1000 Years Of Women Writing Plays

Patricia Joury

Patricia Joury

PATRICIA JOUDRY was a playwright, actress, and writer for radio from Alberta, Canada. She started in broadcast journalism, and began her writing career with radio dramas. Out of the 300 plays she...

Patrícia Rehder Galvão (Pagu)

Patrícia Rehder Galvão (Pagu)

PATRÍCIA REHDER GALVAO (PAGU) was a Brazilian writer, poet, playwright, journalist, and translator. An outspoken Left-wing activist, associated with the Brazilian Communist Party during the 1930s,...

Paula O. Jakobi

Paula O. Jakobi

PAULA O. JAKOBI, playwright and notable suffragette, was one of the leaders of the National Women’s Party in New York City, and organized several protests and demonstrations for women’s rights....

Pauline Hopkins

Pauline Hopkins

PAULINE HOPKINS was an African-American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor. At the age of 16, Hopkins began her career as a stage performer and by 1879 Hopkins and her family...

Phoebe Ephron

Phoebe Ephron

Phoebe Ephron was a Jewish playwright and screenwriter from New York City. A graduate of Hunter College, she began working at a summer camp, where she met and married Henry Ephron. Together, they...

Pilar de Valderrama

Pilar de Valderrama

PILAR DE VALDERRAMA was a poet and playwright. Born into a wealthy family in Madrid she was part of the cultural scene from a young age. A member of the Lyceum Club, where the cream of the female...

Prema Karanth

Prema Karanth

PREMA KARANTH was a playwright, theatre and film director, and the first female filmmaker of Kannada cinema. She was born into a poor family and raised by her grandparents after both her parents...

Princess Amalie of Saxony

Princess Amalie of Saxony

PRINCESS AMALIE OF SAXONY was a German composer under the pen name A. Serena and a dramatist under the name Amalie Heiter. Amalie was a royal descendant who lived as a well-educated woman in the...

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