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Jarena Lee

Jarena Lee was the first known female preacher of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC).

Judy Blume

American novelist and a best-selling young adult author, whose works include titles such as Superfudge (1980), Freckle Juice (1971), and Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (1970).

As a sea-level researcher, Nicole Hernandez Hammer has studied how the cities and regions most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and sea-level rise also have large Hispanic populations — something she learned firsthand growing up in South Florida.

Elizabeth Cary

1600s Viscountess Falkland , writer and translator

Dr Esme Bamblett

Aunty Esme is a Bangerang, Wiradjuri and Taungurung woman, community advocate, educator, researcher and writer.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906- 2001) was an accomplished pilot, navigator, and writer who was also known for her role as the counterpart to famous husband Charles Lindbergh.

Monique Wittig

An influential lesbian feminist and avant-garde writer, Monique Wittig (1935-2003) challenged the heteronormativity of early Second Wave French feminists and was an active novelist, philosopher, and activist.

Natasha Trethewey

U.S. Poet Laureate, 2012-2014

Enheduanna

Princess, priestess and the world’s first known author

Augusta Theodosia Drane

Intellectual ‘warrior nun’