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Maria Cummins was a writer whose most popular novel, The Lamplighter, was published in 1854.

Belarussian-American author and immigration rights activist.

Harlem Renaissance novelist

American activist who worked tirelessly for women’s rights, especially suffrage and the abolition of slavery.

Best known for her anti-slavery writings including Anti-Slavery Hymns and Songs and A Letter to Mothers in Free States.

Evelyn Shakir was a scholar, author, and professor specializing in Arab American literature.

French intellectual and advocate for the downtrodden

British playwright, actress and bestselling novelist

American poet and novelist.

The first woman inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame was a librarian who wrote as Andre Norton