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Author of more than a dozen poetry collections, including “Black Feeling, Black Talk,” “Blues: For All the Changes” and “Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose”

1800s Irish novelist

Irish journalist, writer and feminist

Tunisian-born lawyer, feminist activist, and French politician

1700s Irish writer

One of the “Ladies of Llangollen” of 1700s Wales

Writer, songwriter and producer

Mary Bennett was an Australian teacher and advocate of Aboriginal rights.

In 1928, poet Dame Mary Gilmore founded the Fellowship of Australian Writers.

In 1975, Mary Owen (1921-2017) and Sylvie Shaw co-founded the Working Women’s Centre.