Shortly after acquiring the tower at the age of 51, Yeats married Georgie Hyde-Lees, a 25-year-old Englishwoman.

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More daringly yet, in 1835 he married an Englishwoman who was not noble, Catholic or rich.

ECONOMIST: Liberty and democracy

Some viewers may be bemused by the Scott Thomas character, an Englishwoman who cuts a swath through the world of New York magazine publishing.

NEWYORKER: The Horse Whisperer

The heroine, Margaret Schlegel (Emma Thompson), is a thirtyish Englishwoman of German ancestry who lives with her sister and her brother in a London town house.

NEWYORKER: Howards End

One driven middle-aged Englishwoman wants to "hike, hike, hike, " which she does, for 12 hours on one particular day, marching a knee-bruised, branch-lashed young guide off his feet.

FORBES: Life

Filming took place in Munich in the spring with Minnelli as Sally, a role she had lost out on for Broadway because the part had been written originally for an Englishwoman.

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Tony had an idea of the kind of Englishwoman they would want to take on, or that he would want, and he worried that my narrow education would let me down.

NEWYORKER: Hand on the Shoulder

In 2010, at 16, she became the first Englishwoman to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games, taking home the bronze, and added silver at the World Youth Games the following year before hitting the big stage at London 2012.

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