
  • Amy Fitzalan (fl. 1440), also Amy Butler, Countess of Ormonde; daughter of John Fitzalan, 11th earl of Arundel, and Maud Lovell; second wife of James Butler (1420–1461), 5th earl of Ormonde
  • Elizabeth Fitzalan (fl. 1408–1417)/Lady Maltravers, English noblewoman; married John Fitzalan (1385–1421); children: John Fitzalan (1408–1435), 11th earl of Arundel; William Fitzalan (1417–1487), 13th earl of Arundel
  • Joan Fitzalan/Joan Bohun (fl. 1325), Countess of Hereford and Essex; daughter of Edmund Fitzalan, 7th earl of Arundel, and Alice (de Warrenne) Fitzalan (d. around 1338); sister of Richard Fitzalan (c. 1313–1376), 8th earl of Arundel; aunt of Joan Fitzalan (d. 1419); married John Bohun, 5th earl of Hereford, 4th of Essex, in 1325
  • Katherine Fitzalan (disambiguation)
  • Katherine Fitzalan (b. ca. 1520)/Katherine Grey/Catherine Fitzalan, Countess of Arundel; daughter of Thomas Grey (1477–1530), 2nd marquess of Dorset, and Margaret Wotton ; married Henry Fitzalan (1512–1580), 16th earl of Arundel; children: Mary Fitzalan (d. 1557)
  • Katherine Fitzalan (fl. 1530s), English noblewoman; daughter of William Fitzalan, 15th earl of Arundel, and Anne Percy; first wife of Henry Grey (c. 1517–1554), later duke of Suffolk
  • Margaret Fitzalan/Margaret Roos/Baroness Ros (b. ca. 1388), English noblewoman; daughter of John Fitzalan (1365–1391) and Elizabeth Despenser (d. 1408); married William Roos (d. 1414), 7th baron Ros; children: Margaret Roos (who married Reginald Grey); Thomas Roos, 9th baron Ros (d. 1431)
  • Maud Fitzalan/Maud de Verdun (fl. 1200s) English noblewoman; daughter of Roesia de Verdun; married John Fitzalan (who, though not known as an earl of Arundel, occupied the castle of Arundel from 1243 to 1267); children: John Fitzalan (d. 1272); grandmother of Richard, 6th earl of Arundel
  • Amabel Fitzhammon (d. 1157), Countess of Gloucester; married Robert, 1st earl of Gloucester (illegitimate son of Henry I and Nesta Tewdwr ), in 1109 (died 1147); children: William Fitzrobert, 2nd earl of Gloucester
  • Anne Fitzhugh (fl. 1466), Viscountess Lovell; daughter of Henry Fitzhugh, 5th Lord Fitzhugh of Ravensworth, and Alice Neville (fl. 1480s, sister of the Kingmaker); married Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell, in 1466
  • Amice FitzWilliam, 4th Countess of Gloucester/Amicia Fitzrobert (d. 1225), Countess of Hertford, countess of Gloucester. Name variations: Amicia of Gloucester. Died in 1225; daughter of William Fitzrobert, 2nd earl of Gloucester, and Hawise Beaumont (daughter of Robert, 2ndearl of Leicester); married Richard de Clare, 4th earl of Hertford, about 1180; children: Gilbert de Clare, 5th earl of Hertford, 1st earl of Gloucester (born around 1180); Richard also known as Roger de Clare; Matilda de Clare (who married William de Braose and Rhys Gryg).
  • Flaccilla (daughter of Theodosius II)/Flacilla (d. 431), Roman noble, died in childhood; daughter of Theodosius II, East Roman emperor, and Eudocia (c. 401–460)
  • Janine-Marie de Foix (fl. 1377), French soldier, fought for King Charles V
  • Vera Fokina (1886–1958), Russian ballerina
  • Mary Fox, Lady Holland/Mary Augusta Coventry (b. 1817), Born Lady Mary Augusta Coventry in 1817; daughter of George Coventry, 8th Earl of Coventry and Lady Mary Beauclerk; married Henry Fox, 4th Baron Holland in 1833 (died 1859); daughter-in-law of Elizabeth Vassall Fox (1770–1845).
  • Fredesenda of Hauteville/Fredesenda (fl. 1000), Frankish noblewoman; second wife of Tancred of Hauteville; children: Robert Guiscard (d. 1085, duke of Apulia and Calabria, count of Sicily, r. 1057–1085); William, count of the Principate (d. 1080); Roger the Great, count of Sicily (r. 1072–1101); Fredesendis (fl. 1050); et al.
