Willa Cather
Pulitzer-winning American author known for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains.
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Laura Hershey
American poet, journalist, and disability rights activist. Known for her powerful writing and advocacy, she explored themes of disability, identity, and social justice.
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Canadian author best known for her series of novels beginning with “Anne of Green Gables,” published in 1908.
Maryon Pittman Allen
American journalist and politician who briefly served as a United States Senator from Alabama.
Julia Archibald Holmes
American suffragist and abolitionist, best known for being the first woman to climb Pikes Peak in Colorado in 1858.
Anna Kuliscioff
Russian-Italian revolutionary known for her activism and political beliefs,
Esphyr Slobodkina
Russian-American artist, author, and illustrator
Florence Merriam Bailey
American ornithologist, naturalist, and author
Gertrude Berg
American actress, screenwriter, and producer best known for her pioneering work in early television.
Gloria Naylor
American novelist best known for her debut work, “The Women of Brewster Place” (1982), which won the National Book Award for First Novel in 1983.