Aphra Behn
APHRA BEHN wrote under the pastoral pseudonym Astrea and was one of the first English women to earn her living as an author, breaking cultural barriers and serving as a literary role model for...
Aslaug Vaa
ASLAUG VAA was a poet and playwright born to a rural farmer. She traveled to Paris and Berlin in 1909 to study literature, philosophy, art history, and theater at various universities. After her...
Aspazija / Elza Pliekšāne
ELZA PLIEKSANE (Pliekšāne) whose pen name was ASPAZIJA, was a poet and playwright whose first piece of writing was published in a newspaper when she was 23. After a short marriage she moved to...
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Athalia Schwartz
ATHALIA SCHWARTZ was a Danish writer, journalist, playwright, and educator, who wrote under several pseudonyms, most notably Hieronymus. In 1847, Schwartz established a small girls' school in...
Augusta Jawara
AUGUSTA JAWARA was a playwright, nurse, and women’s rights activist. After studying nursing in Edinburgh, she became the first woman to stand in a Gambian national election in 1960, and by 1962,...
Auguste Götze
AUGUSTE GÖTZE was an actress, playwright, singer, and distinguished voice teacher. She was born into a musical family and at age seven started intensive piano and singing lessons. By 1861, when...
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Ayn Rand
ALICE O'CONNOR is best known by her pen name AYN RAND. She was a Russian author, playwright, and philosopher highly affected by the Russian Revolution. She immigrated to the United States in 1926....
Babette Hughes
BABETTE HUGHES was a playwright of one-act plays and a mystery novelist. Hughes wrote over 20 comedic one-acts, most in the subgenre of 10-minute plays. Her writing was reviewed positively, and...