  • Fredesendis/Fredesendis, Princess of Capua (fl. 1050), Princess of Capua; daughter of Fredesenda of Hauteville and Tancred of Hauteville; married Richard I, prince of Capua
  • Furneria of Mirepoix (fl. 13th c.), French Albigensian. Flourished in the 13th century in France; married William Roger also known as Guillaume-Roger, count of Mirepoix.

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  • Ida de Macon/Ida of Macon (d. 1224), Duchess of Lorraine; daughter of Gerard I, count of Macon and Vienne, and Maurette de Salins, heiress of Salins; married Humbert II de Coligny, around 1170; married Simon II, duke of Lorraine, after 1190
  • Ida of Louvain (d. 1260), Born in Louvain, France; Ida of Louvain died at the abbey of Ramiège in 1260. Her feast day is April 13.
  • Ida of Lower Lorraine (d. 27 July 1162), Noblewoman of Lower Lorraine; daughter of Godfrey I, duke of Lower Lorraine (r. 1106–1139) and Ida of Namur; sister of Godfrey II of Lower Lorraine (d. 1142) and Adelicia of Louvain (c. 1102–1151, queen of England)
  • Ida of Namur, Duchess of Lower Lorraine. Probably died between 1117 and 1121; daughter of Albert III, count of Namur; first wife of Godfrey I, duke of Lower Lorraine also known as Louvain (r. 1106–1139); children: Godfrey II of Lower Lorraine (d. 1142); Adelicia of Louvain (c. 1102–1151, queen of England); Ida of Lower Lorraine (d. 1162)
  • Ida of Nivelles (597–652)/Ida de Nivelles/Ida of Nijvel, Cistercian nun and queen of the Franks; married Pepin I of Landen, mayor of Austrasia (king of the Franks, d.640); aunt of Saint Modesta of Trier (d. about 680); children: Gertrude of Nivelles (626–659); Begga (613–698); Grimoald, mayor of Austrasia (d. 656). Following the death of her husband Pepin I, Ida of Nivelles, queen of the Franks, became a nun at the abbey of Nivelles (Belgium) where her daughter Gertrude of Nivelles was abbess. Ida's feast day is May 8.
  • Ida of Nivelles (d. 1232) (d. 1232, some sources cite 1231), Belgian abbess; died at convent of La Ramée, Belgium
  • Ida of Swabia (d. 986), Duchess of Swabia; daughter of Herman I, duke of Swabia; married Liudolf also known as Ludolf (980–957), duke of Swabia (r. 948–957), in 948; children: Otto I (b. 954), duke of Bavaria; Matilda of Essen (949–1011); and one other daughter
  • Ida Plantagenet/Isabel Plantagenet (fl. 1175), Countess of Norfolk; daughter of Isabel de Warrenne (c. 1137–1203) and Hamelin de Warrenne (c. 1129–1202, illegitimate son of Geoffrey of Anjou), 5th earl of Surrey; married Roger Bigod, 2nd earl of Norfolk, one of the 25 sureties of the Magna Carta, and steward of the household of Richard I, king of England; married Robert de Lascy; married Gilbert de Laigle, Lord of Pevensey; children: (first marriage) Hugh Bigod, 3rd earl of Norfolk (r. c. 1200–1225) and earl marshall of England; Margaret Bigod (who married Sir John Jeremy); Margery Bigod (who married William Hastings, steward to Henry II, king of England); Alice Bigod (who married Aubrey IV, 2nd earl of Oxford)
  • Ildico (fl. 453), Teutonic princess; wife of Attila (c. 370/400–453), leader of the Huns
  • Imagi of Luxemburg (c. 1000 – 21 August 1057), Countess of Altdorf; daughter of Frederick (c. 965–1019), count of Luxemburg; sister of Ogive of Luxemburg (d. 1030); married Guelph also known as Welf or Wolfard, count of Altdorf and duke of Nether Bavaria, around 1015 (died 1030, some sources cite 1036); children: Guelph or Welf, duke of Carinthia; Cunegunda d'Este (c. 1020–1055)
  • Ina Maria of Bassewitz-Levitzow/Ina-Maria of Bassewitz-Levitzow (1888–1973), Countess of Prussia and countess von Ruppin
  • Inan (singer) (fl. c. 800), Arabian singer from Yamama; caliphs of Baghdad paid tens of thousands in gold to hear her perform her compositions[16]
  • Inanna (composer) (fl. c. 3000 BCE), Sumerian composer credited with composing "The Song of Life and Marriage" and other Sumerian hymns
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  • Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1734-1803), US patriot, wife of Philip Schuyler
  • Ann London Scott (1929–1975), American feminist
  • Esther Mae Scott (1893–1979), African-American blues singer and musician
  • Anne Segrave (d. ca. 1377) Abbess of Barking; daughter of John Segrave, 4th baron Segrave), and Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk (c. 1320–1400); sister of Elizabeth Segrave (1338–1399)
  • Elizabeth Segrave/Elizabeth Seagrave/Elizabeth Mowbray (1338–1399), English noblewoman; daughter of John Segrave, 3rd baron Segrave (also seen as 4th baron Segrave), and Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk (c. 1320–1400); sister of Anne Segrave ; married John Mowbray (1340–1368), 4th baron Mowbray, in 1353 (slain near Constantinople, on the way to the Holy Land, on October 9, 1368); children: John Mowbray, earl of Nottingham; Thomas Mowbray (c. 1362–1399), 1st duke of Norfolk; Margaret Mowbray (fl. 1380)
