Myra Kelly
Irish writer and teacher
Irish writer and teacher
Irish district nurse
American suffragist
Phoebe Judson was the first non-Indian woman to settle in the Lynden, Washington area (in northern Whatcom County) and became known as the “Mother of Lynden” during the half century that she lived there.
Rosalynn Carter, wife of the thirty-ninth U.S. president, Jimmy Carter, forged a career in public service as one of the nation’s foremost advocates for mental health.
Margaret Mitchell was the author of Gone With the Wind, one of the most popular books of all time.
American award-winning poet, scholar, and professor
Bailey White first achieved popularity reading her local color essays on National Public Radio. Her distinctive, gravelly voice and her gift for portraying eccentric people and unusual situations with a gently self-deprecating wit won her a national following.
Bettie Sellers is best known for her poems about life in southern Appalachia.
South African writer and painter