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Aidoo - Corelli Aidoo, Ama Ata, Ghanaian author, poet, and playwright Akhmatova, Anna, Russian poet Acmeist school Alcott, Louisa May, American author Allen, Paula Gunn, American Indian poet, novelist, critic Allende, Isabel, Chilean novelist Alvarez, Julia, American writer Angelou, Maya, American writer and performer Antin, Mary, Russian American writer Armstrong, Karen, English writer, catholic nun Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, Canadian novelist and poet Austen, Jane, English novelist Ban Zhao, Chinese writer Bainbridge, Beryl, English writer Barnes, Djuna, American author. Beauvoir, Simone de, French author Behn, Aphra, first professional female English author Binchy, Maeve, Irish writer, journalist Bishop, Elizabeth, American poet Blume, Judy (Judy Sussman), writer Bogan, Louise, American poet and critic Bombeck, Erma (Erma Fiste), writer, humorist Botwin, Carol, writer, social critic Bowen, Elizabeth, Anglo-Irish novelist Boyle, Kay, American writer Bradstreet, Anne (Dudley), early American poet Brittain, Vera, English novelist and poet Brookner, Anita, English writer and art critic Brooks, Gwendolyn, American poet Brown, Helen Gurley, American writer and editor Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, English poet Buck, Pearl (Sydenstricker), American author Butler, Octavia, African-American writer Byatt, Antonia Susan, British novelist Caldwell, Taylor, American novelist Carson, Rachel Louise, American writer and marine biologist Cartland, Barbara, British writer Cather, Willa Sibert, American novelist and short-story writer Child, Lydia Maria, American author and abolitionist Chopin, Kate O’Flaherty, American author Christie, Dame Agatha, English detective story writer Cisneros, Sandra, American author Clark, Mary Higgins, American novelist Cleary, Beverly, American writer Colette (Sidonie Gabrielle Colette), French novelist Compton-Burnett, Dame Ivy, English novelist Corelli, Marie, English novelist Aidoo - Corelli | Dickinson - Luce | Mansfield - Rukeyser | Sackville - Yourcenar Dickinson - Luce Truman, Margaret Truman, writer, singer de Gouges, Olympe, French writer, feminist Dickinson, Emily, American poet Didion, Joan, American writer Dinesen, Isak, Danish author Dodge, Mary Mapes, American writer of children’s stories Doolittle, Hilda, pseud. H. D., American poet Drabble, Margaret, English novelist Duras, Marguerite, French author Dworkin, Andrea, American writer, activist Edgeworth, Maria, Irish novelist Eliot, George, pseud. of Mary Ann Evans, English novelist Erdrich, Louise, American author Fadiman, Anne, American writer Frank, Anne, Dutch diarist Fuller, Margaret, American writer and lecturer Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson), English novelist Giovanni, Nikki, African-American poet, educator, activist Glasgow, Ellen, American novelist Godden, Rumer, English novelist Goodwin, Doris Kearns, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of historical biographies Gordimer, Nadine, South African writer Greer, Germaine, Australian feminist and writer Hale, Sarah Josepha (Buell), American author, editor, and feminist Hansberry, Lorraine, American playwright Hardwick, Elizabeth, literary critic, novelist, and short-story writer Hellman, Lillian, American dramatist Highsmith, Patricia, American novelist Hillenbrand, Laura, American writer Hokinson, Helen, American cartoonist Holley, Mary Austin, American author Howe, Julia Ward, American author and social reformer Hurston, Zora Neale, African American writer Ivins, Molly, Texan columnist James, P.D., English writer Jelinek, Elfriede, Austrian novelist and playwright Jewett, Sarah Orne, American novelist and short-story writer Jong, Erica (Mann), American novelist and poet Johnston, Lynn, Canadian cartoonist Kael, Pauline, American motion picture critic Kincaid, Jamaica, West Indian—American writer Kingsolver, Barbara, American writer Konigsburg, E. L., American children’s book author LaDuke, Winona, American writer La Flesche, Susette, reformer, writer, and lecturer Larson, Nella, writer Lastis, Mary Jane (pseudonyms: Emma Lathen, R. B. Dominic), mystery writer Lazarus, Emma, American poet and essayist Lee, Harper, American author Le Guin, Ursula Kroeber, American writer L’Engle, Madeleine (Madeleine Camp), author Lessing, Doris, British novelist Levertov, Denise, Anglo-American poet Lindbergh, Anne Morrow (Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh), author Lindgren, Astrid, Swedish writer Lowell, Amy, American poet, biographer, and critic. Lowry, Lois, American writer Luce, Clare Boothe, American playwright and diplomat Aidoo - Corelli | Dickinson - Luce | Mansfield - Rukeyser | Sackville - Yourcenar Mansfield - Rukeyser Mansfield, Katherine, British author Mason, Bobbi Ann, writer Mazer, Norma Fox, writer Merril, Judith (Juliet Grossman; pseudonyms Ernest Hamilton, Cyril Judd, Judith Merril, Rose Sharon, Eric Thorstein), science fiction writer McCarthy, Mary Therese, American writer McCullers, Carson, American novelist Millay, Edna St. Vincent, American poet Mitchell, Margaret, American novelist Mitford, Nancy, English novelist and biographer Mitford, Mary Russell, English author Moore, Marianne, American poet Morante, Elsa, Italian novelist and poet Mori, Kyoko, Japanese-American poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer Morrison, Toni, American writer Munro, Alice, Canadian writer Murdoch, Dame Iris, British novelist and philosopher Nin, Anaïs, American writer Oates, Joyce Carol, American author Olds, Sharon, American poet Olsen, Tillie, American writer Ozick, Cynthia, American writer Parker, Dorothy (Rothschild), American short-story and verse writer Petry, Ann, novelist Pisan, Christine de, French poet Plath, Sylvia, American poet Porter, Katherine Anne, American author Post, Elizabeth, American writer and etiquette expert Potter, Beatrix, English writer, illustrator Powell, Dawn, American novelist Proulx, Annie, American writer Raine, Kathleen, English poet and critic Rand, Ayn, American writer Renault, Mary, pseud. of Mary Challens, English novelist Rey, Margret, children’s writer Rhys, Jean, English novelist

