Creative Women by Profession and Last Name

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        ARTISTS, PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, PHOTOGRAPHERS…

• Abbott, Berenice (1898-1991) US photographer
• Arbus, Diane (1923-1971) US photographer
• Barry, Lynda (1956-____) US cartoonist, writer
• Carr, Emily (1871-1945) Canadian artist, writer
• Chanel, Coco (1883-1971) French fashion designer
• Head, Edith (1898-1981) US costume designer
• Hepworth, Dame Barbara (1903-1975) English sculptor
• Kent, Corita (1918-1986) US graphic artist
• Kollwitz, Kathe (1867-1945) German artist
• Lin, Maya Ying (1959-____) US architect, sculptor
• Moses, Grandma (1860-1961) US folk painter
• Nevelson, Louise (1899-1988) US sculptor, painter
• O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) US painter
• Schiaparelli, Elsa (1890-1973) Italian-French designer
• Signoret, Simone (1921-____) German actress
• Vanderbilt, Gloria (1924-____) US designer, poet
  BUSINESSWOMEN, ECONOMISTS, EXECUTIVES…
• Arden, Elizabeth (1884-1966) US cosmetics executive
• Ash, Mary Kay (1915-____) US businesswoman
• Fields, Debbi (1956-____) US business executive
• Fitz-Gibbon, Bernice (1895-1982) US advertising executive
• Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935) US economist, lecturer, author, feminist
• Graham, Katharine (1917-____) US newspaper executive
• Heath, Jinger () US business executive
• Kanter, Rosabeth Moss (1943-____) US businesswoman
• Lauder, Estée (1908?-____) U.S. cosmetics executive
• Myers, Joyce A. () US Business executive
• Nelson, Paula (1945-____) US economist
• Popcorn, Faith (1947-____) US management consultant
• Porter, Sylvia (1913-1991) US journalist, finance expert
• RoAne, Susan () US management consultant, writer
• Roddick, Anita (1942-____) English businesswoman, social reformer
• Rubinstein, Helena (1870-1965) US cosmetician, executive, philanthropist
• Ward, Barbara (1914-1981) English economist, journalist, educator
• Webb, Beatrice Potter (1858-1943) US social economist
   COMPOSERS, CONDUCTORS, BALLET, OPERA, ETIQUETTE…
• Boulanger, Nadia (1887-1979) French conductor, educator
• Caldwell, Sarah (1924-____) US opera conductor, producer, impresario
• Callas, Maria (1923-1977) US opera singer
• Dunham, Katherine (1910-) US dancer, choreographer, anthropologist
• Fonteyn, Margot (1919-____) English dancer
• Graham, Martha (1894-1994) US dancer, choreographer
• Horne, Marilyn (1934-____) US opera singer
• Jamison, Judith (1943-____) US modern dancer
• Lehmann, Lotte (1888-1976) German opera singer
• Melba, Nellie (1861-1931) Australian opera singer
• Norman, Jessye (1945-____) US operatic and concert singer
• Pavlova, Anna (1881-1931) Russian ballerina
• Post, Emily (1872-1960) US etiquette authority
• Price, Leontyne (1927-____) US opera singer
• Sills, Beverly (1929-____) US opera singer
• Vanderbilt, Amy (1908-1974) US etiquette authority
     DRAMATISTS, PLAYWRIGHTS, POETS…
• Ackerman, Diane (1948-____) US poet, writer, social worker
• Allen, Paula Gunn (1939-____) US American Indian {Pueblo/Sioux) poet, writer
• Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851) Scottish poet, dramatist
• Barbauld, Anna Letitia (1743-1825) English poet, writer
• Behn, Aphra (1640-1689) English playwright, poet
• Bennett, Gwendolyn (1902-1981) US poet, artist
• Bishop, Elizabeth (1911-1979) US poet
• Bogan, Louise A. (1897-1970) US lyric poet, critic
• Bolton, Sarah Knowles (1841-1916) US poet, editor, social reformer
• Bradstreet, Anne (1612?-1672) US poet
• Brittain, Vera () English writer, poet, pacifist
• Bronte, Charlotte (1816-1855) English novelist, poet
• Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-____) US poet
• Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861) English poet
• Clifton, Lucille (1936-____) US poet, educator
• Coatsworth, Elizabeth (1893-1986) US poet, children’s author
• Cook, Eliza (1818-1889) English poet
• Cowley, Hannah (1743-1809) English playwright
• Delaney, Shelagh (1939-____) English playwright
• Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886) US poet
• Dove, Rita (1952-____) US poet, educator
• Duffy, Maureen (1933-____) English poet, writer
• Dunbar-Nelson, Alice (1875-1935) US poet, essayist
• Erdrich, Louise (1954-____) US-American Indian Chippewa writer, poet
• Evans, Mari (1923-____) US poet, educator, editor
• Fauset, Jessie Redmon (1882-1961) US poet, novelist
• Giovanni, Nikki (1943-____) US author, poet
• Griffin, Susan () US poet, writer, educator
• Hale, Sarah Josepha (1788-1879) US journalist, author, poet
• Hansberry, Lorraine (1930-1965) US playwright
• Harper, Frances Watkins (1825-1911) US poet
• Hellman, Lillian (1905-1987) US dramatist
• Henley, Beth (1952-____) US dramatist
• Hurston, Zora Neale (1903-1960) US dramatist, author
• Johnson, Georgia Douglas (1866-1967) US poet
• Kumin, Maxine (1925-____) US poet, novelist, essayist
• Landon, Letitia (1802-1838) English poet, novelist
• Lazarus, Emma (1849-1887) US poet
• Levertov, Denise (1923-____) English-USA poet
• Lorde, Audre (1934-1992) US poet, feminist
• Lowell, Amy (1874-1925) US poet, critic, lecturer
• McMillan, Terry (1951-____) US novelist, editor
• Meynell, Alice (1847-1922) English poet, essayist
• Millay, Edna St. Vincent (1882-1950) US author, poet
• Miller, Alice Duer (1874-1942) US poet, author
• Monroe, Harriet (1860-1936) US editor, poet
• Moore, Marianne (1887-1972) US poet, editor
• Norman, Marsha (1947-____) US dramatist
• Norton, Caroline Sheridan (1808-1877) English poet, novelist
• Proctor, Adelaide A. (1825-1864) English poet, activist
• Rich, Adrienne (1929-____) US poet, educator
• Richards, Beah (1926-____) US poet, playwright, actress
• Richards, Mary Caroline () US poet, potter
• Rossetti, Christina (1830-1894) English poet
• Rukeyser, Muriel (1913-1980) US poet
• Sachs, Nelly (1891-1970) German poet, dramatist
• Sackville-West, Vita (1892-1962) English novelist, poet
• Sanchez, Sonia (1934-____) US poet, playwright, educator
• Sarton, May (1912-1995) US author, poet
• Sexton, Anne (1928-1974) US poet
• Shange, Ntozake (1948-____) US poet, playwright
• Sitwell, Edith (1887-1964) English poet
• Smith, Dodie (1896-1990) English dramatist
• Smith, Stevie (1902-1971) English poet
• Spencer, Anne (1882-1975) US poet, social worker
• St. Teresa of Avila, (1515-1582) Spanish mystic, poet
• Stuart, Janet Erskine () English poet
• Swenson, May (1919-____) US poet
• Taylor, Ann (and Jane)(1782-1866) English children’s author, poet
• Teasdale, Sara (1884-1933) US author, poet
• Wakoski, Diane () US poet
• Wasserstein, Wendy (1950-____) US playwright
• Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919) US writer, poet, journalist 

