Edith Somerville
Irish writer
Irish writer
Irish novelist
Prominent Czech author, best known for her role in the Czech literary scene of the early 20th century.
New Zealand teacher, novelist, journalist, feminist
Irish novelist, playwright, and political activist
Glasgow-based playwright and poet
Irish author, journalist and political campaigner
Rebecca West famously remarked that ‘people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute’.
Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist
Considered Africa’s first internationally published female novelist