Rice, Anne (Howard Allen O’Brien), American author Rich, Adrienne, American poet Rossetti, Christina Georgina, English poet Rowling, J. K., children’s writer Rukeyser, Muriel, American poet Aidoo - Corelli | Dickinson - Luce | Mansfield - Rukeyser | Sackville - Yourcenar Sackville - Yourcenar Sackville-West, Vita, English writer Sagan, Françoise, French novelist Sand, George, French novelist Sarton, May, American poet and novelist Sayers, Dorothy Leigh, English writer Sexton, Anne, American poet Shange, Ntozake, writer Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, English author Silko, Leslie Marmon, American author Smith, Stevie, English poet and novelist Sontag, Susan, American writer and critic Spark, Dame Muriel, Scottish novelist Spyri, Johanna, Swiss author Stafford, Jean, American writer

Steel, Danielle (Danielle Fernande Schuelein-Steel), author Stein, Gertrude, American author and patron of the arts Steinem, Gloria, American journalist and feminist Stowe, Harriet Beecher, American novelist and humanitarian Strauss, Juliet Virginia Humphreys, American writer Tarbell, Ida Minerva, American author Tartt, Donna, American writer Teasdale, Sara, American poet Trilling, Diana, writer Tyler, Anne, American novelist Vreeland, Diana, American fashion editor and consultant Walker, Alice, African American novelist and poet Warner, Susan Bogert (Elizabeth Wetherall), American novelist Wasserstein, Wendy, American playwright Wells, Ida Bell, American journalist, activist Welty, Eudora, American author West, Dame Rebecca, English novelist and critic Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones, American novelist Wheatley, Phillis, American poet Winnemucca, Sarah, Paiute lecturer, educator, and writer Wolf, Christa, German novelist Wollstonecraft, Mary, English author and feminist Woodhull, Victoria (Claflin), and Tennessee Claflin, American journalists and lecturers Woolf, Virginia (Stephen), English novelist and essayist Yourcenar, Marguerite, French writer More from Women’s History Month

