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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Wainwright Marie Wainwright]  
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Wainwright Marie Wainwright] (May 8, 1853 - August 17, 1923) Born Marie Page Wainwright in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Walker Charlotte Walker]  
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Walker Charlotte Walker] (December 20, 1876 – March 23, 1958) Born Charlotte Ganahl Walker in Galveston, Texas. 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida_Overton_Walker Aida Overton Walker]  
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida_Overton_Walker Aida Overton Walker] (February 14, 1880 – October 11, 1914) Born Aida Overton in Richmond, Virginia. She also spelled her name "Ada."
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Walsh Blanche Walsh]  
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Walsh Blanche Walsh] (January 4, 1873 – October 31, 1915) Born in New York City.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Ward Fannie Ward]  
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Ward Fannie Ward] (February 22, 1872 – January 27, 1952) Born Fannie Buchanan in St. Louis, Missouri.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Ware Helen Ware]  
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Ware Helen Ware] (October 15, 1877 – January 25, 1939) Born Helen Remer in San Francisco, California.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Waterman Ida Waterman]  
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Waterman Ida Waterman]  
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Weaver Stella Weaver]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Weaver Stella Weaver]

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  • Bessie Abott (1878-February 9, 1919) Born Bessie Pickens in Heuvelton, New York.
  • Suzanne Adams (November 28, 1872 - February 5, 1953) Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Sara Adler (May 26, 1858 - April 28, 1953) Born Sara Levitskaya in Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire.
  • Ullie Akerstrom (March 17, 1864 - August 10, 1941) Born Ulrika Akerstrom in New York City.
  • Viola Alberti (July 10, 1871 - May 8, 1957) Born Mary Viola Alberti in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.

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  • Emily Bancker (1861/62 - June 5, 1897)
  • Charlotte Mary Sanford Barnes (1818 - April 14, 1863) Born in Massachusetts.
  • Ethel Barrymore (August 15, 1879 - June 18, 1959) Born Ethel Mae Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Isabel Bateman (December 28, 1854 - 1934) Born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • Kate Josephine Bateman Crowe (October 7, 1842 - April 8, 1917) Born Kate Josephine Bateman in Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Sidney Frances Bateman (March 29, 1823 - January 13, 1881) Born Sidney Frances Cowell in England.
  • Virginia Frances Bateman (January 1, 1853 - May 4, 1940) Born in New York, she was also known as Mrs. Edward Compton and Virginia Mackenzie.
  • Blanche Bates (August 25, 1873 - December 25, 1941) Born in Portland, Oregon.
  • Nora Bayes (October 3, 1880 - March 19, 1928) Born Rachel Eleanora Goldberg in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Louise Beaudet (December 5, 1859 - December 31, 1947) Born Marie Louise Anna Beaudet in Lothbiniere, Quebec, Canada.
  • Rose Beaudet (1862 - 1947) Born Eliza Lang in Stockton, California near San Francisco.
  • Laura Joyce Bell (May 1854 - May 30, 1904) Born Laura Joyce Maskell in London, England.
  • Ann West Bignall (1760's - 1805) Born Ann West.
  • Amelia Bingham (March 20, 1869 - September 1, 1927) Born Amelia Swilley Bingham in Hicksville, Ohio.
  • Kitty Blanchard (1847 - December 14, 1911) Born Elizabeth Blanchard from Pennsylvania.
  • Lillian Blauvelt (1873 - 1947) Born in New York City.
  • Clara Bloodgood (August 23, 1870 - December 5, 1907) Born in Long Branch, New Jersey.
  • Marjorie Bonner (d. November 15, 1895) Born Catherine F. Goodwin and not associated with Marjorie Bonner of the Ziegfeld Follies.
  • Jessie Bonstelle (November 1871 - October 14, 1932) Born Laura Justine Bonstelle in Greece, New York.
  • Agnes Booth (October 4, 1843 - January 2, 1910) Born Marian Agnes Land Rookes in Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Elizabeth Crocker Bowers (March 12, 1830 - November 6, 1895) Born in Stamford, Connecticut and professionally known as Mrs. D.P. Bowers.
  • May Brookyn (1854/59 - February 15, 1894) Born in Greater London, England.
  • Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter (May 15, 1857 - February 12, 1936) Born Mary Cora Urquhart in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • Nellie Marie Burns (1850s - June 16, 1897) Born Ellen Marie Sherman in Waltham, Massachusetts.
  • Marie Burroughs (1866 - March 4, 1926) Born Lillie Arrington in San Jose, California.
  • Jessie Busley (1869 - 1950)
  • Sarah Hildreth Butler (August 17, 1816 - April 8, 1876) Born Sarah Jones Hildreth in Dracut, Massachusetts.