  • Margaret Segrave/Margaret Ferrers (b. ca. 1280), Baroness Ferrers of Groby; daughter of John Segrave (1256–1325), 2nd baron Segrave, and Christian de Plessetis ; married William Ferrers, 1st baron Ferrers of Groby (d. 1325); children: Anne Ferrers (d. 1342); Henry Ferrers, 2nd baron Ferrers of Groby (d. 1343)
  • Ina Seidel (1885–1974), German poet and novelist
  • Senena (fl. 1200s), Lady of Lleyn. Flourished around the 1200s; married Gruffydd, Lord of Lleyn (son of Llywelyn the Great [1173–1240], Ruler of All Wales); children: five, including Llywelyn III the Last, prince of Wales
  • Lucy Ellen Sewall (1837–1890), American physician and feminist[46]
  • Edna Sewell (1881–1967), American advocate for farm women[47]
  • Frances Seymour, Countess of Holderness (d. 1679) interred on January 5, 1680, in Westminster Abbey, London; daughter of Frances Devereux (d. 1674) and William Seymour (1587–1660), 2nd duke of Somerset (r. 1660–1660); married Richard Molyneux, 2nd viscount Molyneux; married Thomas Wriothesly (1607–1667), 5th earl of Southampton (r. 1624–1667); married Conyers Darcy, 2nd earl of Holderness, in 1676; stepchildren: Rachel Russell (1636–1723)
  • Frances Thynne Seymour/Frances Thynne, Countess of Hertford/Frances Thynne, Duchess of Somerset (1699–1754), English poet and countess of Hertford. Born on May 10, 1699, in Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire, England; died on July 7, 1754, at Percy Lodge, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England; interred in Westminster Abbey; daughter of Honorable Henry Thynne and Grace Strode Thynne; married Algernon Seymour (b. 1684), Baron Percy, earl of Hertford and later 7th duke of Somerset, on March 1, 1715; children: Elizabeth Percy (1716–1776), duchess of Northumberland; George Seymour (b. 1725), Lord Beauchamp
  • Jane Seymour[disambiguation needed]/Lady Jane Seymour/Lady Clifford (d. 1679), English noblewoman; daughter of Frances Devereux (d. 1674) and William Seymour (1587–1660), 2nd duke of Somerset (r. 1660–1660); married Charles Boyle, 2nd Lord Clifford, on May 7, 1661; children: Mary Boyle (1671–1709, who married James Douglas, 2nd duke of Queensbury); Charles Boyle, 3rd earl of Cork
  • Mary Seymour, Countess of Winchelsea (d. 1673); daughter of Frances Devereux (d. 1674) and William Seymour (1587–1660), 2nd duke of Somerset (r. 1660–1660); became first wife of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea (r. 1639–1689), before 1653
  • Mary F. Seymour/Mary Foot Seymour (1846–1893), American entrepreneur and journalist[48][49]
  • Angela Sforza (fl. 1500s), Milanese noblewoman; daughter of Carlo Sforza (b. 1461) and Bianca Simonetta Sforza; married Ercole di Sigismondo d'Este; children: Sigismondo d'Este (d. 1579)
  • Bianca Simonetta Sforza, Milanese noblewoman. Married Charles also known as Carlo Sforza; children: Ippolita Sforza (who married Alessandro Bentivoglio); Angela Sforza (who married Ercole di Sigismondo d'Este)
  • Cammilla Sforza/Camilla Marzano/Cammilla Marzano, Milanese noblewoman; Married Costanzo Sforza (1447–1483). Costanzo had an illegitimate son Giovanni Sforza (1466–1510), lord of Pessaro
  • Chiara Sforza (born ca. 1464), Milanese noblewoman; illegitimate daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–1476), duke of Milan, and Lucrezia Landriani (wife of Giampietro Landriani); sister of Caterina Sforza (c. 1462–1509)[50]
  • Ginevra Tiepolo Sforza/Ginevra Tiepolo, noblewoman of Pesaro; became third wife of Giovanni Sforza (1466–1510), lord of Pesaro. His first wife was Maddalena Sforza (1472–1490); his second wife was Lucrezia Borgia
  • Ippolita Bentivoglio (create disambiguation at Ippolita Sforza), daughter of Carlo Sforza (b. 1461) and Bianca Simonetta Sforza ; married Allesandro Bentivoglio
  • Maddalena Sforza/Maddalena Gonzaga (1472–1490), Noblewoman of Pesaro; daughter of Margaret of Bavaria (1445–1479) and Frederigo also known as Federico Gonzaga (1441–1484), 3rd marquis of Mantua (r. 1478–1484)
  • Polissena Sforza/Polissena Malatesta, Ferrarese noblewoman; Second wife of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417–1486)
  • Betty Kronman Shapiro/Rebecca Shapiro/Rebecca Kronman (1907–1989), International president of B'nai B'rith Women [51]
  • Shariyya (born ca. 815), Arabian singer, one of the best known of her time, who is famous in Arabian history and folklore. Born in Basra.