    ACTRESSES, DANCERS, SINGERS, MUSICIANS, COMEDIANS, DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS…

• Ace, Jane Sherwood (1905-1974) US actress, comedienne
• Adler, Polly (1900-1953) US madam
• Aimee, Anouk (1932-____) French actress
• Allen, Gracie (1906-1964) US comedienne
• Alley, Kirstie (1955-____) US actress
• Anderson, Marian (1897-1993) US singer
• Andrews, Julie (1935-____) English actress, singer, author
• Annis, Francesca (1944-____) English actress
• Ashley, Elizabeth (1941-____) US actress
• Astor, Mary (1906-1987) US actress
• Bacall, Lauren (1924-____) US actress
• Baez, Joan (1941-____) US folksinger, political activist
• Bailey, Pearl (1918-1990) US singer, actress
• Baker, Josephine (1906-1975) French dancer, singer, entertainer
• Ball, Lucille (1911-1989) US comic actress
• Bankhead, Tallulah (1903-1968) US actress
• Bardot, Brigitte (1934-____) French actress
• Barr, Roseanne (1952-____) US actress, comedian
• Barrymore, Ethel (1879-1959) US actress
• Baxter, Anne (1923-87) US actress
• Belmont, Eleanor Robson (1879-1979) English-USA actor, writer, nurse
• Bergen, Candice (1946-____) US actress, photojournalist
• Bergman, Ingrid (1915-1982) Swedish actress
• Bernhard, Sandra (1955-____) US actress, commedienne
• Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) French actress
• Bisset, Jacqueline (1944-____) English actress
• Black, Shirley Temple (1928-____) US actress, diplomat
• Boosler, Elayne (1952-____) US comedian
• Booth, Shirley (1907-____) US actress
• Brice, Fanny (1891-1951) US singing comedienne
• Brooks, Louise (1906-1985) US actress
• Brophy, Brigid (1929-____) English-Irish writer, novelist, playwright
• Burnett, Carol (1933-____) US actress, comedienne
• Campbell, Mrs. Patrick (1865-1940) English actress
• Carpenter, Karen (1950-1983) US singer
• Carter, Betty (1929-1998) US jazz singer
• Cattrall, Kim (1956-____) English actress
• Chaplin, Geraldine (1944-____) US actress
• Chase, Ilka (1905-1978) US actress, writer
• Cher, (1946-____) US singer, actress
• Childress, Alice (1920-1994) US playwright, actress, director
• Colbert, Claudette (1903-1996) French actress
• Collins, Joan (1933-____) English-US actress
• Collins, Judy (1939-____) US folksinger, film maker
• Comeaux, Amie (1976-1997) US country singer
• Conn, Didi (1951-____) US actress
• Crawford, Joan (1908-1977) US actress, dancer
• Davis, Bette (1908-1989) US actress
• Davis, Geena (1957-____) US actress
• Day, Doris (1924-____) US singer, actress
• DeMille, Agnes George (1905-____) US dancer, choreographer
• Dee, Ruby (1923-____) US actress
• Didion, Joan (1934-____) US screenwriter, author
• Dietrich, Marlene (1901-1992) German-USA actress, singer
• Diller, Phyllis (1917-____) US comedienne
• Douglas, Helen Gahagan (1900-1980) US actress, opera singer, politician
• Draper, Ruth (1884-1956) US actress
• Dressler, Marie (1869-1934) Canadian-USA actress
• Duncan, Isadora (1877-1927) US dancer
• Duse, Eleonora (1858-1924) Italian actress
• Etting, Ruth (1897-1978) US singer
• Field, Sally (1946-____) US actress
• Fisher, Carrie (1956-____) US actress, author
• Fiske, Minnie Maddern (1865-1932) US actress
• Fitzgerald, Ella (1917-1996) US jazz singer
• Fonda, Jane (1937-____) US actress, political activist
• Fontanne, Lynn (1887-1983) US actress
• Franklin, Aretha (1942-____) US Rhythm and Blues singer
• Gabor, Zsa Zsa (1919-____) Hungarian actress
• Garbo, Greta (1905-1990) Swedish actress
• Gardner, Ava (1922-1990) US actress
• Garland, Judy (1922-1969) US actress, singer
• Gingold, Hermione (1897-1987) English actress
• Gish, Dorothy (1898-1968) US actress
• Gish, Lillian (1893-1993) US entertainer
• Goldberg, Whoopi (1949-____) US actress, comedienne
• Gordon, Ruth (1896-1985) US actress
• Grable, Betty (1916-1973) US actress
• Graham, Virginia (1912-1998) US actress, TV personality
• Harlow, Jean (1911-1937) US actress
• Hawn, Goldie (1945-____) US actress, comedienne, producer
• Hayes, Helen (1900-1993) US actress
• Henner, Marilu (1952-____) US actress, health promotor, author
• Hepburn, Katharine (1907-____) US actress
• Holiday, Billie (1915-1959) US singer
• Hopper, Hedda (1890-1966) US journalist, actress
• Horne, Lena (1917-____) US singer, actress
• Houston, Whitney (1963-____) US singer
• Hunter, Alberta (1895-1988) US blues singer
• Hurst, Fannie (1889-1968) US screenwriter, novelist, dramatist
• Hutton, Betty (1921-____) US singer, dancer, actress
• Ireland, Kathy (1963-____) US model
• Jackson, Glenda (1936-____) US actress
• Jackson, Mahalia (1911-1972) US gospel singer
• Jones, Shirley (1934-____) US actress, singer
• Joplin, Janis (1943-1970) US singer
• Judd, Naomi (1946-____) US singer
• Kerr, Deborah (1921-____) Scottish actress
