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...
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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 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 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 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 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...
Betty Smith
BETTY SMITH was an American playwright and novelist. She was born Elisabeth Lillian Wehner in Brooklyn In 1896 to first-generation German-Americans. She quit school after eighth grade and worked...
Blánaid Salkeld
BLÁNAID SALKELD, AKA FLORENCE FRENCH MULLEN was a poet, dramatist, and actor. She joined the Abbey Players, using the stage name Nell Byrne and began writing verse plays in the 1930s. She was also...