Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis was both the product of and an agent for advances for women in medicine in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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Carson McCullers
With a collection of work including five novels, two plays, twenty short stories, more than two dozen nonfiction pieces, a book of children’s verse, a small number of poems, and an unfinished autobiography, Carson McCullers is considered to be among the most significant American writers of the twentieth century.
Saint Walatta Petros
1600s Ethiopian saint Walatta Petros was a revered religious leader who was a driving force preventing the Catholic colonization of her country and her church.
Violet Florence Martin
1800s Irish novelist
Artemisa Téllez
Mexican writer, poet, playwright, and workshop facilitator
Martine Rothblatt
Her long list of accomplishments includes creating and commercializing satellite radio, founding a biotechnology company that seeks to provide an unlimited supply of transplantable organs, setting world records for electric flight and delving deep into the future of artificial intelligence with her work on digital immortality.
Dr Lillian-Yvonne Bertram
American poet who directs the MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Maryland.
Edna St Vincent Millay
Pulitizer-winning American poet, playwright and feminist
Amalia Ortiz
Award-winning Tejana performance poet, performer, and playwright
Bushra Rehman
Pakistani-American novelist