• Lee, Gypsy Rose (1914-1970) US entertainer
• Lillie, Beatrice (1898-1989) English comedienne
• Lloyd, Marie (1870-1922) English singer
• Long, Shelley (1950-____) US actress
• Loren, Sophia (1934-____) Italian actress
• Lynn, Loretta (1935-____) US singer, songwriter
• Mabley, Jackie “Moms” (1894-1975) US comedienne
• MacLaine, Shirley (1934-____) US actress, dancer, writer, metaphysician
• Madonna, (1958-____) US singer, actress
• Main, Marjorie (1890-1975) US actress
• Makeba, Miriam (1932-____) South African singer
• McEntire, Reba (1954-____) US country singer
• Merman, Ethel (1909-1984) US singer, actor
• Midler, Bette (1945-____) US singer, actress
• Minnelli, Liza (1946-____) US actress, singer, dancer
• Mitchell, Joni (1943-____) Canadian singer, songwriter
• Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962) US actress
• Moore, Mary Tyler (1936-____) US actress, humanitarian
• Moreau, Jeanne (1928-____) French actress
• Neal, Patricia (1926-____) US actress
• Ono, Yoko (1933-____) US artist, musician
• Paglia, Camille (1947-____) US actress, writer
• Parent, Gail (1940- ____) US scenarist
• Parton, Dolly (1946-____) US singer, songwriter, actress
• Pearl, Minnie (1912-1996) US comedienne
• Pfeiffer, Michelle (1958-____) US actress
• Pickford, Mary (1894-1979) Canadian actress
• Radner, Gilda (1946-1989) US actress, comedienne
• Rainey, Ma (1886-1939) US Blues singer
• Rashad, Phylicia (1948-____) US actress, Equal Rights activist
• Reagon, Bernice Johnson (1942-____) US musician, museum director
• Reed, Donna (1921-1986) US actress
• Ritter, Thelma (1905-1969) US actress
• Rivers, Joan (1937-____) US comedian, TV personality
• Roberts, Julia (1967-____) US actress
• Ronstadt, Linda (1946-____) US singer
• Ross, Diana (1944-____) US singer, actress
• Rudner, Rita (1956-____) US comedienne, essayist, actress
• Russell, Rosalind (1911-1976) US actress, philanthropist
• Schell, Maria (1926-____) Austrian actress
• Scott, Hazel (1920-1981) Trinidad-USA pianist, singer, writer
• Seymour, Jane (1951-____) English actress
• Shore, Dinah (1917-1994) US singer, actress
• Siddons, Sarah (1755-1831) English actress, sculptor
• Simone, Nina (1933-____) US Jazz singer, pianist, composer, songwriter
• Skinner, Cornelia Otis (1901-1979) US actress, author
• Smith, Bessie (1894-1937) US blues singer, songwriter
• Smith, Maggie (1934-____) US actress
• Smith, Patti (1946-____) US rock singer, poet
• Stanwyck, Barbara (1907-1990) US actress
• Stone, Sharon (1958-____) US actress
• Streep, Meryl (1949-____) US actress
• Streisand, Barbra (1942-____) US actress, singer
• Swanson, Gloria (1897-1983) US actor, producer, business executive
• Swit, Loretta (1937-____) US actress
• Taylor, Elizabeth (1932-____) English actress
• Terry, Ellen (1847-1928) British actress
• Thomas, Marlo (1938-____) US actress
• Tomlin, Lily (1939-____) US actress, comedienne
• Tucker, Sophie (1884-1966) US singer
• Turner, Kathleen (1954-____) US actress
• Turner, Lana (1920-1995) US actress
• Turner, Tina (1938-____) US singer
• Ullmann, Liv (1938-____) Norwegian actress, humanitarian
• Vega, Suzanne (1959-____) US singer, songwriter
• Vera-Ellen, (1926-1981) US actress
• Wagner, Jane (1935-____) US humorist, writer, director
• Welch, Raquel (1940-____) US actress, model
• West, Mae (1892-1980) US actress
• Winfrey, Oprah (1954-____) US TV personality, actress
• Winger, Debra (1955-____) US actress
• Winters, Shelley (1922-____) US actress
• Woodward, Joanne (1930-____) US actress
     PHYSICIANS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHIATRIST, SURGEONS…
• Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett (1836-1917) English physician
• Barton, Clara (1821-1912) US humanitarian
• Blackwell, Elizabeth (1821-1910) US physician, author
• Blackwell, Emily (1826-1910) US physician, author
• Brothers, Joyce (1928-____) US psychologist, author
• Calderone, Mary Steichen (1904-1998) US physician, author
• Carter, Lillian (1898-1983) US nurse, first mother
• Davis, Adelle (1904-1974) US nutritionist, author
• Delany, Annie Elizabeth (1891-1995) US dentist
• Deutsch, Helene (1884-1982) US psychoanalyst
• Field, Joanna (1900-____) English psychologist
• Fisher, M. F. K. (1908-1992) U.S. culinary expert, author
• Hinkle, Beatrice (1874-1953) US psychiatrist
• Horney, Karen (1885-1952) US psychoanalyst, writer
• Kenny, Elizabeth (1886-1952) Australian nurse
• Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth (1926-____) Swiss-USA psychiatrist
• Ramey, Estelle (1917- ____) US physician, physiologist
• Singer, June () US doctor
• Suyin, Han (1917-____) Chinese writer, physician
• Westheimer, Ruth (1928-____) German-born USA psychiatrist, author, lecturer
   
