Lydia Koidula
LYDIA KOIDULA is credited with founding Estonian theatre. She began her career writing anonymous articles for her father, who established the first local Estonian language newspaper. She moved on...
Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal
LYDIA ZINOVIEVA-ANNIBAL was a prose-writer and dramatist. She received an education through private tutors, but also attended the Saint Petersburg women’s gymnasium. Her time at the gymnasium was...
Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez
MADELEINE-ANGÉLIQUE DE GOMEZ was a Parisian playwright and poet. The daughter of an actor, she married a Spanish nobleman, anticipating a life of financial security, but in fact discovered that...
Madeleine Lucette Ryley
MADELEINE LUCETTE RYLEY was an English actor, director, playwright, and librettist. Ryley began as an actor and toured operas and plays throughout England and the US. Much of her early writing was...
Mae West
MAE WEST was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter and pioneering "sex symbol" whose genius with a double entendre made her a legend. West started performing in vaudeville at the...
Magda Donato
MAGDA DONATO, born Carmen Eva Nelken Mansberger, was a playwright, journalist, and actress. In 1917 Donato began writing for the newspaper El Imparcial, starting with fashion but quickly moving...
Mairead Ni Ghrada
MAIREAD NI GHRADA was a poet, playwright, and broadcaster. From a young age, she was enamored by the Irish language—many of her works touched on this love and were originally in Irish. Ghrada...
Máirín Cregan
MÁIRÍN CREGAN was an Irish nationalist, children’s writer, playwright, and novelist. She is best known for her involvement in the Irish resistance and received a service medal for her work during...