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Nafije Zogyu
Albanian princess, sister of King Zog I, m. Geno Bey Kriziv (1887 – 1927).
(b. 1900 – d. 1955)

Naksidil
Ottoman queen mother, Valide Sultan 1808 – 1817 to her son Mahmud II (1785 – 1839).
(b. c1766 – d. Aug 22, 1817, Constantinople, Turkey)

Naples, Teodora Crescenzi, Duchess of
Italian papal patrician, sister of Pope John XIII, m. Giovanni III, Duke of Naples.
(fl. c960 – 972)

Narbonne-Lara, Marie Adelaide de Montholon, Comtesse de
French courtier, m. (1782) Louis de Bourbon, Comte de Narbonne-Lara (1755 – 1813).
(b. Oct 16, 1767, Macon, Burgundy – d. Jan 9, 1848)
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Natchez, Gladys Worms
American physiotherapist and writer, Personality Patterns and Oral Reading (1959).
.(b. Nov 13, 1915, New York – d. May 29, 1994, Walnut Creek, CA)

Nathanson, Minnie Mazer
Jewish-American philanthropist, patron of Albert Einstein College.
(b. 1908, Brooklyn, New York – d. June 9, 1992, Manhattan)

Navailles, Suzanne de Beaudean-Parabere de Neuillan, Duchesse de
French courtier of Louis XIV, chief lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie Therese.
(b. 1626 – d. 1700)

Navarra de Gunvara, Maria Anna de
Spanish religieuse
(b. 1565 – d. 1624)

Nazareva, Kapitolina Valerianovna
Russian writer and dramatist
(b. 1847 – d. 1900)

Nedosinska, Antonie
Hungarian actress, Do pansketio stavu (1925) : Nebe a dudy (1941).
(b. June 26, 1885, Prague, Bohemia – d. July 17, 1950, Podebrady, Czechoslavakia)

Necker, Suzanne Curchod
French-Swiss salonniere, author and translator, m. Jacques Necker, and mother of Mme de Stael.
(b. 1737 – d. 1794)

Needham, Elizabeth
British procuress and criminal
(b. c1670 – d. 1731)

Needle, Martha
Australian abortionist and infant murderess
(b. 1864 – d. 1894)

Nefertari (Nofretiri)
Queen of Egypt 1279 – c1254 B.C.E., first chief queen of Ramesses II.
(b. c1305 – d. c1254 B.C.E.)

Nefertiti
Queen of Egypt, wife of Amenhotep IV Akhenaton. Stepmother of Tuthankamun.
(b. c1381 – d. c1346 B.C.E.)

Negri, Paola Antonia
Italian saint
(b. 1508 – d. 1555)

Negri, Pola
Polish-American silent film actress and memoirist.
(b. 1894 – d. 1987)

Neilson, Lilian Adelaide
British Shakespearean actress
(b. 1846 – d. 1880)

Neitschitz, Magdalena Sybilla von
Saxon courtier, the mistress of Elector John George IV. Created countess von Rochlitz (1693). She died of smallpox, as did the elector who refused to leave her deathbed and caught the infection himself.
. (b. 1673 – d. April 16, 1694, Dresden, Saxony)

Nelidova, Barbara
Russian Imperial courtier, mistress of Tsar Nicholas I 1825 - 1855.
(b. c1806 – d. 1897)

Nelidova, Catherine
Russian courtier, mistress of Tsar Paul I.
(b. 1751 – d. after 1801)

Nelson, Frances Herbert Woolward, Lady (Fanny)
British public figure, estranged wife of war hero Horatio Nelson.
(b. 1758 – d. 1831)

Nelson, Ruth
American stage, film, and television actress, Waiting for Lefty (1935)
(b. 1905, Saginaw, Michigan – d. Sept 12, 1992, Manhattan, New York)

Nemours, Marie d’Orleans-Longueville, Duchesse de
French legal claimant
(b. 1625 – d. 1707)

Neruda, Amalie
Moravian pianist
(b. 1834 – d. 1890)

Nesbit, Edith
British children’s novelist, The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899) : The Five Children and It (1902).
. (b.1858, London – d. May 4, 1924)

Nesle, Armande Felice de la Porte-Mazarin, Marquise de
French Regency society figure, she fought a duel in public with her rival, the Marquise de Polignac, concerning the affections of the Duc de Richelieu.
(b. 1691 – d. 1729)

Netnokwa
American Indian fur trader and tribal leader
(b. c1745 – d. c1817)

Neuber, Carolina Frederika
German actress and theatrical manager
(b. 1697 – d. 1760)