   

SCIENTISTS, INVENTORS, EXPLORERS, AVIATORS, ASTRONAUTS, ECOLOGISTS,

• Benedict, Ruth (1887-1948) US anthropologist
• Carson, Rachel (1907-1964) US biologist, writer
• Curie, Marie (1867-1934) Polish-French chemist
• Earhart, Amelia (1898-1937) US aviatrix
• Eberhardt, Isabelle (1877-1904) Russian-born traveler
• Markham, Beryl (1902-1986) English aviator
• McClintock, Barbara (1902-____) US scientist
• Mead, Margaret (1901-1978) US anthropologist, author
• Mitchell, Maria (1818-1889) US astronomer, educator
• Moodie, Susanna (1803-1885) English-born Canadian pioneer
• Richards, Ellen Swallow (1842-1911) US chemist, ecologist
• Tannen, Deborah (1951-____) US sociolinguist, writer
• Winnemucca, Sarah (c.1842-1891) Indian scout, activist
• Yalow, Rosalyn Sussman (1921-____) US medical physicist

   
   

MILITARY, NAVAL, ARMY, MARINE, AIR FORCE LEADERS…

• Hopper, Grace Murray (1906-1992) U.S. military leader, mathematician, educator
   NOVELISTS, SHORT-STORY, AND SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS…
• Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888) US novelist
• Allingham, Margery (1904-1966) English detective story writer
• Ashford, Daisy (1881-1972) English novelist
• Asquith, Margot (1864-1945) English author
• Atwood, Margaret (1939-____) Canadian novelist, poet
• Austen, Jane (1775-1817) English novelist
• Bagnold, Enid (1889-1981) English novelist, playwright
• Baldwin, Faith (1893-1978) US novelist
• Bambara, Toni Cade (1939-1995) US writer
• Barnes, Djuna (1892-1982) US novelist, poet, illustrator, dramatist
• Barney, Natalie Clifford (1876-1972) US author
• Baum, Vicki (1888-1960) Austrian-USA novelist
• Bibesco, Elizabeth Asquith ()
• Blume, Judy (1938-____) US novelist, writer
• Bowen, Elizabeth (1899-1973) Irish author
• Bradley, Marion Zimmer (1930- ____) US novelist
• Brodie, Fawn M. (1915-1981) US author
• Bronte, Anne (1820-1849) English novelist, poet
• Bronte, Emily (1818-1848) English novelist
• Brown, Rita Mae (1944-____) US writer, playwright
• Buck, Pearl (1892-1973) US author
• Caldwell, Taylor (1900-1985) English novelist
• Carter, Angela (1940-1992) English novelist, short-story writer
• Cartland, Barbara (1901-____) English novelist
• Cather, Willa (1876-1947) US novelist, short-story writer
• Child, Lydia M. (1802-1880) US author
• Christie, Agatha (1890-1976) English author, dramatist
• Colette, (1873-1954) French author
• Compton-Burnett, Ivy (1892-1969) English novelist
• Craik, Dinah Mulock (1826-1887) English novelist
• Dillard, Annie (1945-____) US author
• Dinesen, Isak (1885-1962) Danish short-story writer
• Drabble, Margaret (1939-____) English novelist, critic
• DuMaurier, Daphne (1907-1989) English novelist
• Durant, Ariel (1898-1981) US author
• Duras, Marguerite (1914-____) French novelist, playwright
• Edgeworth, Maria (1767-1849) English children’s author
• Eliot, George (1819-1880) English novelist
• Ephron, Nora (1941-____) US author, screenwriter
• Ferber, Edna (1885-1968) US novelist
• Field, Rachel (1894-1942) US children’s author
• Figes, Eva (1932-____) German-born English writer
• Fitzgerald, Zelda (1900-1948) US writer, celebrity relative
• Frame, Janet (1924-____) New Zealander novelist, short-story writer, poet
• Gaskell, Elizabeth (1810-1865) English novelist, short-story writer
• Gilman, Dorothy (1923-____) US mystery novelist
• Ginzburg, Natalia (1916-1991) Italian author
• Glasgow, Ellen (1874-1945) US author
• Glyn, Elinor (1864-1943) English novelist, short-story writer
• Godden, Rumer (1907-____) English novelist
• Godwin, Gail (1937-____) US novelist, short-story writer, journalist
• Gordimer, Nadine (1923-____) South African novelist
• Guest, Judith (1936-____) US novelist
• Halsey, Margaret (1910-____) US author
• Hazzard, Shirley (1931-____) Australian novelist
• Ingelow, Jean (1820-1897) English novelist
• Jackson, Helen Hunt (1830-1885) US novelist, poet, essayist
• Jackson, Shirley (1919-1965) US novelist
• James, P. D. (1920-____) English mystery novelist
• Janowitz, Tama (1957-_____) US novelist
• Jewett, Sarah Orne (1848-1909) US author
• Jones, Gayl (1949-____) US short story writer, novelist
• Jong, Erica (1942-____) US author, poet
• Kingsolver, Barbara (1955-____) US novelist
• Kingston, Maxine Hong (1940-____) US author
• Konigsburg, E. L. (1930-____) US children’s author
• Krantz, Judith (1928-____) US novelist
• L’Engle, Madeleine (1918-____) US novelist
• Larsen, Nella (1891-1964) US novelist
• Le Guin, Ursula (1929-____) US science-fiction writer
• Lee, Harper (1926-____) US novelist
• Loos, Anita (1893-1981) US screenwriter, dramatist, author
• Mansfield, Katherine (1888-1923) New Zealander author
• McCarthy, Mary (1912-1989) US novelist, critic
• McCullers, Carson (1917-1967) US novelist, short-story writer
• McKillip, Patricia (1948-____) US science fiction writer
• Metalious, Grace (1924-1964) US novelist
• Mitchell, Margaret (1900-1949) US novelist
• Mitchison, Naomi (1897-1999) Scottish novelist
• Mitford, Nancy (1904-1973) English novelist
• Montagu, Mary Wortley (1689-1762) English author
• Morrison, Toni (1931-____) US novelist
• Murdoch, Iris (1919-1999) Irish author
• Naylor, Gloria (1950-____) US novelist, educator
• Nin, Anais (1903-1977) US author
• Norris, Kathleen (1880-1960) US novelist
• O’Brien, Edna (1932-____) Irish novelist, pacifist
• O’Connor, Flannery (1925-1964) US author
• Oates, Joyce Carol (1938-____) US novelist, poet, educator
• Olsen, Tillie (1912-____) US novelist
• Orczy, Emmuska (1865-1947) Hungarian-born British novelist
• Ouida, (1839-1908) English novelist, social critic
• Ozick, Cynthia (1928-___) US novelist, short-story writer
• Paterson, Katherine () US children’s writer
• Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart () US novelist
• Plath, Sylvia () US novelist, poet
• Porter, Eleanor H. (1868-1920) US novelist
• Porter, Katherine Anne (1894-1980) US novelist, short-story writer
• Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) English author
• Rand, Ayn (1905-1982) US author
• Renault, Mary (1905-1983) English African novelist
• Rhys, Jean (1894-1979) English novelist
• Rice, Anne (1941-____) US novelist
• Richardson, Dorothy Miller (1873-1957) English novelist
• Rinehart, Mary Roberts (1876-1958) US novelist, playwright
• Ripley, Alexandra (1934-____) US novelist
• Rossner, Judith (1935-____) US novelist
• Rule, Jane (1931-____) US novelist, critic
• Sagan, Francoise (1935-____) French novelist
• Sand, George (1804-1876) French author
• Sayers, Dorothy L. (1893-1957) English author
• Schreiner, Olive (1855-1920) South African novelist
• Seredy, Kate (1899-1975) Hungarian children’s writer, illustrator
• Sewell, Anna (1820-1878) English novelist
• Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851) English author
• Sherwood, Mary Martha (1775-1851) English children’s author
• Smith, Betty (1896-1972) US novelist
• Smith, Lillian (1897-1966) US novelist, educator
• Spark, Muriel (1918-____) Scottish novelist, satirist
• Spyri, Johanna (1827-1901) Swiss novelist
• Stafford, Jean (1915-1979) US short-story writer, novelist
• Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946) US author
• Stewart, Mary (1916-____) English novelist
• Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) US author
• Swetchine, Anne Sophie (1782-1857) Russian-French writer
• Tan, Amy (1952-____) US novelist
• Tremain, Rose (1942-____) English novelist, playwright
• Tyler, Anne (1941-____) US novelist, short-story writer
• Viorst, Judith (1931-____) US novelist, poet
• Walker, Alice (1944-____) US author
• Warner, Susan (1819-1885) US novelist
• Webb, Mary (1881-1927) English novelist
• Weldon, Fay (1931-____) English novelist
• Wells, Carolyn (1869-1942) US author
• Welty, Eudora (1909-____) US author
• West, Jessamyn (1902-1984) US author
• Wharton, Edith (1862-1937) US novelist, short-story writer
• Yezierska, Anzia (1885-1970) US novelist
• Yourcenar, Marguerite (1903-1987) Belgian-USA novelist, essayist
• von Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie (1830-1916) Austrian novelist
   
