Mary Aldis
MARY ALDIS was an American playwright, poet, and key figure in The Little Theater Movement and the second wave of the Chicago Renaissance (1910-mid 1920s). In 1911, Aldis and her husband...
Mary Carr Clarke
MARY CARR CLARKE was a playwright, poet, songwriter, and publisher. Very little is certain about her personal life, including her birth and death dates, and perhaps even her legal name. She was...
Mary Chase
MARY CHASE, born MARY AGNES MCDONOUGH COYLE, was a journalist, playwright, and novelist. She began her career as a beat reporter for local newspapers in Denver, but in the 1930s went freelance and...
Mary Davys
MARY DAVYS was an Irish-born novelist and playwright, raised in obscurity. Most of her childhood is uncertain, even her birth name. Comments by Jonathan Swift, who attended Trinity College Dublin...
Mary Devenport O'Neill
MARY DEVENPORT O’NEILL was an Irish poet and playwright. She attended the Metropolitan School of Art, and became known for her unconventional and modern ideas. She married novelist Joseph O'Neill,...
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Mary Elizabeth Braddon was an English novelist and playwright. She began working as an actress in 1853, supporting herself and her mother by playing minor roles, although she ceased onstage work...
Mary Frances Gunner
MARY FRANCES GUNNER was a playwright and community leader born into a family of political activists. She was the only Black female student at Suffern High School, but finished as valedictorian and...
Mary Hunter Austin
MARY HUNTER AUSTIN was an American novelist, playwright and essayist. She moved with her family from Illinois to the San Joaquin Valley in 1888. For 17 years, she closely studied indigenous life...