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,...
Matilde Elena López
MATILDE ELENA LÓPEZ was a Salvadoran playwright, poet, literary critic, and activist. López was a member of the League of Anti-Fascist Writers in the 1940s and participated in the leftist movement...
Maude Fulton
MAUDE FULTON was an American playwright, actress, stage director, theatre manager, and Hollywood screenwriter. She grew up in Lexington, Missouri, working as a telegraph operator, short story...
Maureen Duffy
Maureen Duffy is a respected English playwright, poet, activist, fiction and non-fiction novelist who has received many awards for her writing throughout her career. Duffy endured a rough...
Maurine Dallas Watkins
MAURINE DALLAS WATKINS wrote her first play "The Heart of Gold" when she was fifteen and cofounded The High School Billiken, Crawfordsville High School's first newspaper, that same year. She...
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...