   

POLITICAL LEADERS, RULERS, STATESWOMEN, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, DIPLOMATS…

• Adams, Abigail (1744-1818) US first lady
• Alliluyeva, Svetlana (1926-____) Russian-USA political celebrity
• Antoinette, Marie (1755-1795) Austrian ruler
• Aquino, Corazon (1933-____) Filipino political leader
• Astor, Nancy (1879-1964) English stateswoman
• Berry, Mary Frances (1938-____) US government official, author
• Bush, Barbara (1925-____) US first lady
• Carter, Rosalynn (1927-____) US First Lady
• Catherine the Great, (1729-1796) Russian empress
• Chiang Kai-Shek, Madame () Chinese sociologist
• Chisholm, Shirley (1924-____) US politician, author
• Christina of Sweden, (1626-1689) Swedish ruler
• Churchill, Jennie Jerome (1854-1921) US socialite
• Clinton, Hillary Rodham (1947-____) US first lady, author, lawyer
• Devlin, Bernadette (1947-____) Irish politician
• Dole, Elizabeth (1936-____) US government official, business executive
• Elizabeth I, (1533-1603) English ruler
• Elizabeth II, (1926-____) British ruler
• Feinstein, Dianne (1933-____) US politician
• Fenwick, Millicent (1910-1992) US diplomat, congresswoman
• Ferraro, Geraldine (1935-____) US politician
• Ford, Betty (1918-____) US First Lady, dancer, philanthropist
• Gandhi, Indira (1917-1984) Indian political leader
• Grasso, Ella T. (1919-1981) US politician
• Griffiths, Martha Wright (1912-____) US politician
• Hufstedler, Shirley (1925-____) US government official
• Jackson, Rachel Donaldson (1767-1828) US first lady
• Johnson, Lady Bird (1912-____) US first lady
• Jordan, Barbara (1936-____) US lawyer, educator, politician
• Kirkpatrick, Jeane (1926-____) US diplomat
• Lenclos, Ninon de (1620-1705) French society figure, courtesan
• Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882) US first lady
• Mankiller, Wilma Pearl (1945-____) US-American Indian Cherokee chief
• Marcos, Imelda (1929-____) Filipino first lady
• Meir, Golda (1898-1978) Israeli political leader
• Mikulski, Barbara (1936-____) US politician
• Moseley-Braun, Carol (1947-____) US politican, lawyer
• Nixon, Pat (1912-1993) US first lady
• Norton, Eleanor Holmes (1937-____) US government official
• Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy (1929-1994) US first lady
• Peron, Eva (1919-1952) Argentine political leader
• Priest, Ivy Baker (1905-1975) US government official
• Princess Anne, (1950-____) British royalty
• Queen Mother Elizabeth, (1900-____) British royalty
• Queen Victoria, (1819-1901) British royalty
• Reagan, Nancy (1921-____) US first lady
• Richards, Ann (1933-____) US politician, governor
• Robinson, Mary (1944-____) Irish political leader
• Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962) US first lady, social reformer
• Ruckelshaus, Jill (1937-____) US government official, lecturer
• Schroeder, Patricia (1940-____) US political leader
• Smith, Margaret Chase (1897- 1995) US politician
• Summerskill, Edith Clara (1901-1980) English politician, physician, author
• Thatcher, Margaret (1925-____) English political leader
• Washington, Martha (1732-____) US First Lady
• de Valois, Marguerite () French princess, scholar
   
