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L L.H. of Liverpool, Miss [18th-19th Cent] England Lacaze, Sophie [1963] France Laitman, Lori [20th cent.] USA Lam, Bun-Ching [20th cent.] China Landowska, Wanda [1879–1959] Poland Lane, Liz [20th-cent.] UK Lang, Josephine [1815-1880] Germany Lang, Margaret Ruthven [1867-1972] USA Langer, Lena [1970] Russia Lann, Vanessa [20th cent.] USA Larsen, Libby [1950] USA Lauer, Elizabeth [1932] USA Laurin, Anna-Lena [20th cent.] Sweden Leach, Mary Jane [1949] USA Le Beau, Luise Adolpha [1850-1927] Germany LeBrun-Danzi, Franziska [1756-1791] (Mannheim) Germany Lee, Hope [1953] Taiwan LeFanu, Nicola [1947] United Kingdom Lehmann, Liza [1862-1918] United Kingdom Lejet, Edith [1941] France Léon, Tania [1943] Cuba Leonarda, Isabella [1620-1704] Italy (Novara) Leplae, Claire [1912] Belgium Levina, Zara [1906-1976] Russia Licite, Paula [1889-1966] Latvia (de) Licoschin, Catherine [c1800-?] Russia Liebmann, Helene [1796-18?] Germany Lomon, Ruth [20th cent.] USA Loudova, Ivana [1941] Czech Republic Louie, Alexina [1949] Canada Luengen, Ramona [1960] Canada Lund, Birgit [1843-1913] Sweden Lund, Signe [1868-1950] Norway Lutyens, Elisabeth [1906-1984] United Kingdom Lykochina, Ekaterina [c1780-c1840] Russia M Maclean, Clare [1958] Australia Maconchy, Elizabeth [1907-1994] United Kingdom Maddison, Adela [1866–1929] Ireland Mageau, Mary Jane [1934] USA Mägi, Ester [1922–2021] Estonia Magidenko, Olga [1954] Germany Maguire, Janet [1927] USA Mahler-Werfel, Alma [1879-1964] Austria Maier, Amanda [1853-1894] Sweden Maillart, Aimee [1817-1871] Germany (?) Makarova, Nina [1908-1976] Russia Malibran, Maria Felicita [1808-1836] France Malmborg Ward, Paula [1962] Sweden Malmlöf-Forssling, Carin [1916] Sweden Mamlok, Ursula [1928] Germany Manning, Sasha Johnson [1963] United Kingdom Manziarly, Marcelle (de) [1899-1989] France Marbé, Myriam [1931-1997] Romania Margaret of Austria [1480-1530] Maria Paterina (La Contessa) [16-17th Cent] Germany Maric, Ljubica [1909-2003] Serbia Marie de France [1160-1215] France Martinez, Marianne [1744-1812] Austria Martinez, Odaline de la [1949] Cuba Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots [1542-1587] Paule Maurice [1910–1967] France Mayer, Emilie [1821-1883] Germany Mazzoli, Missy [20th cent.] USA McDonald, Susan [20th cent.] USA McDowall, Cecilia [20th cent.] United Kingdom McGill, Josephine [1877-1919] USA McIntosh, Diana [1937] Canada McLeod, Jennifer Helen [1941] New Zealand McLin, Lena Johnson [1929] USA McMichael, Catherine [1954] USA McTee, Cindy [1953] USA Meda, Bianca Maria [17th cent.] Italy Meier, Margaret Shelton [1936] USA Mekeel, Joyce [1931] USA Mendelssohn, Fanny [1805-1847] Germany Miller, Elma [1954] Canada Mishell, Kathryn [1940] USA Mochizuki, Misato [1969] Japan Malmlöf-Forssling, Carin [20th cent.] Sweden Monnot, Marguerite [1903–1961] France Montgeroult, Helene (de) [1764-1836] France