Sara McLagan
Canadian newspaper publisher, journalist, and social reformer
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Olivia Langdon Clemens
Mark Twain’s wife, Olivia Langdon, edited her husband’s books, articles, and lectures and was considered, in his words, a “faithful, judicious, and painstaking editor.”
Charlotte Odlum Smith
In the 1880s, activist Charlotte Smith convinced the U.S. Patent Office to compile an official, comprehensive list of women who had been granted patents.
Stacy Bourne
American architect
Esther Lape
Lesbian journalist who was part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s inner circle
Jill Abramson
In 2011, when the newspaper industry was in crisis, Jill Abramson was the first woman named editor of The New York Times.
Judith Jones
This editor not only rescued The Diary of Anne Frank from the reject pile, she was also a champion for Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Isabella Beeton
Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management sold over 2 million copies internationally, outsold at the time only by the Bible.
Dr Dena Afrasiabi
Iranian-American writer and editor
Véra Nabokova
Vera Nabokova gave up her own career to become her husband’s editor, reviewer, typist, business manager, and agent, as well as supporting their family financially as a secretary and translator.