Margaret Lidgey, bal captain, First World War mine manager Alice de Lisle, Lord of Alverton, founder of Penzance market Moura Lympany, musician, concert pianist M Margo Maeckelberghe, artist Jessica Mann, novelist and journalist Charlotte Mary Matheson, writer Margaret Mellis, St Ives school artist Chesten Marchant, last monoglot Cornish-speaker (died 1676) Anna Maria Murphy, writer, playwright, poet, storyteller Sherryl Murray, MP for South East Cornwall N Sarah Newton, MP for Truro and Falmouth Thandie Newton, actor P Gertrude Parsons, novelist Cassie Patten, British Olympic swimmer Susan Penhaligon, actor Dolly Pentreath, last Cornish speaker according to tradition Thomasine, Lady Percival, benefactress and founder of a school Annie Phillips, autograph collector Elizabeth Philp, singer, music educator and composer Rosamunde Pilcher, novelist Litz Pisk, movement pioneer and instructor Beatrice Pole-Carew, First World War host for convalescent soldiers (portrait) Margaret Steuart Pollard (Peggy), Cornish language poet Agnes Prest, Protestant martyr Q Mabel Quiller-Couch, editor, compiler and children's writer R Joan Rendell, historian Jean Rhys, writer Mary Richards (prisoner of war), First World War prisoner of war in Germany Edith Jane Rouncefield, First World War nurse in First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and co-founder of Mevagissey Museum Jenny Rowe, lawyer and civil servant Hilda Runciman, MP for St Ives Mary Snell Rundle, nursing educator S Angie Sage, writer, novelist Sweet Saraya, professional wrestler Kristin Scott Thomas, actor Penelope Shuttle, poet Jemma Simpson, 800m runner Emma Smith, writer Hannah Stacey, free-diver Emily Stackhouse, scientist T Mary Ann Tocker, early radical who exposed corruption in the Stannary Courts, 1818 Sheila Tracy, writer, broadcaster, musician, trombonist, singer Enys Tregarthen, children's writer Sharon Tregenza, writer, novelist Kate Tremayne, writer, novelist V Annabel Vernon, champion rower (2008 Olympics) Clara Coltman Vyvyan, née Rogers, an author and the wife of the 10th Vyvyan baronet W Serena Wadham, feminist activist and photographer Mary Wesley, writer, novelist Mary Williams (nurse), First World War Voluntary Aid Detachment hospital organiser Venetia Williams, racehorse trainer Mary Wolverston aka Lady Killigrew, alleged pirate Brenda Wootton, Cornish poet and singer Lilian Wyles, First female police detective in Scotland Yard References Cornwall-related biographical lists Wom People from the Isles of Scilly Women Lists of women