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Ann Telnaes

In 2001 Ann Telnaes became the second woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.

Missouri T B Hanna

The “Mother of Journalism” in Washington.

Sue Bailey Thurman

Sue Bailey Thurman (1903-1996) founded the Museum of African American History in 1963

In the 1830s, Susan Paul (1809-41) taught at the Smith School on Joy Street, a segregated school for African American children funded jointly by the city and private donations. Paul was also an officer in the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society.

Susanna Haswell Rowson

British playwright, actress and bestselling novelist

Sylvia Plath

American poet and novelist.

Abby Fisher

Formerly enslaved plantation cook who built a business as an upscale caterer and cookbook author

Whitney Sherman

Often using multiple media in her work, Sherman is a multifaceted artist, designer, educator, lecturer and writer.

Alice Mary Norton

The first woman inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame was a librarian who wrote as Andre Norton

Alma Reed

Many in Mexico revere Alma Reed, known as La Peregrina (“the Pilgrim”) for her sensitive journalism.