This is a list of notable women, living and dead, from Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in the United Kingdom. Notability is based on achievements that have had a verifiable impact or public output or participation in a significant event, in the fields of art, literature, business, industry, science, culture, sport, education, politics, war, philanthropy, medicine and a range of other topics. Notable women from Cornwall are also listed in the article List of people from Cornwall. A Constance Agar-Robartes, First World War nurse Victoria Amran, founder of the Cornish Food Box Company, business woman Candy Atherton, ex-MP for Falmouth and Camborne B Morwenna Banks, actor Antonia Barber, writer of fiction Frances Basset, 2nd Baroness Basset Maria Branwell, mother of English writers Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë and Charlotte Brontë Michaela Breeze, Commonwealth champion weightlifter Dame Alida Brittain, harpist Mary Bryant, famous prisoner who escaped Australian penal colony Katharine Burdekin, novelist, feminist, sister of Rowena Cade C Rowena Cade, creator, builder and founder of the Minack Theatre Elizabeth Carne, scientist and banker Vera Carne, First World War Women's Land Army Helena Charles, Cornish nationalist Evelyn Clements, munitions worker Ithell Colquhoun, artist and writer Myrna Combellack, researcher and translator of Beunans Meriasek Judith Cook, journalist and campaigner Selina Cooper, suffragist Margaret Ann Courtney, folklorist and poet D Phyllis Doherty, folk singer, First World War commandant of Women's Volunteer Motor Corps Anne Dowriche, poet Daphne du Maurier, novelist and writer F Liz Fenwick, writer, novelist Elizabeth Forbes, artist and storyteller Anna Maria Fox, a promoter of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Caroline Fox, writer G Susan Elizabeth Gay, writer Ann Glanville, 19th-century champion rower Helen Glover, rower, Olympic gold medallist 2012 Julia Goldsworthy, politician Queen Gwendolin, medieval legendary figure H Melissa Hardie-Budden, writer, founder of the Hypatia Trust, philanthropist Faith Harris, sailor, secretary to Railway Purchasing Mission Barbara Hepworth, sculptor and artist Alice Hext, gardener and philanthropist Corona Hicks, women's rights campaigner Rose Hilton, artist Emily Hobhouse, peace activist and human rights campaigner Salome Hocking, novelist Barbara Hosking, civil servant and broadcaster I Iseult, figure in Arthurian legend J Loveday Jenkin, Cornish nationalist politician; councillor for Crowan and Wendron F. Tennyson Jesse, writer Jane Johnson, writer K Ann Kelley, writer and photographer Marguerite Kesteloot, Belgian refugee, strawberry grower Laura Knight, artist L Mary Lang, writer, photographer, sailor, diarist Cassandra Latham, white witch Janet Leach, artist Katharine Lee (Kitty Lee Jenner; 1853–1936), writer