Pauline Hopkins
Novelist Pauline Hopkins (1856-1930) edited The Colored American from 1900 to 1904; her goal was to publish a journal devoted to “the development of Afro-American art and literature.”
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Julie Herne
American playwright and screen writer. She worked for Paramount developing film scenes until about 1925 when she turned to writing for the stage.
Louise Chandler Moulton
Author, critic, correspondent, and hostess to literary notables of her day
Maria Susanna Cummins
Maria Cummins was a writer whose most popular novel, The Lamplighter, was published in 1854.
Mary Antin
Belarussian-American author and immigration rights activist.
Dorothy West
Harlem Renaissance novelist
Ednah Dow Cheney
American activist who worked tirelessly for women’s rights, especially suffrage and the abolition of slavery.
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
Best known for her anti-slavery writings including Anti-Slavery Hymns and Songs and A Letter to Mothers in Free States.
Evelyn Shakir
Evelyn Shakir was a scholar, author, and professor specializing in Arab American literature.
Fannie Farmer
By standardizing measurements in her recipes, Farmer guaranteed her readers reliable results. The Fannie Farmer Cookbook became a classic kitchen text. Still widely available, the cookbook remains a popular home cooking reference.