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Susanna Centlivre

British actor, poet and comedy playwright

Trixie Friganza

Famous vaudeville star and suffragist, inspiration for “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”

Pearl Bailey

African-American actress, singer, comedian and author.

Lisa Bellear

Lisa Bellear’s work as an artist, poet, photographer, broadcaster, activist and academic continues to inspire change and educate.

Kitty Clive

Irish comic actress, singer, and writer

Rosa Lee Carson

Rosa Lee Carson, better known as Moonshine Kate, was one of the first women to record country music during the 1920s and one of the genre’s earliest female comedians.

Norma Miller

Norma Miller is one of the creators of the acrobatic style of swing dancing known as the Lindy Hop.

Lucille Preston

Lucille “Sweets” Preston rose to prominence in the 1930s as a vaudeville dancer at the Cotton Club and member of the Slim & Sweets comedy duo.

Referring to herself as a ‘crip’, Stella controversially challenged people in the way they perceived disability and what it means to live as a disabled person. She described ‘crip’ as a liberating word; a term that seemed to horrify people but that made her feel strong and powerful.