Writers, Poets and Journalists
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Dorothe Engelbretsdetter, Norwegian Author, born 16th January 1634
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Elizabeth Carter, British Writer, Classicist & Translator, born 16th December 1717
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Hester Thrale, British Diarist and Author, born 27th January 1741
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Judith Sargent Murray, Writer and Women's Rights Advocate, born 1st May 1751
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Mary Wollstonecraft, British Writer and Philosopher, born 27th April 1759
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Elizabeth Simcoe, Canadian Artist and Diarist, born 22nd September 1762
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Caroline Schelling, German Intellectual and Writer, born 2nd September 1763
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Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Anti-Slavery Writer, born 25th November 1778
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Flora Tristan, French Socialist Writer & Activist, born 7th April 1803
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Fanny Kemble, British Writer and Actress, born 27th November 1809
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Camilla Collett, Norwegian Feminist Writer, born 23rd January 1813
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Louise Otto-Peters, German Writer, Poet & Activist, born 26th March 1819
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Mary Livermore, American Journalist & Activist, born 19th December 1820
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Jane Elgee Wilde, Irish Poet & Activist, born 27th December 1821
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Frances E. Watkins Harper, Black American Poet and Abolitionist, born 24th September 1825
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Adelaide Anne Procter, British Poet and Philanthropist, born 30th October 1825
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Amelia Edwards, British Writer & Egyptologist, born 7th June 1831
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Kate Harrington, American Teacher, Writer & Poet, born 20th September 1831
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Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican Teacher, Poet, Feminist, born 22nd May 1846
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Annie Besant, British women's rights activist and writer, born 1st October 1847
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Kate Douglas Wiggin, American Educator & Author, born 28th September 1856
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Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukranian diarist, painter & sculptor, born 24th November 1858
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American Sociologist & Author, born 3rd July 1860
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Florence Bailey, American ornithologist and nature writer, born 8th August 1863
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Marguerite Durand, French Journalist, Actress & Suffragette, born 24th January 1864
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Kamini Roy, Indian poet, social worker and feminist, born 12th October 1864
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Elinor Glyn, British Author and Scriptwriter, born 17th October 1864
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Nina Boyle, British Journalist & Welfare Worker, born 21st December 1865
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Kate Carew, American Caricaturist and Interviewer, born 27th June 1869
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Marika Stiernstedt, Author & Chair of Swedish Writers Union, born 12th January 1875
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Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American Children's Author & Illustrator, born 25th October 1875
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Harriet Shaw Weaver, British Editor & Political Activist, born 1st September 1876
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Radclyffe Hall, British Poet, Writer and Activist, born 12th August 1880
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Louella Parsons, American Columnist and Screenwriter, born 6th August 1881
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Katherine Prichard, Australian Author and Activist, born 4th December 1883
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Marthe Bibesco, Romanian/French Writer, born 28th January 1886
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Jeanie Macpherson, American
Actress, Writer & Director, born 18th May 1887 |
Thea von Harbou, German actress, author & director, born 27th December 1888
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Nina Hamnett, Welsh Artist and Writer, born 14th February 1890
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Writer, Activist and Environmentalist, born 7th April 1890
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Djuna Barnes, American Writer and Illustrator, born 12th June 1892
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Dorothy L. Sayers, British Writer and Humanist, born 13th June 1893
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Wanda Gág, American Author and Illustrator, born 11th March 1893
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Dorothy Fuldheim, American Journalist & TV Anchor, born 26th June 1893
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Vera Brittain, British writer, feminist and pacifist, born 29th December 1893
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Muna Lee, American/Puerto Rican Poet and Activist, born 29th January 1895
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Enid Blyton, British Author, born 11th August 1897
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Carolyn Haywood, American Author and Illustrator, born 3rd January 1898
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Helen Creighton, Canadian Folklorist, born 5th September 1899
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Kate Seredy, Hungarian-American Writer & Illustrator, born 10th November 1899
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Mary Margaret McBride, American Journalist & Radio Host, born 16th November 1899
