20th-century British women writers

Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was longer than those of any of her predecessors, constituted the Victorian era, a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. In 1876, the British parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India.

Dame Emma Thompson is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2018, she was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama.

British actress (1917–2013)

austrian-British psychoanalyst (1895–1982)

British paleoanthropologist (1913-1996)

British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958)

British anthropologist (1921–2007)

British poet (1887-1964)

British analytic philosopher

Anglo-Indian Egyptologist (1863–1963)

American-born British mother of Winston Churchill (1854–1921)

wife of Prince Michael of Kent

British aristocrat (1900–2004); wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester

English actress (1936–1990)

British classical scholar, linguist and feminist (1850–1928)

British writer and academic

essayist, penwoman, conspiracy theorist (1933-)

British archaeologist (1906-1978)

English historian of the Renaissance (1899–1981)

British director of MI5 (1935–2025)

British dramatist

translator and whistle-blower

British Catholic nun and presenter of documentaries for the BBC on the history of art (1930-2018)

feminist, journal editor, author (1882–1960)

British television presenter and writer (1959–2000)

British historian (1944-2015)

British archaeologist (1910-1996)

British scholar in Iranian Studies (1920–2006)

British author, art historian, feminist and trade unionist

British-American actress, screenwriter and playwright (1884–1977)

publisher, writer and author

British historian (1889–1940)

British wine writer and journalist

Nigerian-British writer, feminist and academic

British actress and novelist

British philosophical writer (1837–1912)

British politician (1944–2023)

Iranian-born British architect

Indian author

British doctor (1843-1927)

English journalist and writer

British academic

Nigerian novelist

English missionary (1919–1993)

English suffraget (1855–1939)

English historian

British courtier and confidante (1866–1956)

French-English Theosophist and countess

German physician (1897–1986)

British historian and television presenter

British journalist

British theologian

British academic and spy (1912-2008)

British suffragist, feminist and temperance activist

British chess composer (1859-1924)

American physician & Jungian analyst (1888–1971)

Zimbabwean editor and literary critic

Pakistani writer of novels, short stories, poetry and plays

Jamaican writer (1905-1965)

British archaeologist