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Hariot Blackwood

Irish marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, philanthropist and author

Julieta Campos

Julieta Campos was a postmodernist novelist, short story writer, critic, and translator.

As one of the first women justices of the peace in Christchurch she was later made an associate magistrate to the Children’s Court. Within the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women, Elizabeth Taylor promoted issues such as a motherhood endowment, women police, the right of married women to retain their own nationality, and women in politics.

Shirley Graham Du Bois

African-American writer, composer, educator, and civil rights activist

Caitlin Thomas

Irish writer

Claribel Alegría

Claribel Alegría was a poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major literary voice in 20th century Central America. She won the 2006 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, among other awards.