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Aidoo - Corelli

  • Aidoo, Ama Ata, Ghanaian author, poet, and playwright
  • Akhmatova, Anna, Russian poet Acmeist school
  • Alcott, Louisa May, American author
  • Allen, Paula Gunn, American Indian poet, novelist, critic
  • Allende, Isabel, Chilean novelist
  • Alvarez, Julia, American writer
  • Angelou, Maya, American writer and performer
  • Antin, Mary, Russian American writer
  • Armstrong, Karen, English writer, catholic nun
  • Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, Canadian novelist and poet
  • Austen, Jane, English novelist
  • Ban Zhao, Chinese writer
  • Bainbridge, Beryl, English writer
  • Barnes, Djuna, American author.
  • Beauvoir, Simone de, French author
  • Behn, Aphra, first professional female English author
  • Binchy, Maeve, Irish writer, journalist
  • Bishop, Elizabeth, American poet
  • Blume, Judy (Judy Sussman), writer
  • Bogan, Louise, American poet and critic
  • Bombeck, Erma (Erma Fiste), writer, humorist
  • Botwin, Carol, writer, social critic
  • Bowen, Elizabeth, Anglo-Irish novelist
  • Boyle, Kay, American writer
  • Bradstreet, Anne (Dudley), early American poet
  • Brittain, Vera, English novelist and poet
  • Brookner, Anita, English writer and art critic
  • Brooks, Gwendolyn, American poet
  • Brown, Helen Gurley, American writer and editor
  • Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, English poet
  • Buck, Pearl (Sydenstricker), American author
  • Butler, Octavia, African-American writer
  • Byatt, Antonia Susan, British novelist
  • Caldwell, Taylor, American novelist
  • Carson, Rachel Louise, American writer and marine biologist
  • Cartland, Barbara, British writer
  • Cather, Willa Sibert, American novelist and short-story writer
  • Child, Lydia Maria, American author and abolitionist
  • Chopin, Kate O’Flaherty, American author
  • Christie, Dame Agatha, English detective story writer
  • Cisneros, Sandra, American author
  • Clark, Mary Higgins, American novelist
  • Cleary, Beverly, American writer
  • Colette (Sidonie Gabrielle Colette), French novelist
  • Compton-Burnett, Dame Ivy, English novelist
  • Corelli, Marie, English novelist

Dickinson - Luce

  • Truman, Margaret Truman, writer, singer
  • de Gouges, Olympe, French writer, feminist
  • Dickinson, Emily, American poet
  • Didion, Joan, American writer
  • Dinesen, Isak, Danish author
  • Dodge, Mary Mapes, American writer of children’s stories
  • Doolittle, Hilda, pseud. H. D., American poet
  • Drabble, Margaret, English novelist
  • Duras, Marguerite, French author
  • Dworkin, Andrea, American writer, activist
  • Edgeworth, Maria, Irish novelist
  • Eliot, George, pseud. of Mary Ann Evans, English novelist
  • Erdrich, Louise, American author
  • Fadiman, Anne, American writer
  • Frank, Anne, Dutch diarist
  • Fuller, Margaret, American writer and lecturer
  • Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson), English novelist
  • Giovanni, Nikki, African-American poet, educator, activist
  • Glasgow, Ellen, American novelist
  • Godden, Rumer, English novelist
  • Goodwin, Doris Kearns, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of historical biographies
  • Gordimer, Nadine, South African writer
  • Greer, Germaine, Australian feminist and writer
  • Hale, Sarah Josepha (Buell), American author, editor, and feminist
  • Hansberry, Lorraine, American playwright
  • Hardwick, Elizabeth, literary critic, novelist, and short-story writer
  • Hellman, Lillian, American dramatist
  • Highsmith, Patricia, American novelist
  • Hillenbrand, Laura, American writer
  • Hokinson, Helen, American cartoonist
  • Holley, Mary Austin, American author
  • Howe, Julia Ward, American author and social reformer
  • Hurston, Zora Neale, African American writer
  • Ivins, Molly, Texan columnist
  • James, P.D., English writer
  • Jelinek, Elfriede, Austrian novelist and playwright
  • Jewett, Sarah Orne, American novelist and short-story writer
  • Jong, Erica (Mann), American novelist and poet
  • Johnston, Lynn, Canadian cartoonist
  • Kael, Pauline, American motion picture critic
  • Kincaid, Jamaica, West Indian—American writer
  • Kingsolver, Barbara, American writer
  • Konigsburg, E. L., American children’s book author
  • LaDuke, Winona, American writer
  • La Flesche, Susette, reformer, writer, and lecturer
  • Larson, Nella, writer
  • Lastis, Mary Jane (pseudonyms: Emma Lathen, R. B. Dominic), mystery writer
  • Lazarus, Emma, American poet and essayist
  • Lee, Harper, American author
  • Le Guin, Ursula Kroeber, American writer
  • L’Engle, Madeleine (Madeleine Camp), author
  • Lessing, Doris, British novelist
  • Levertov, Denise, Anglo-American poet
  • Lindbergh, Anne Morrow (Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh), author
  • Lindgren, Astrid, Swedish writer
  • Lowell, Amy, American poet, biographer, and critic.
  • Lowry, Lois, American writer
  • Luce, Clare Boothe, American playwright and diplomat