  • Elizabeth Shaw (fl. 1500s), Mistress of James V (1512–1542), king of Scotland (r. 1513–1542); children: (with James V) James Stewart (b. around 1529), abbot of Kelso and Melrose
  • Mary G. Shaw (1854–1929), American actress, lecturer, and women's suffrage leader
  • Pauline Agassiz Shaw (1841–1917), Swiss-American philanthropist and advocate of early childhood education
  • Alla Shelest (b. 1919), Soviet ballerina[52]
  • Mary Belle Sherman/Mary Belle King Sherman/Mary Belle King (1862–1935), American clubwoman who lobbied on behalf of the national-parks movement
  • Katharine Margaret Sherwood/Kate Brownlee Sherwood/Kate Brownlee/Katharine Margaret Brownlee (1841–1914), American journalist, poet and civic leader
  • Mary Sherwood (1856–1935), American physician and public health advocate[53][54]
  • Mary Elizabeth Sherwood/M. E. W. Sherwood/Mary Elizabeth Wilson Sherwood (1826–1903), American author and etiquette expert[55]
  • Sibylle of Brunswick-Luneburg/Sybille of Braunschweig-Lüneburg/ (1584–1652), Duchess of Brunswick-Dannenberg. Born on June 3, 1584; died on August 5, 1652; daughter of Dorothy of Denmark (1546–1617) and William the Younger, duke of Luneburg; married Julius Ernst, duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg, on December 18, 1617
  • Siege warfare and women (8th c.–17th c.), an overview of women's participation in sieges during some of pre-18th-century Europe's major wars[56]
  • Amalie Sieveking/Amalie Wilhelmine Sieveking (1794–1859), German humanitarian, charity worker, and educator who played an important role in making philanthropic activities more available to German Lutheran women (de)
  • Hester Sigerson/Hester Varian (d. 1898), Irish novelist and poet
  • Sigolena of Albi/Sigolena de Albi/Segolena de Troclar (fl. 7th. c.), French deaconess and saint[57]
  • Caterina Segurana/Caterina Sigurana/Catherine Sigurana (fl. 1543), Italian heroine (it)
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  • Ulayya/'Ulayya (fl. 800s), Arabian singer and poet, leader of the Persian romantic music movement; daughter of Maknuna (a slave singer) and Caliph al-Mahdi (r. 775–785); half-sister of Harun al-Rashid, Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi, and Abassa; stepdaughter of Khaizaran
  • Marie Ulyanova (fl. 1880-1930s), Russian revolutionary, sister of Vladimir Lenin
  • Urraca, Countess of Trastamara (c. 1096– after 1130), daughter of Teresa of Castile (c. 1080–1130) and Henry, count of Burgundy (r. 1093–1112); sister of Alphonso I Henriques, king of Portugal (r. 1139–1185); married Bermudo, count of Trastamara, before 1120
  • Urraca of Aragon, Princess of Aragon. Daughter of Gilberga (d. 1054) and Ramiro I, king of Aragon (r. 1035–1069); became a nun
  • Uta of Passau, Duchess of Carinthia. Daughter of Udalrich, count of Passau; married Ingelbert II, duke of Carinthia; children: Maud Carinthia (c. 1105–1160).

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