Neupurg, Pierina Marocchia de Marcaini, Baroness von
Italian-German morganatic wife (1870)
Duke Gustavus of Saxe-Weimar (1827 – 1892)
.(b. May 14, 1845, Slavo, Dalmatia – d. April 22, 1879, Vienna, Austria)

Neufvic, Madame
French translator
(fl. c1670)

Neuville, Aline Pauline de
French legal claimant, niece of Mme Du Barry, the mistress of Louis XV.
(b. 1782 – d. 1862)

Nevelson, Louise
American artist and writer
(b. Sept 23, 1899 – d. April 17, 1988)

Neville, Jill
Australian novelist and dramatist, Last Ferry to Manly (1984) : The Day We Cut the Lavender (1995).
. (b. 1932, Australia – d. June 10, 1997, London, England)

Newberry, Elizabeth
British book seller
(b. c1730 – d. 1821)

Newburgh, Catherine Howard, Lady
English Royalist
(b. c1620 – d. 1650)

Newburgh, Charlotte Maria Livingston, Countess of
Scottish Catholic peeress
(b. 1694 – d. 1755)

Newcastle, Margaret Lucas, Duchess of
English author and eccentric
(b. 1623 – d. 1673)

Newman, Frances
American novelist, Rachel and Her Children (1924).
(b. Sept 13, 1883, Atlanta, Georgia – d. Oct 22, 1928, New York)

Newman, Julia St Clair
Creole swindler
(b. 1818 – d. after 1837)

Newson, Vivienne Elisabeth
Australian feminist, editor of News Sheet (1945 – 1972), launched the Australian Women’s Digest in 1944.
(b. Sept 21, 1891 – d. Aug 16, 1973)

Newton, Ann Mary
British painter
(b. 1832 – d. 1866)

Newton, Florence
English witchtrial victim
(b. c1600 – d. 1662)

Ng Mei
Chinese Buddhist nun, formulator of the Wing Chun style of the martial arts Kung Fu.
(fl. c1720)

Niboyet, Eugenie
French feminist and novelist
(b. 1797 – d. 1883)

Nicholls, Mary Ann
British prostitute, victim of Jack the Ripper.
(b. 1845 – murd. 1888)

Nichols, Catherine Maude
British painter
(b. c1859 – d. Jan 30, 1923)

Nichols, Clarina Irene Howard
American editor and women’s rights reformer
(b. 1810 – d. 1885)

Nichols, Jeannette Paddock
American historian and editor, Twentieth-Century United States : A History (1943).
(b. Aug 17, 1890, Rochelle, Illinois – d. June 22, 1982, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania)

Nichols, Mary Sargeant Neal Grove
American water-cure pysician and reformer
(b. 1810 – d. 1884)

Nicholson, Eliza Jane Poitevent Holbrook
American poet and journalist
(b. 1849 – d. 1896)

Nicholson, Margaret
British assassin, deranged woman who attempted the life of King George III. Imprisoned for life.
(b. 1727 – d. 1826)

Nicol, Emma
British actress
(b. 1801 – d. 1877)

Nicol, Helen Lyster
New Zealand suffragist and temperance campaigner
(b. May 29, 1854, Edinburgh, Scotland – d. Nov 22, 1922, Dunedin, New Zealand)

Nicolay, Marie de Lameth, Marquise de
French émigré and Revolutionary memoirist.
(b. 1785 – d. after 1815)

Nicolson, Gerda
Australian actress, governor Anne Reynolds 1983 – 1986 in televsion series, Prisoner.
(b. 1937, Tasmania – d. June 12, 1992)

Nienburg, Gisela Agnes von Rath, Countess von
German morganatic wife of Prince Emanuel Lepert of Anhalt-Kothen (1671 – 1704)
. Ruled Kothen as regent for their son.
(b. 1669 – d. 1740)

Nieriker, Abigail Mary
American writer, sister of Louisa M. Alcott, Studying Art Abroad and How to Do It Cheaply (1879).
(b. 1840 – d. 1879)

Niese, Ruth
American author
(b. c1895 – d. Aug 31, 1979, Orange, New Jersey)

Nihell, Elizabeth
British midwife
(b. 1723 – d. after 1772)

Niklaus, Thelma
British writer
(b. April 29, 1912 – d. Aug 23, 1970)

Nilsson, Christine
Swedish operatic soprano
(b. Aug 20, 1843 – d. Nov 22, 1921)

Ni Mhathuna, Maire Rua
Irish heroine and castle defender.
(b. c1615 – d. 1686)

Nino of Georgia
Princess, daughter of Giorgi XII, m. Grigol Dadiani, Prince of Mingrelia. Regent of Mingrelia 1804 – 1806.
(b. April 26, 1772, Tiflis, Georgia – d. June 12, 1847, St Petersburg, Russia.

