She acted and wrote plays for Provincetown Theater in Massachusetts; she also became a highly paid journalist. In 1921, she was sent to Paris by McCall’s Magazine to study and write about the expatriate movement. She became friends with famous writers and artists including Mina Loy. She frequently visited Natalie Barney’s salon, to read and discuss literature. It was the environment at Barney’s salon that inspired Barnes to write Ladies Almanack (American Women).
Founder of the Catholic Worker, activist and social reformer
Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia might be the most quoted witness of the Dada movement, yet she is one of the least studied. Her name is most often found in the footnotes of books, next to citations for her detailed comments and stories on the charismatic male leaders of the Dada movement.
Irish playwright, poet and broadcaster
English dramatist
American explorer, war correspondent and lecturer
English novelist and biographer
English actress
Irish republican, trade unionist, and writer
With her sisters Winifred and Veronica, Emily Wynne developed the signature colour lines of the Avoca Woollen Mills in Ireland.