Martha Savory Yeardley

Martha Yeardley (née Savory, March 8, 1781 – May 8, 1851) was an English poet, Quaker minister, and author of educational works and travel literature.

She had two sisters and a brother, and three half-sisters from her father's second marriage to Mary Pryor after the death of Anna Savory in or around 1785.

"[3] She published her first work, Inspiration, a Poetical Essay, in 1805, followed by two other poetry collections before the end of the decade.

[5] In addition to these substantive publications, the Yeardley's co-authored a series of fourteen tracts for use in their missionary work.

[6] Martha Yeardley was the "driving force of the [couple's] literary partnership," according to one commentator.

Sketch of sixteen women in nineteenth-century dress, sitting in a gallery.
"The women's side" by John Joseph Willson (c.1837-1903) from a set of pen & ink sketches of the Society of Friends annual meeting, Devonshire House, London, May, 1860.