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...
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 Field
Michael Field was a pen-name of writing partners Katherine Harris Bradley and her niece Edith Emma Cooper. Bradley was born in Birmingham, England and she attended the Collège de France and a...
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...
Minnie Marden Fiske
MINNIE MADDERN FISKE (neé Davey) was an accomplished actress, playwright, director, and animal welfare advocate. Her father was a stage manager and her mother an actress, and Maddern Fiske began...
Miriam Shomer Zunser
MIRIAM SHOMER ZUNSER was a Ukrainian journalist, playwright, and visual artist. Originally from the city of Odessa, her family immigrated to New York in 1889. Zunser began writing Yiddish plays in...