It’s hard to say how strong she really was, but in the following game her Accuracy Rating (i.e. how closely her moved matched Stockfish) was a whopping 85% which is considerably higher that most GMs achieve.
Her opponent was Frideswide (Fannie) Rowland (née Beechey (1845-1919) who was married to the Irish player Thomas Rowland (1850-1929). She was born in Gallway, Ireland and passed away in Bray, a coastal town on Ireland’s east coast.
[Event "Correspondence"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rhoda Bowles"]
[Black "Frideswide Rowland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 17.1"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]
[Source "Belfast News Let"]
{C45: Scotch Game} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {The Scotch was common in the
1800s, but by the time this gae was played had declined in popularity because
it was brlirvrf that it release the central tension too early and allowed
black easy equality. Garry Kasparov revived it in the 1990s.} exd4 4. Nxd4 {
The Scotch Gambit (4.Bc4) might appeal to gambiteers. In my database the
results are about 50-50 with few draws.} Bc5 5. Be3 Qe7 {Today 5...Qf6 is far
more popular, but that’s not to say better.} 6. Nc3 {Black should now play 6.
..Nxd4 instead of the more popular and slightly inferior 6...Nf6} Bxd4 {
This is also better that 6...Nf6} (6... Nf6 7. Nf5 Qf8 8. Nxg7+ Qxg7 9. Bxc5 {
White has the much better position/}) 7. Bxd4 Nf6 8. Bxf6 (8. Be2 {baits a
nice trap. Black should now play either 8...O-O or 8...d6 when in either case
white has the better position. However, black must not snatch the P.} Nxe4 9.
Nd5 Qd6 10. Bxg7 Rg8 11. Nf6+ {and white is much betterm of not winning.}) 8...
Qxf6 9. Nd5 (9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. f4 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Nd5 {Avdic,A
(2261)-Mujic,H (2326) Tuzla 2004. The chances are equal.}) 9... Qd8 10. Qh5 {
Very aggressive!} O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O-O Re5 13. Qh3 d6 14. Qe3 {White has
lost some time with hew Q, but she still has a good position and continues her
aggressive policy wuth her next move,} a6 15. f4 {[%mdl 2048]} Rh5 {Black
lands in trouble after this. The simple retreat 15,,,.Re8 would have been
better.} 16. h3 b5 17. g4 Rh4 18. g5 h6 19. Rdg1 {Now it's clear that 15...Rh5
has resulted in black's ending up with a lost position. Bowles is merciless in
her attack.} hxg5 20. Rxg5 g6 21. Qg3 Rh6 22. e5 {Threatens Bxg6!} Nd4 (22...
dxe5 {results a slaughter.} 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Rxg6+ Rxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. fxe5
Nd4 27. Rf1+ {etc.}) 23. Nf6+ {White can also win with 23.Bxg6} Kg7 {From here
to the end of the game black had several "stronger" moves than the ones she
played, but nine if then were good enough to change the outcome.} 24. Rg1 Qh8
25. f5 Kf8 26. fxg6 Rxg6 27. Rxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6 Bb7 29. Nh7+ Ke7 {There is no
safety in fleeing to the Q-side.} 30. Qf6+ Kd7 31. Rg7+ Kc6 32. b4 Qe8 33. Be4+
{White mates im 4.} Kb6 34. Qxd6+ {Nice!} Qc6 (34... cxd6 35. Rxb7#) 35. Qxd4+
{Black resigned. It's mate next move.} 1-0
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