Montgomery, Jessie [20th cent.] USA Moon, Beata [after 1950] USA Moore, Dorothy Rudd [1940] USA Moore, Mary Carr [1873-1957] USA Morlock, Jocelyn [1969–2023] Canada Moore, Undine Smith [1904-1989] USA Moss, Katie [1881-1947] United Kingdom Moszumanska-Nazar, Krystyna [1924] Poland Müller-Hermann, Johanna [1878-1941] Germany Mukle, May [1880-1963] United Kingdom Müller, Elise [1782-1849] Germany Mundry, Isabel [1963] Germany Munktell, Helena [1852-1919] Sweden Musgrave, Thea [1928] United Kingdom N Na, Hyo-shin [20th cent.] Korea Narbutaite, Onute [1956] Lithuania Naryshkina, Maria L. [c1766-after 1802] Russia Nathan, Mathilde Berendsen [1857-1926] Norway Nava d'Adda, Francesca [1794-1877] Italy Necasova, Jindra [1960] Czech Republic Nelson, Marie Barker [1926] USA Netzel, Laura [1839-1927] Finland Niederberger, Maria A. [20th cent.] Switzerland Nota, Lenka [1971] Czech Republic O O'Leary, Jane [1946] USA Obrovska, Jana [1930-1987] (Czechoslovakia) Czech Republic Odagescu, Irina [1937] Romania Olin, Elisabeth [1740-1812] United Kingdom Oliveros, Pauline [1932-2016] USA Olson, Tawnie [20th cent.] Canada Orbeck, Anne-Marie [1911-1996] Norway Ortiz, Guadalupe [17th-18th Cent] Mexico Owen, Morfydd Llwyn [1891-1918] Wales, UK Owens, Terry Winter [1941] USA Oyens, Tera de Marez [1932-1996] Netherlands P Palmer, Florence Margaret Spencer [1900] United Kingdom Panneton, Isabelle [1955] Canada Panufnik, Roxanna [20th cent.] United Kingdom Paradis, Maria Theresia von [1759-1824] Austria Paraskevaidis, Graciela [1940] Argentina Park, Maria Hester [1760-1813] England Parker, Alice [1925] USA Parker, Katharine [1886-1971] Tasmania Parkyns, Beatrice [19th Cent] United Kingdom Pavlova, Alla [1952] Russia Pejacevic, Dora [1885-1923] Croatia Pentland, Barbara [1912-2000] Canada Perry, Julia [1924-1979] USA Peruchona, Maria Xaveria [c1652-c1709] (Novara) Italy Petrova, Elena [1929] Czech Republic Phillips, Linda [1899-2002] Australia Pierce, Alexandra [1934] USA Pietsch, Edna Frida [1894-1982] USA Pinel, Julie [1710?-1737] France Pinosova, Katerina [1971] Czech Republic Piper, Deidre [20th cent.] United Kingdom Pizer, Elizabeth Hayden [1954] USA Plé, Simone [1897 - 1986] France Poldowski, Irena Regina [1880-1932] Belgium Poston, Elizabeth [1905-1987] United Kingdom Potes, Alba [1955] Columbia Power, Sheila Mary [1903-1971] United Kingdom Presti, Ida [1924?-1967] France Price, Florence Beatrice [1887-1953] USA Procaccini, Teresa [1934] Italy Ptaszynska, Marta [1943] Poland R Rahbee, Dianne Goolkasian [1938] USA Rainier, Priaulx [1903-1986] South Africa Ran, Shulamit [1949] Israel Ratusinska-Zamuszko, Weronika [20th cent.] Poland Raum, Elizabeth [1945] USA Reese, Mona Lyn [1951] USA Rehnquist, Karin [1957] Sweden Reichardt, Louise [1779-1826] Germany Remick Warren, Elinor [1900-1991] USA Renié, Henriette [1875-1956] France Reynolds, Belinda [20th cent.] USA Richter, Marga [1926-2020] USA