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Elissa Washuta

Aauthor of two books, Starvation Mode and My Body Is a Book of Rules, named a finalist for the Washington State Book Award.

Amanda T Jones

1800s American poet and inventor

Japanese novelist and poet Murasaki Shikibu served as a lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period, in the late 900s and early 1000s CE. While she is best known for the three-part novel The Tale of Genji, 128 of her poems were gathered into a collection of Poetic Memoirs, and her diary serves as a fascinating look at court life in this period.

Alma Carrie Cummings

Turn of the century American journalist

Francesca Farnese

1600s Italian nun, founder of convents and poet

Sophie Kinsella

Bestselling British author

Dell Strahorn

One of the first white woman to make a complete tour of Yellowstone Park. In 1911, she published Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage, a memoir of her travels.

Emma Sarepta Yule

Emma Yule, the first teacher and first school principal in the emerging city of Everett, Washington, pursued a long career in which she held leadership positions often reserved for men, influenced and mentored many children and young adults, and traveled solo around the world. Yule was the author of numerous books and articles, and she wrote about the conditions of women she encountered on her travels.