May Miller
MAY MILLER was an African-American poet, playwright and educator, who became the most widely published of the female writers of the Harlem Renaissance. At Howard University she studied drama and...
Maya Angelou
MAYA ANGELOU was a civil rights activist and writer. In her early adulthood, she worked as a dancer and singer in night clubs, as an actor in Porgy and Bess, as a stage and film director, and...
Mercedes Rein
MERCEDES REIN was a writer, German-to-Spanish translator, and dramatist, as well as a professor of literature. In 1956 she became a contributor of literary and theatrical criticism to the...
Mercedes de Acosta
MERCEDES DE ACOSTA was an author, playwright, and poet. Acosta is remembered more for her romantic relations with Hollywood and Broadway stars, such as Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich, than for...
Mercy Otis Warren
MERCY OTIS WARREN was a Massachusetts native, daughter of an outspoken critic of British rule and the wife of a prominent American politician and revolutionary. Warren was personally acquainted...
Michael Strange
MICHAEL STRANGE, aka BLANCHE MARIE LOUISE OELRICHS, was a poet, playwright, and actress who first used the masculine nom de plume Michael Strange to publish her poetry in order to distance her...
Millicent Armstrong
MILLICENT ARMSTRONG was a playwright and farmer who wrote primarily about the experiences of country life in early 20th century Australia. She originally moved to England to pursue a writing...
Minna Canth
MINNA CANTH, born Ulrika Wilhelmina Johnson, was a Finnish journalist, social activist, and the first major Finnish-language playwright after Aleksis Kivi. Canth began writing while managing her...