Josephine Marchand Dandurand
JOSEPHINE MARCHLAND was a Canadian journalist, writer, and activist who came from a privileged background. Originally a short story writer, she began writing plays roughly a decade after her...
Josephine Preston Peabody
JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY was a poet and dramatist. Her love of literature was something she absorbed from her parents at a young age. Peabody’s poetry was first published when she was fourteen...
Joy Barlow
JOY BARLOW, born Juanita Casey, was a poet, playwright, novelist, artist, and horse breeder. She was adopted into a wealthy Southampton-based brewing family; one of her Uncles was a fluent Romani...
Judith Sargent Murray
JUDITH SARGENT MURRAY was an essay writer, playwright, and poet. Born into a merchant family, Murray taught herself history, literature, and philosophy, focusing on the achievements of women...
Júlia Lopes de Almeida
JÚLIA LOPES DE ALMEIDA was an author, playwright, and noted feminist. In 1881, she published her first texts in the Gazeta de Campinas, although at the time literature was not seen as an activity...
Julia Ward Howe
JULIA WARD HOWE was an essayist, poet, playwright, magazine editor and women's rights activist. Although best known for "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", her writing career was lengthy and...
June Hildegarde Flanner
JUNE HILDEGARDE FLANNER was an American playwright, essayist, poet, and conversationalist. She was born in Indianapolis into a family in the arts with older sisters Janet Flanner (a journalist)...
Kang Sunghee
KANG SUNGHEE (강성희) was born in what would become North Korea. After majoring in English Literature and acting in a play as part of her graduation project, Kang became inspired to write. But it was...