Mansfield - Rukeyser

  • Mansfield, Katherine, British author
  • Mason, Bobbi Ann, writer
  • Mazer, Norma Fox, writer
  • Merril, Judith (Juliet Grossman; pseudonyms Ernest Hamilton, Cyril Judd, Judith Merril, Rose Sharon, Eric Thorstein), science fiction writer
  • McCarthy, Mary Therese, American writer
  • McCullers, Carson, American novelist
  • Millay, Edna St. Vincent, American poet
  • Mitchell, Margaret, American novelist
  • Mitford, Nancy, English novelist and biographer
  • Mitford, Mary Russell, English author
  • Moore, Marianne, American poet
  • Morante, Elsa, Italian novelist and poet
  • Mori, Kyoko, Japanese-American poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer
  • Morrison, Toni, American writer
  • Munro, Alice, Canadian writer
  • Murdoch, Dame Iris, British novelist and philosopher
  • Nin, Anaïs, American writer
  • Oates, Joyce Carol, American author
  • Olds, Sharon, American poet
  • Olsen, Tillie, American writer
  • Ozick, Cynthia, American writer
  • Parker, Dorothy (Rothschild), American short-story and verse writer
  • Petry, Ann, novelist
  • Pisan, Christine de, French poet
  • Plath, Sylvia, American poet
  • Porter, Katherine Anne, American author
  • Post, Elizabeth, American writer and etiquette expert
  • Potter, Beatrix, English writer, illustrator
  • Powell, Dawn, American novelist
  • Proulx, Annie, American writer
  • Raine, Kathleen, English poet and critic
  • Rand, Ayn, American writer
  • Renault, Mary, pseud. of Mary Challens, English novelist
  • Rey, Margret, children’s writer
  • Rhys, Jean, English novelist
  • Rice, Anne (Howard Allen O’Brien), American author
  • Rich, Adrienne, American poet
  • Rossetti, Christina Georgina, English poet
  • Rowling, J. K., children’s writer
  • Rukeyser, Muriel, American poet

Sackville - Yourcenar

  • Sackville-West, Vita, English writer

  • Sagan, Françoise, French novelist

  • Sand, George, French novelist

  • Sarton, May, American poet and novelist

  • Sayers, Dorothy Leigh, English writer

  • Sexton, Anne, American poet

  • Shange, Ntozake, writer

  • Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, English author

  • Silko, Leslie Marmon, American author

  • Smith, Stevie, English poet and novelist

  • Sontag, Susan, American writer and critic

  • Spark, Dame Muriel, Scottish novelist

  • Spyri, Johanna, Swiss author

  • Stafford, Jean, American writer

  • Steel, Danielle (Danielle Fernande Schuelein-Steel), author

  • Stein, Gertrude, American author and patron of the arts

  • Steinem, Gloria, American journalist and feminist

  • Stowe, Harriet Beecher, American novelist and humanitarian

  • Strauss, Juliet Virginia Humphreys, American writer

  • Tarbell, Ida Minerva, American author

  • Tartt, Donna, American writer

  • Teasdale, Sara, American poet

  • Trilling, Diana, writer

  • Tyler, Anne, American novelist

  • Vreeland, Diana, American fashion editor and consultant

  • Walker, Alice, African American novelist and poet

  • Warner, Susan Bogert (Elizabeth Wetherall), American novelist

  • Wasserstein, Wendy, American playwright

  • Wells, Ida Bell, American journalist, activist

  • Welty, Eudora, American author

  • West, Dame Rebecca, English novelist and critic

  • Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones, American novelist

  • Wheatley, Phillis, American poet

  • Winnemucca, Sarah, Paiute lecturer, educator, and writer

  • Wolf, Christa, German novelist

  • Wollstonecraft, Mary, English author and feminist

  • Woodhull, Victoria (Claflin), and Tennessee Claflin, American journalists and lecturers

  • Woolf, Virginia (Stephen), English novelist and essayist

  • Yourcenar, Marguerite, French writer

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