   

REFORMERS, REVOLUTIONARIES, ABOLITIONISTS, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS,
ACTIVISTS, ANARCHISTS…

• Addams, Jane (1869-1935) US social worker, suffragist
• Andrus, Ethel Percy (1884-1967) US social activist
• Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906) US social reformer, suffragist
• Astell, Mary (1666?-1731) English feminist, writer
• Austin, Mary (1868-1934) US writer, suffragist
• Baker, Ella (1903-1986) US civil rights activist
• Blackwell, Antoinette Brown (1825-1921) US abolitionist, feminist, clergy
• Chapman, Maria Weston (1806-1885) US abolitionist, editor
• Davis, Angela (1944-____) US political activist, revolutionary, author
• Day, Dorothy (1897-1980) US editor, humanitarian, women’s rights advocate
• Edelman, Marian Wright (1939-____) US social reformer, lawyer, author
• Faludi, Susan (1959-____) US writer, feminist
• Farnham, Eliza Wood Burhans (1815-1864) US social reformer, lecturer
• Friedan, Betty (1921-____) US feminist, activist, writer
• Fuller, Margaret (1810-1850) US critic, social reformer, writer
• Goldman, Emma (1869-1940) US anarchist
• Greer, Germaine (1939-____) English reformer, author, educator
• Grimke, Angelina (1805-1879) US abolitionist, women’s rights advocate
• Hale, Clara McBride (1905-1992) US social reformer
• Hamer, Fannie Lou (1917-1977) US activist
• Height, Dorothy (1912-____) US activist
• Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910) US social reformer
• Huerta, Dolores (1930-____) US Chicana activist, labor leader
• Johnson, Sonia () US activist, religious leader
• Jones, Mary Harris “Mother” (1860-1930) US labor organizer
• Kempton, Sally (1943-____) US writer, feminist
• Key, Ellen (1849-1926) Swedish writer, feminist
• King, Coretta Scott (1927-____) US civil rights activist
• Kuhn, Maggie (1905-1995) US activist, social worker
• Lockwood, Belva (1830-1917) US social reformer, lawyer
• Luce, Clare Boothe (1905-1987) US dramatist, author, politician, diplomat
• Mott, Lucretia (1793-1880) US social reformer
• Nation, Carry (1846-1911) US social reformer
• Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910) English nurse, reformer
• Pankhurst, Emmeline (1858-1928) English suffragist
• Parks, Rosa (1913-____) US civil rights leader
• Roland, Jeanne-Marie (1754-1793) French revolutionary
• Rose, Ernestine L. (1810-1892) US activist
• Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre (1842-1924) US suffragist
• Russell, Dora () English writer, activist
• Sanger, Margaret (1883-1966) US nurse, social reformer
• Scott-Maxwell, Florida () US writer, suffragist, psychologist
• Smith, Hannah Whitall (1832-1911) US evangelist, reformer, suffragist, author
• Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (1815-1902) US social reformer, feminist
• Steinem, Gloria (1934-____) US feminist, journalist, lecturer
• Stone, Lucy (1818-1893) US suffragist, feminist
• Terrell, Mary Church (1863-1954) US social reformer
• Truth, Sojourner (1797?-1883) US abolitionist, reformer
• Tubman, Harriet (c.1820-1913) US abolitionist, emancipator
• Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelly (1759-1797) English writer, women’s rights activist
• Woodhull, Victoria Claffin (1838-1927) US reformer 
   

  PHILOSOPHERS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, MORALISTS, THEOLOGIANS, MISSIONARIES, PHILANTHROPISTS…

• Bakker, Tammy Faye (1942-____) US evangelist
• Bethune, Mary McLeod (1875-1955) US educator, writer
• Daly, Mary (1928-____) US theologian
• Eddy, Mary Baker (1821-1910) US religious leader, writer
• Fry, Elizabeth (1780-1845) English social reformer, philanthropist
• Heyward, Carter () US Episcopal priest
• Hutchinson, Anne (1591-1643) US religious leader
• Langer, Suzanne K. (1895-1985) US philosopher
• Martineau, Harriet (1802-1876) English social reformer, writer
• Mcpherson, Aimee Semple (1890-1944) US religious leader, evangelist
• Pankhurst, Sylvia (1882-1960) English suffragist
• Rankin, Jeannette (1880-1973) US suffragist, politician
• Shinn, Florence Scovel () US illustrator, metaphysicist
• Teresa, Mother (1910-1997) Albanian nun, missionary
• Waddles, Charleszetta (1912-____) US nun, writer
• Weil, Simone (1909-1943) French philosopher
• Williamson, Marianne (1952-____) US lecturer, author
   
   

