Beah Richards
BEAH RICHARDS was an American stage, screen, and television actress, playwright, poet, author, and activist. In 1948, she received a degree from Dillard University in New Orleans and moved to New...
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 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 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...