Monique Wittig
An influential lesbian feminist and avant-garde writer, Monique Wittig (1935-2003) challenged the heteronormativity of early Second Wave French feminists and was an active novelist, philosopher, and activist.
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Natasha Trethewey
U.S. Poet Laureate, 2012-2014
Enheduanna
Princess, priestess and the world’s first known author
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Laura Redden Searing
Deaf American suffragist
Elizabeth Casey
Irish author (as ‘E. Owens Blackburne ’)
Anna Kelly
Irish journalist
Adeline Dutton Train Whitney
American poet and writer, who published more than 20 books for girls
Ada Palmer Roberts
1800s American poet
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon
1800s British archaeologist