HISTORIANS, LAWYERS, JURISTS, EDUCATORS AND OTHER SCHOLARS…

• Abzug, Bella (1920-____) US lawyer, politician
• Adler, Freda (1934-____) US educator, criminal justice specialist
• Arendt, Hannah (1906-1975) German-USA political scientist
• Ashton-Warner, Sylvia (1908-1984) New Zealander educator, writer, novelist, poet
• Beard, Mary Ritter (1876-1958) US historian, writer
• Beecher, Catharine Esther (1800-1878) US educator, author
• Bird, Rose Elizabeth (1936-____) US justice
• Burroughs, Nannie (1883-1961) US educator
• Cole, Johnnetta Betsch (1936-____) US educator, anthropologist, college president
• Cooper, Anna Julia (1859-1964) US educator, feminist, writer
• Davis, Elizabeth Gould (1910-1974) US librarian, writer
• DeLuzy, Dorothée (1747-1830) French actress
• Deffand, Marie Anne du (1697-1780) French intellectual
• Delany, Sarah Louise (1889-199?) US educator
• Grimke, Charlotte Forten (1837-1914) US educator, diarist
• Hamilton, Edith (1867-1963) US writer, educator
• Harrison, Jane () English classical scholar, writer, archeologist
• Hillesum, Etty (1914-1943) Dutch lawyer, writer
• Le Sueur, Meridel () US writer, historian
• LeTendre, Mary Jean (1948-____) US educator, government official
• Lyon, Mary (1797-1849) US educator
• Marshall, Paule (1929-____) US writer, educator
• McAuliffe, Christa (1948-1986) US teacher
• Montagu, Elizabeth (1720-1800) English intellectual, conversationalist
• Montessori, Maria (1870-1952) Italian educator, reformer
• O’Connor, Sandra Day (1930-____) US supreme court justice
• Paul, Alice (1885-1977) US lawyer
• Perkins, Frances (1880-1965) US educator, government official
• Plato, Ann (1820?-___?) US educator
• Putnam, Emily James (1865-1944) US educator
• Ravitch, Diane () US educator
• Rosen, Marjorie (1942- ____) US film historian
• Spacks, Patricia Meyer (1929-____) US literature scholar, writer
• Stael, Anne Louise Germaine de (1766-1817) French-Swiss woman of letters, novelist
• Sullivan, Anne (1866-1936) US educator
• Thomas, Martha Carey (1857-1935) US educator, feminist
• Tuchman, Barbara (1912-1989) US historian
• Walker, Margaret (1915-____) US writer, educator
• Weisstein, Naomi () US psychology professor, activist
• Willard, Emma Hart (1787-1870) US educator
• de Maintenon, Francoise d’Aubigne (1635-1719) French writer, consort
• hooks, bell (1952?-____) US educator, feminist theorist, poet
    
   

