Iris Origo (1902-1988) was an Anglo-Irish writer, philanthropist, and reformer who devoted her life to managing her estates in Tuscany,...

Lina Waterfield (1874-1964) was a British journalist, writer, and correspondent from Italy for "The Observer" and "Sunday Times."...

Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) was one of the most important art historians of the 20th century. His family, originally from Lithuania,...

Irene Forbes-Mosse (1864-1946) was a German writer, poet, and translator.Born into a family of diplomats and writers (the granddaughter...

Maria Spartali Stillman (1844-1927) was an English model and painter of Greek and Italian descent, the daughter of a Greek merchant and...

Eugenie Sellers Strong (1860 - 1943) was an English archaeologist and historian. The daughter of a wine merchant and a French aristocrat,...