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Kathryn Hulme, American Author and Memoirist, born 6th January 1900
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Halina Konopacka, Polish Olympic Athlete & Poet, born 26th February 1900
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Anna Seghers, German Writer and Activist, born 19th November 1900
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Stella Gibbons, British Author and Journalist, born 5th January 1902
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Kay Boyle, American Writer and Political Activist, born 19th February 1902
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Bea Miles, Australian Writer and Eccentric, born 17th September 1902
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Lin Huiyin, Chinese Architect and Writer, born 10th June 1904
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Dorothy Fields, American Lyricist, born 15th July 1905
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Mary Renault, British South African Writer, born 4th September 1905
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American Author & Aviator, born 22nd June 1906
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Elspeth Huxley, British Polymath, Environmentalist & Writer, born 23rd July 1907
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Fleur Cowles, American Writer & Illustrator, born 20th January 1908
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Virginia Lee Burton, American Author & Illustrator, born 30th August 1909
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Elizabeth Enright, American Writer and Illustrator, born 17th September 1909
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Joy Adamson, Austrian Naturalist & Writer, born 20th January 1910
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Margaret Clapp, American Writer and Scholar, born 10th April 1910
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Olga Bergholz, Russian Poet and Activist, born 16th May 1910
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Audrey Wurdemann, American Poet, born 1st January 1911
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Elizabeth Bishop, American Poet and Writer, born 8th February 1911
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Barbara Tuchman, American Historian and author, born 30th January 1912
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Marguerite Fawdry, British Museum Curator & Author, born 14th May 1912
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Maria de la Cruz, Chilean Activist, Journalist, Politician, born 18th September 1912
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Sylvia Porter, American Economist and Journalist, born 18th June 1913
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Muriel Rukeyser, American Poet and Political Activist, born 15th December 1913
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Marguerite Duras, French Writer and Film Director, born 4th April 1914
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Tove Jansson, Finnish Author and Artist, born 9th August 1914
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Joan Littlewood, British Playwright & Theatre Director, born 6th October 1914
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Nien Cheng, Chinese Author, born 28th January 1915
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Tasha Tudor, American Illustrator & Author, born 28th August 1915
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Helene Hanff, American Author and Screenwriter, born 15th April 1916
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Jane Jacobs, American/Canadian Urban Journalist and Activist, born 4th May 1916
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Jessica Mitford, British American Writer & Activist, born 11th September 1917
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Han Suyin, Eurasian Physician & Author, born 12th September 1917
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Margaret Burroughs, African American Writer, Artist & Historian, born 1st November 1917
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Pauline Kael, American Film Critic, born 19th June 1919
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Gerda Lerner, American Historian, Author & Teacher, born 30th April 1920
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Beah Richards, African American Writer & Actress, born 12th July 1920
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Dachine Rainer, American British Poet and Anarchist, born 13th January 1921
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Betty Friedan, American Feminist, Writer & Activist, born 4th February 1921
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Madelyn Pugh, American TV Producer and Writer, born 15th March 1921
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Elena Lacková, Roma/Slovak Writer and Activist, born 22nd March 1921
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Priscilla Buckley, American Journalist & Editor, born 17th October 1921
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Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian Journalist and Politician, born 26th April 1922
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Doris Burn, American Author and Illustrator, born 24th April 1923
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Nadine Gordimer, South African Writer and Activist, born 20th November 1923
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June Callwood, Canadian Journalist & Social Activist, born 2nd June 1924
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Gladys Hansen, American Librarian & Archivist, born 12th June 1925
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Maya Angelou, African American Writer & Activist, born 4th April 1928
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Ursula LeGuin, American Science Fiction Writer, born 21st October 1929
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Dolores Alexander, American Activist and Writer, born 10th August 1931
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Katerina Taikon, Swedish Roma Writer and Activist, born 29th July 1932
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Ceija Stojka, Romani-Austrian Writer, Painter and Musician, born 23rd May 1933
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