Mary Robert Rinehart
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART often called "the American Agatha Christie", was a novelist and playwright who also wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and articles. In 1903, her first year...
Mary Robinson
MARY ROBINSON was a poet, playwright, and actress. Robinson’s life was circumscribed by financial hardship. In fact, she and her infant daughter accompanied her husband to prison, where she paid...
Mary Russell Mitford
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD was an English playwright, poet, and novelist. At ten years old, she won a £20,000 lottery ticket which her family used entirely by 1819. From that point on, her parents lived...
Mary Shaw
MARY SHAW was an American actor and playwright. In her prolific acting career, she performed in work by Henrik Ibsen, including as Hedda in Hedda Gabler, and by George Bernard Shaw, originating...
Mary Sidney
MARY SIDNEY HERBERT, COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE was among the first Englishwomen to gain a significant reputation for her poetry and her literary patronage. By the age of 39, she was listed with her...
Mary Wroth
LADY MARY WROTH was born into the famous literary Sidney family. She grew up performing in masques and entertainments, inside Queen Anne’s intimate circle of friends. She wrote sonnets, fiction,...
María Bibiana Benítez Batista
MARÍA BIBIANA BENÍTEZ BATISTA was Puerto Rico’s first known female poet and playwright. Her family was well off due to her father’s involvement with the Spanish government. They owned a private...
María Luisa Algarra
MARIA LUISA ALGARRA was born in Barcelona, but later exiled to Mexico after World War II. Algarra was a highly educated woman for her time, having received a law degree from the University...