Catharine Macaulay

Catharine Macaulay
Portrait of Catharine Macaulay by Robert Edge Pine, c. 1785.
Born	Catharine Sawbridge (1731-03-23)23 March 1731 Olantigh, Wye, Kent, England
Died	22 June 1791(1791-06-22) (aged 60) Binfield, Berkshire, England
Resting place	All Saints' Church, Binfield 51°26′32.65″N 0°47′6.53″W / 51.4424028°N 0.7851472°W / 51.4424028; -0.7851472
Nationality	English
Occupation(s)	Historian, political theorist, author
Known for	Writing on the history of England, early feminism, political activism
Notable work	The History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line (1763–1783)
Spouses	George Macaulay (1760–1766, his death) William Graham (1778–1791, her death)
Parents	John Sawbridge (1699–1762) Elizabeth Wanley (died 1733)

Catharine Macaulay (née Sawbridge, later Graham; 23 March 1731 – 22 June 1791) was a famed English Whig historian. She was the first Englishwoman to become an historian and during her lifetime the world's only published female historian. She was the first English radical to visit America after independence, staying there from 15 July 1784 to 17 July 1785 including time at Mount Vernon with George Washington and his family.