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Bethany Veney

Bethany Veney was an enslaved woman who, prior to the American Civil War (1861–1865), lived in the Shenandoah Valley and, in 1889, published The Narrative of Bethany Veney, a Slave Woman.

Zoe Caldwell

Australian-born American/U.K. actress celebrated mostly for her stage work on Broadway.

Adriana Trigiani

Adriana Trigiani is an award-winning author, playwright, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker.

Roz Chast

One of the leading cartoonists for the New Yorker, since 1978 she has published more than one thousand cartoons in the magazine.

Signe Wilkinson

As her cartoons for Ms. Magazine in the 1980s demonstrate, Signe Wilkinson addressed women’s issues early in her career.

Martha Putney

African-American Women’s Army Corps officer during World War II

Mary White Ovington

Mary White Ovington (1865–1951), a social worker and freelance writer, was a principal NAACP founder and officer for almost forty years.

Pippa Latour Doyle moved to England from her native South Africa in 1941 to join the war effort. She was recruited into the UK’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) to spy for the Allies in France due to her fluency in French.