Constance Bennett

One of the most popular and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 1920s and 1930s, Constance Bennett starred in more than 50 films.

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Francisca García Batlle

Francisca García Batlle “Pacona” was a poet, playwright, actress, director, stage producer, teacher, and one of the first female council members in post-revolutionary Mexico. She founded three schools in Coatepec and the surrounding region.

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June Mathis

As one of the first screenwriters to include details such as stage directions and physical settings in her work, Mathis saw scenarios as a way to make movies into more of an art form. In 1920, she headed Metro’s scenario department, the first female executive at that studio.

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