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  • Marie Cahill (December 29, 1866 - August 23, 1933) Born Mary "Marie" Cahill in Brooklyn, New York.
  • Georgia Caine (October 30, 1876 - April 4, 1964) Born in San Francisco, California.
  • Beatrice Cameron (1868 - July 12, 1940) Born Susan Hegeman in Troy, New York.
  • Leslie Carter (June 10, 1857 - November 13, 1937) Born Caroline Louise Dudley in Lexington, Kentucky.
  • Emma Carus (March 18, 1879 - November 18, 1927) Born in New York City.
  • Louise Carver (June 9, 1869 - June 18, 1956) Born Mary Louise Stieger in Davenport, Iowa.
  • Georgia Cayvan (August 22, 1857 - November 19, 1906) Born Georgie Eva Cayvan in Bath, Maine.
  • Henrietta Baker Chanfrau (1837 - 1909) Born Jeannette Davis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Beatrice Chanler (May 7, 1881 - June 19, 1946) Born Beatrice Minerva Ashley in Charlottesville, Virginia. Also known as Minnie Ashley.
  • Caroline Chapman (c. 1818 - May 8, 1876) Born in San Francisco, California.
  • Edythe Chapman (October 8, 1863 - October 15, 1948) Born in Rochester, New York.
  • Charlotte Baldwin (1778 - 1856)
  • Alfreda Chippendale (1842 - November 9, 1887) Born Alfreda Schoolcraft in New Orleans, Louisiana. Also known as Alfreda "Alfy" Chippendale.
  • Gertrude Claire (July 16, 1852 - April 28, 1928) Born in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Ada Clare (July, 1834 - March 4, 1874) Born Ada Agnes Jane McElhenney in Charleston, South Carolina.
  • Marguerite Clark (February 22, 1883 - September 25, 1940) Born Helen Marguerite Clark in Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • Kate Claxton (August 24, 1848 - May 5, 1924) Born in Somerville, New Jersey.
  • Viola Katherine Clemmons (November 17, 1874 - December 24, 1930) Born in Scotts County, Illinois and used the stage name Katherine Dayan.
  • Josephine Clifton (1813? - 1847) Possibly born in New York or Philadelphia and possible surname Miller.
  • Ella Maria Dietz Clymer (January 27, 1847 - January 9, 1920) Born Ella Maria Dietz in New York City.
  • Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859 - 1927) Born Laura Sedgwick in Poughkeepsie, New York.
  • Nanette Comstock (July 17, 1866 - June 22, 1942) Born in Albany, New York.
  • Ida Conquest (February 26, 1876 - July 12, 1937)
  • Sarah Crocker Conway (1834 - April 28, 1875) Born in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
  • Ethyle Cooke (August 4, 1885 - April 20, 1949) Born in Lynn, Massachusetts.
  • Mabelle Gilman Corey (December 4, 1874 - November 14, 1960) Born Mabelle Gillman in San Francisco, California. Also known as Mrs. William Ellis Corey.
  • Mae Costello (August 13, 1882 - August 2, 1929) Born Mae Altschuk in Brooklyn, New York.
  • Lotta Crabtree (November 7, 1847 - September 25, 1924) Born Charlotte Mignon Crabtree in New York City.
  • Marcella Craft (August 11, 1874 - December 12, 1959) Born Marcia Craft in Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • Maida Craigen (1861 - April 5, 1942)
  • Laura Hope Crews (December 12, 1879 - November 12, 1942) Born in San Francisco, California.
  • Eliza Crisp
  • Henrietta Crosman (September 2, 1861 - October 31, 1944) Born Henrietta Foster Crosman in Wheeling, West Virginia.
  • Charlotte Cushman (July 23, 1816 - February 18, 1876) Born Charlotte Suanders Cushman in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Pauline Cushman (June 10, 1833 - December 2, 1893) Born Harriet Wood in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • Susan Webb Cushman (March 17, 1822 - May 10, 1859) Born in Boston, Massachusetts.

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  • Isabel Irving (February 18, 1871 - September 1, 1944) Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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  • Miriam Nesbitt (September 14, 1873 - August 11, 1954) Born in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Alice Nielsen (June 7, 1872 - March 8, 1943) Born in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  • Alice Oates (September 22, 1849 - January 10, 1887) Born Alice Merritt in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Maude Odell (November 10, 1870 - February 27, 1939) Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, she was also known as Maude O'Dell, Tillie Doremus and Maude Odell Doremus.
  • Peggy O'Neil (June 16, 1898 - January 7, 1960) Born in Gneeveguilla, County Kerry, Ireland.
  • Julie Opp (January 28, 1871 - April 9, 1921) Born in New York City.
  • Elita Proctor Otis (1851/1860 - August 10, 1927) Born in Cleveland, Ohio.

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  • Geraldine Ulmar (June 23, 1862 - August 13, 1932) Born Annie Geraldine Ulmar in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
  • Isabelle Urquhart (December 9, 1865 - February 7, 1907) Born in New York City.

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  • Ellen Beach Yaw (September 14, 1869 - September 9, 1947) Born near Buffalo, New York.
  • Annie Yeamans (November 19, 1835 - March 3, 1912) Born Annie Griffiths Yeamans outside of the United States.
  • May Yohé (April 6, 1866 - August 29, 1938) Born Mary Augusta Yohe in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
  • Rida Johnson Young (February 28, 1875 - May 8, 1926) Born in Baltimore, Maryland.

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