1000 Years Of Women Writing Plays

Beatrice Harraden

Beatrice Harraden

BEATRICE HARRADEN was a popular writer, best known for her romantic novels. A graduate of Bedford College, the University of London, she was as well educated as possible for a Victorian woman, in...

Bell Elliott Palmer

Bell Elliott Palmer

BELL ELLIOTT PALMER was an American playwright and writer. She was orphaned at a young age and raised by her grandparents. She attended the University of Chicago and married a banker, James...

Bernarda de Lacerda

Bernarda de Lacerda

BERNARDA DE LACERDA was a poet and playwright, celebrated in verse by both Manuel de Gallegos and Lope de Vega, suggesting that she was highly regarded as a poet by her male peers. Though none of...

Bertha M. Wilson

Bertha M. Wilson

BERTHA M. WILSON was a playwright, critic, and actor from the United States. She created a wide variety of original works including sketches, plays, monologues, exercises, and pantomimes. Wilson’s...

Bertha Pappenheim

Bertha Pappenheim

BERTHA PAPPENHEIM was an Austrian-Jewish feminist, writer, activist, and the founder of the Jewish Women’s Association. Under the famous pseudonym Anna O, she was one of Josef Breuer’s...

Betsy Perk

Betsy Perk

BETSY PERK was a novelist, playwright, and pioneer of the Dutch feminist movement. She wrote under the pen names Philemon, Liesbeth van Altena, and Spirito. She founded several women’s...

Betty Comden

Betty Comden

BETTY COMDEN was a playwright, screenwriter, and lyricist from the United States. She was a major figure in the Musical Theatre industry. Comden studied drama at New York University, graduating in...

Betty Roland

Betty Roland

BETTY ROLAND was an Australian playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and children’s book author. She dropped out of school when she was 16 to work as a journalist for Table Talk and Sun...

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