NON-FICTION WRITERS, PUBLISHERS, EDITORS, JOURNALISTS, CRITICS, BROADCAST JOURNALISTS…

• Alexander, Shana (1925-____) US news commentator
• Anderson, Margaret (1886-1973) US editor
• Angelou, Maya (1928-____) US actress, author
• Anzaldua, Gloria Evangelina (1942-____) US Tejana-Chicana poet
• Baldwin, Christina () US writer
• Baldwin, Monica (1896-1975) English writer
• Ballantyne, Sheila () US writer
• Barr, Amelia (1831-1919) US author, journalist
• Barrett, Rona (1936-____) US journalist
• Battelle, Phyllis (1922-____) US journalist
• Beauvoir, Simone de (1908-1986) French writer
• Bengis, Ingrid () US writer
• Blavatsky, Helena Petrova (1831-1891) Russian author, translator, theosophist
• Blessington, Lady Marguerite (1789-1849) English socialite, writer
• Bombeck, Erma (1927-1996) US journalist, author, humorist
• Boom, Corrie Ten (1892-1983) Dutch evangelist
• Bourke-White, Margaret (1904-1971) US photojournalist
• Bowen, Catherine Drinker (1897-1973) US writer
• Brookner, Anita (1928-____) English art historian, writer
• Brown, Helen Gurley (1922-____) US editor, author
• Bunch, Charlotte (1944-____) US feminist theorist, lecturer, writer
• Burney, Fanny (1752-1840) English novelist, letter writer
• Burton, Isabel (1831-1896) English traveler, author
• Caine, Lynn (1927-1987) US writer, lecturer
• Calisher, Hortense (1911-____) US writer
• Carpenter, Liz (1920-____) US writer, feminist
• Child, Julia (1912-____) US chef, author, TV personality
• Chopin, Kate (1851-1904) US author
• Collange, Christiane () French writer
• Conran, Shirley (1932-____) English journalist, designer
• Crist, Judith (1922-____) US film critic
• Davis, Rebecca Harding (1831-1910) US author, journalist, critic
• Decter, Midge (1927-____) US journalist, writer
• Deming, Barbara (1917-____) US author, pacifist, political activist
• Dix, Dorothy (1870-1951) US journalist, writer
• Dowling, Colette (1938-____) US writer
• Drew, Elizabeth (1935-____) US journalist, commentator
• Duncan, Sara Jeannette (1861-1922) US writer
• Ehrenreich, Barbara (1941-____) US writer
• Ehrlich, Gretel () US writer
• Ellerbee, Linda (1944-____) US broadcast journalist
• Fallaci, Oriana (1930-____) Italian writer, journalist
• Fishel, Elizabeth () US writer
• Fisher, Dorothy Canfield (1879-1958) US author, essayist
• Flanner, Janet (1892-1978) US journalist
• Frank, Anne (1929-1945) German-Dutch diarist
• French, Marilyn (1929-____) US writer
• Fripp, Patricia () English-USA business speaker, author
• Gellhorn, Martha (1908-____) US journalist, author
• George, Phyllis (1949-____) US sportscaster
• Gerould, Katherine F. (1879-1944) US writer
• Geyer, Georgie Anne (1935-____) US columnist, journalist
• Gilligan, Carol () US writer, researcher
• Goodman, Ellen (1941-____) US journalist
• Graham, Sheilah (1904-1988) US columnist
• Hamilton, Gail (1833-1896) US writer
• Hardwick, Elizabeth (1916-____) US author, critic
• Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti () US writer, publicist
• Haskell, Molly () US writer, film critic
• Heilbrun, Carolyn (1926-____) US writer, educator
• Heimel, Cynthia () US writer, humorist
• Holmes, Marjorie () US writer
• Howard, Jane (1935-1996) US journalist, writer
• Hulme, Kathryn (1900-1981) US writer
• Huxtable, Ada Louise (1921-____) US critic, editor
• Jacobs, Harriet Ann (1813-1897) US diarist, writer
• Jameson, Anna (1794-1860) Irish author, art critic
• Janeway, Elizabeth (1913-____) US writer
• Johnson, Pamela Hansford (1912-1981) English critic, author
• Johnston, Jill (1929-____) US journalist, critic
• Jordan, June (1936-____) US writer, poet, journalist
• Kael, Pauline (1919-____) US critic
• Keller, Helen (1880-1968) US author, lecturer
• Kennedy, Rose (1890-1995) US author, political relative
• Kerr, Jean (1923-____) US humorist, author, playwright
• Kincaid, Jamaica (1949-____) Antigua-US journalist
• King, Florence (1936-____) US writer
• Koller, Alice () US writer
• Konner, Joan () US journalist, college administrator
• LaFollette, Suzanne (1895?-1983) US writer, editor
• Landers, Ann (1918-____) US advice columnist
• Lawrenson, Helen (1904-1982) US editor
• LeShan, Eda (1922-____) US writer
• Lebowitz, Fran (1950-____) US journalist
• Lerner, Harriet () US therapist, writer
• Lessing, Doris (1919-____) English author, playwright
• Lilly, Doris (1926-1991) US journalist, writer
• Lindbergh, Anne Morrow (1906-____) US writer
• Little, Mary Wilson () US writer
• Livermore, Mary Ashton (1820-1905) US journalist, social reformer, lecturer
• Livingstone, Belle (1875-1957) US writer, adventurer
• Longworth, Alice Roosevelt (1884-1980) US author, socialite, celebrity relative
• Luxemburg, Rosa (1871-1919) Polish German socialist, writer
• Mannes, Marya (1904-1990) US journalist, writer
• Martin, Judith (1938-____) US author, journalist
• Maxwell, Elsa (1883-1963) US writer, TV hostess, columnist
• McGinley, Phyllis (1905-1978) US author, poet
• McLaughlin, Mignon () US journalist, author
• Millett, Kate (1934-____) US writer, sculptor, educator
• Mitford, Jessica (1917-1996) English-USA journalist
• More, Hannah (1745-1833) English writer
• Morgan, Robin (1941-____) US editor, feminist, writer
• Morris, Jan (1926-____) English writer, journalist
• Necker, Suzanne Curchod (1739-1794) French writer
• Noonan, Peggy (1950-____) US writer
• Oliphant, Margaret (1828-1897) Scottish writer
• Paddleford, Clementine (1900-1967) US journalist, editor
• Paley, Grace (1922-____) US writer
• Parker, Dorothy (1893-1967) US author, poet, journalist, humorist
• Peter, Irene () US writer
• Peterson, Virgilia (1904-1966) US writer, TV personality
• Piercy, Marge (1936-____) US writer
• Pogrebin, Letty Cottin () US writer, editor, columnist
• Quindlen, Anna (1953-____) US journalist, novelist
• Quinn, Jane Bryant (1939-____) US journalist
• Repplier, Agnes (1858-1950) US essayist
• Rowland, Helen () English-USA writer
• Savant, Marilyn vos (1946-____) US columnist, writer
• Sawyer, Diane (1945-____) US broadcast journalist
• Seton, Anya (1916- ____) US writer
• Sevigne, Marie de (1626-1696) French diarist
• Sheehy, Gail (1937-____) US writer, journalist, editor
• Sinetar, Marsha () US writer
• Smiley, Jane (1949-____) US writer
• Smith, Barbara (1846-____) US editor, writer
• Smith, Liz (1923-____) US columnist
• Sontag, Susan (1933-____) US author, critic
• St. Johns, Adela Rogers (1894-1988) US journalist
• Stark, Freya () French-English travel writer
• Taylor, Susan L. (1946-____) US journalist
• Thompson, Dorothy (1894-1961) US journalist, writer
• Trilling, Diane (1905-1996) US author, critic
• Ueland, Brenda (1891-1986) US writer
• Uhnak, Dorothy (1933-____) US novelist, writer
• Van Buren, Abigail (1918-____) US journalist
• Van Horne, Harriet (1920-____) US columnist
• Vreeland, Diana (1903-1989) US fashion editor
• Walters, Barbara (1931-____) US broadcast journalist
• West, Rebecca (1892-1983) Irish author, journalist
• Whitehorn, Katharine (1928-____) English writer, essayist
• Wilder, Laura Ingalls (1867-1957) US author
• Wolf, Naomi (1963-____) US writer
• Woodman, Marion (1928-____) Canadian analyst, writer
• Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941) English author, critic
• de Girardin, Delphine (1804-1855) French novelist, poet
   
   

SPORTS PERSONALITIES, COACHES…

• Alcott, Amy Strum (1956-____) US golfer
• Berg, Patty (1918-____) US golfer
• Blair, Bonnie (1964-____) US speedskater
• Evert Lloyd, Chris (1954-____) US tennis player
• Gibson, Althea (1927-____) US tennis player
• Joyner, Florence Griffith (1959-1998) US track athlete
• King, Billie Jean (1943-____) US tennis player, activist
• Lopez, Nancy (1957-____) US golfer
• Navratilova, Martina (1956-____) US tennis player
• Rudolph, Wilma (1940-1994) US track athlete
• Zaharias, Babe Didrikson (1914-1956) US sportswoman, golfer