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Susan Sontag

American writer and critic

1940s film writer Catherine Turney was known for writing great women characters—strong, independent, and funny. Her films included The Man I Love (1947), A Stolen Life (1946), My Reputation (1946) and Mildred Pierce (1945).

Kylie Tennant

One of Australia’s most prominent writers in the mid-20th century, known especially for her socialist realist portrayals of the hardships of the working class and unemployed

Molly Spotted Elk

Molly Spotted Elk was a Penobscot actress, dancer, and writer

Kate O’Brien

20th century Irish novelist

Máire O’Neill

20th century Irish actress

Harriet Smithson

1800s Irish actress and wife of composer Hector Berlioz

Katherine Purdon

Irish author

Hazel Lavery

Irish artist, model, actress and socialite

Hilda Wager Bull

Hilda Bull was a Medical Officer at the City of Melbourne Department of Health in the 1940s. She published various articles in the Australian Medical Journal in the 1930s and 1940s.