Nisbett, Louisa Cranstoun (Lady Boothby)
British actress
(b. 1812 – d. 1858)

Nithsdale, Winifrede Herbert, Countess of
Scottish Jacobite heroine, organized and participated in the rescue of her husband from the Tower of London.
(b. 1672 – d. 1749, Rome, Italy)

Nivedita, Sister see Noble, Margaret Elizabeth

Nixon, Kathleen Irene
British writer
(b. 1894 – d. 1988)

Noake, Dorothy
British novelist
(fl. 1735)

Noailles, Amable de
French courtier
(b. 1706 – d. 1742)

Noailles, Marie Francoise de Bournonville, Duchesse de
French courtier of Louis XIV and Louis XV.
(b. 1654 – d. 1748)

Noble, Iris Davis
American biographer, Clarence Darrow : Defense Attorney (1957) : Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra (1963).
(b. Feb 22, 1922, Calgary, Alberta, Canada – d. June 30, 1986, Patzcuaro, Mexico)

Noble, Margaret Elizabeth (Sister Nivedita)
Anglo-Indian social welfare activist
(b. Oct 28, 1867, Dungannon, Ireland – d. Oct 13, 1911, India)

Noel-Byron, Baroness see Byron, Annabella Milbanke, Lady

Nolan, Jeanette
American actress
(b. 1911 – d. June 5, 1998)

Nomantshali
Zulu queen
(b. c1810 – d. 1860)

Nongqause
Bantu Indian prophetess
(b. c1842 – d. 1898)

Noonuccal, Oodgeroo (Kath Walker)
Australian aboriginal poet and writer, first aboriginal to have her work published.
(b. 1920 – d. Sept 16, 1993, Brisbane, QLD)

Norfolk, Flora Abney-Hastings, Duchess of
British Catholic patron, founded the Clarissan convent, Cross Bush, Arundel.
(b. Feb 13, 1854 – d. April 11, 1887, Arundel Castle)

Norfolk, Gwendoline Constable-Maxwell, Duchess of
British peeress 1908 – 1945, twelfth holder of baronies of Herries of Terregles and Everingham.
(b. 1877 – d. Aug 28, 1945)

Norman, Florence Priscilla McLaren, Lady
British war worker, trustee of the Imperial War Museum, CBE (1917).
. (b. 1881 – d. March 1, 1964)

Norman, Priscilla Cecilia Maria Reyntiens, Lady
British vice-president Royal College of Nursing, author, In the Way of Understanding (1983).
(b. 1899 – d. April 5, 1991)

Normanby, Gertrude Stansfield Foster, Marchioness of
British civic activist, OBE (1920).
(b. 1872 – d. March 12, 1948)

Normand, Henrietta Rae
British painter
(b. Dec 30, 1859 – d. March 26, 1928)

Noronha, Joana Paula Manso de
Argentinian-Brazilian feminist
(fl. c1850)

Noronha, Leonor de
Portugese translator
(fl. 1560)

Norris, Kathleen
American writer
(b. July 16, 1880 – d. Jan 18, 1966)

Northampton, Elizabeth Brooke, Marchioness of
English courtier of Queen Elizabeth I.
(b. 1526 – d. 1565)

Northampton, Margaret Clephane, Marchioness of
British poet ‘Irene’, wife (1815) Spencer Comton, 2nd Marquess (1790 – 1857).
(b. 1793 – d. April 2, 1830, Rome, Italy)

Norton, Mary
British children’s author, The Borrowers (1952).
(b. Dec 10, 1903, London – d. Aug 29, 1992, Hartland)

Norwood, Grace Graham, Lady
British peeress 1797 – 1822, as Baroness Norwood of Knockalton, Tipperary.
(b. c1756 – d. July 21, 1822)

Novar, Helen Hermione Temple-Blackwood, Lady
British governor-general’s consort, Australia, GBE (1918).
(b. 1864 – d. April 9, 1941)

Novikoff, Olga
Russian political writer
(b. 1848 – d. April 21, 1925)

Nunu
Sultana of Zanzibar 1893 – 1896, second wife of Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini, whom she survived.
(fl. c1870 – after 1896)

Nutting, Helen Alice Wyllington Ogilvy, Lady
British activist, Chairwoman of the Council of Married Women.
(b. Nov 21, 1890 – d. Dec, 1973)