Riley, Susan Frances Harrison (a.k.a. Seranus) [1857-1935] Canada Risher, Anna Priscilla [1873-1945] USA Robinson, Carol [1889-1979] USA Robinson, Fanny [1831-1879] United Kingdom Robles, Marisa [1937] Spain Rodrigues, Maria Joachina [17th Cent] Mexico Roentgen-Maier, Amanda [1853-1894] Sweden Roesgen-Champion, Marguerite Sara [1894-1976] Switzerland Rogatis, Teresa (de) [1893-1979] Italy Rosa, Clotilde [1930] Portugal Rossi, Romana Camilla (de) [18th Cent] Italy Rotaru, Doina [1951] Romania Rudow, Vivian Adelberg [1936] USA Rueff, Jeanine [1922] France Ruehr, Elena [1963] USA Rusca, Claudia [1593-1676] (Milan) Italy S Saariaho, Kaija [1952–2023] Finland Salvador, Matilde [1918] Spain Samuel, Rhian [1944] United Kingdom Sanders, Alma M. [1882-1956] USA Sappho [ca 600 BC] Greece Sarcina, Antonia [1963] Italy Saxe-Meiningen, Princess Marie Elisabeth (von) [1853-1923] (Prussia) Germany Saz, Leyla [1850-1936] Turkey Schick, Philippine [1893-1970] Germany Schmidt, Heather [1975] Canada Schonthal, Ruth [1924-2006] Germany Schumann, Clara [1819-1896] Germany Schwendinger, Laura [20th cent.] USA Seeger, Ruth Crawford [1901-1953] USA Sehested, Hilda [1858-1936] Denmark Seither, Charlotte [1965] Germany Senfter, Johanna [1879-1961] Germany Sergeyeva, Tatiana [1951] Russia Sessa, Claudia [1570-1619?] (Lombardy) Italy Shaffer, Jeanne Ellison [1925-2007] USA Shapiro, Alex [1962] USA Shatin, Judith [1949] USA Shrude, Marilyn [20th cent.] USA Sikora, Elzbieta [1943] Poland Silberta, Rhea [1900-1959] USA Silsbee, Ann [1930-2003] USA Silver, Sheila [1946] USA Singer, Jeanne [1924-2000] USA Siniavina, Ekaterina Alexeievna [18th-19th cent.] Russia Sirmen, Maddalena Laura Lombardini [1745?-1818?] (Venice) Italy Skarecky, Jana [1957] Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) Skog, Ylva [1963] Sweden Smith, Alice Mary [1839-1884] United Kingdom Smith, Irene Britton [1907-1999] USA Smith, Linda Catlin [1957] USA Smyth, Ethel [1858-1944] United Kingdom Sohy, Charlotte [1887–1955] France Southam, Ann [1937] Canada Sparkhall, Olivia [1976] United Kingdom Speach, Bernadette [1948] USA Specht, Judy [1943] Canada Spencer, Williametta [1932] USA Spinei, Cristina [1984] USA Steemson, Miss [18th cent.] United Kingdom Stephan, Naomi [1938] USA Stewart, Dorothy [19th-20th Cent] New Zealand Stirling, Elizabeth [1819-1895] United Kingdom Strickland, Lily Teresa [1887-1958] USA Strohl, Rita [1865–1941] France Strozzi, Barbara [1619-1677] (Venice) Italy Suchy, Gregoria Karides [1923] USA Sutherland, Margaret [1897-1984] Australia Swain, Freda [1902-1985] United Kingdom Szechenyi-Batthyany, Franciska [1783–1861] Hungary Szymanowska, Maria Agata[1789-1831] Poland T Tabakova, Dobrinka [20th cent.] Bulgaria Tailleferre, Germaine [1892-1983] France Takano, Mari [1960] Japan Talma, Louise [1906-1996] USA Tanaka, Karen [1961] Japan Tann, Hilary [1947] United Kingdom Tarrodi, Andrea [1981] Sweden Tate, Phyllis [1911-1985] United Kingdom Taylor, Helen [1915–1950] USA Tchemberdji, Katia [1960] Russia Tegner, Alice [1864-1943] Sweden Telfer, Nancy [1950] Canada Temple, Edith [19th-20th Cent] United Kingdom Terzian, Alicia [1934] Argentina Thomas, Augusta Read [1964] USA Thomas, Jo [1972] United Kingdom Thomas, Karen P. [1957] USA Thome, Diane [1942] USA Tober-Vogt, Elke [1957] Germany Tower, Joan [1938] USA Trimble, Joan [1915-2000] Ireland Tulve, Helena [1972] Estonia Turner, Elizabeth [d. 1756] United Kingdom Tsepkolenko, Karmella [1955] Ukraine Tyrrell, Agnes [1846–1883] Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Czech Republic Tzanou, Athanasia [1971] Greece U Uebayashi, Yuko [1975] Japan Ulehla, Ludmila [1923-2010?] USA Ustvolskaya, Galina Ivanovna [1919-2006] Russia V Valborg Aulin, Laura [1860-1928] Sweden Van de Vate, Nancy [1930-2023] USA Vannah, Kate [1855-1933] USA Vehar, Persis Anne Parshall [1937] USA Vellere, Lucie [1896-1966] Belgium Vemyss, Lady Margaret [1630-1650] United Kingdom Vercoe, Elizabeth [1941] USA Veriguine, Mlle. N. de [1795] Russia Viardot-Garcia, Pauline [1821-1910] France Vietor, Alba Rosa [1889-1979] Italy Vieu, Jane [1871-1955] France Vinogradova, Vera [1895-1982] Russia Vito-Delvaux, Berthe di [1915-2005] Belgium Vizzana, Lucrezia Orsina [1590-1662] (Bologna) Italy Vocilkova-Trtkova, Marcela [1972] Czech Republic Vrebalov, Aleksandra [1970] Serbia W Wagner, Melinda [1957] USA Walker, Gwyneth [1947] USA Wallach, Joelle [1946] USA Walpurgis, Maria Antonia [1724-1780] Saxony Walsh, María Elena [1930] Argentina Warren, Elinor Remick [1900-1991] USA Waring, Kate [1953] USA Warshauer, Meira [1949] USA Weber, Ilse [1903-1944] (Czechoslovakia) Czech Republic Weichsell, Elizabeth Billington [1768-1818] United Kingdom Weigl, Vally [1899?-1982] Austria Weir, Judith [1954] United Kingdom Wells, Katherine Gladney [1918] USA Wendelburg, Norma [1918] USA Wertheim, Rosy [1888-1949] Netherlands White, Maude Valerie [1855-1937] United Kingdom Whitehead, Gillian [1941] New Zealand Wikström, Inger [1939] Sweden Williams, Felicity [1954] New Zealand Williams, Grace Mary [1906-1977] United Kingdom Wood, Mary Knight [1857-1944] USA Worth, Amy [1888-1967] USA Worthington, Rain [1949] USA Wright, Ellen [1859-1904] United Kingdom Wright, Margot [1911-2000] United Kingdom Y Younghi, Pagh-Paan [1945] South Korea Yurina, Ludmila [1962] Ukraine Z Zaimont, Judith Lang [1945] USA Zaranek, Stephanie [1904-1972] Russia Zebaljan, Isidora [1967] Serbia Zechlin, Ruth [1926] Germany Zieritz, Grete von [1899-2001] Austria Ziffrin, Marilyn J. [1926] USA Zimmermann, Agnes [1847-1925] Germany Zobel, Emely [1964-1996] Germany Zubel, Agata [1978] Poland Zumsteeg, Emilie [1796-1857] Germany Zuylen, Belle van [1740-1805] France Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe [1939] USA This has been a presentation of The Kapralova Society. Advocating for women in music since 1998. |
