"Great Englishwomen: An Historical Reading Book for Schools" by M. B. Synge is a victorian children's book about the greatest women of their time. The women honored in this book with short biographies of their greatest achievements are: Queen Bertha,

Maude the Good, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Philippa of Hainault, Margaret of Anjou, The Lady Margaret, Margaret Roper, Lady Jane Grey, Princess Elizabeth, Lady Rachel Russell, Angelica Kaufmann, Hannah More, Elizabeth Fry, Mary Somerville, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Florence Nightingale.