Creative Women by Day of Birth
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Jan 1_ Bowen, Catherine Drinker
(1897-1973) US writer
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Jan 1_ Edgeworth, Maria
(1767-1849) English children's author
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Jan 1_ Jameson, Anna
(1794-1860) Irish author, art critic
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Jan 1_ Ouida, (1839-1908)
English
novelist, social critic
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Jan 2_ Thomas, Martha Carey
(1857-1935) US educator, feminist
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Jan 3_ Mott, Lucretia
(1793-1880) US social reformer
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Jan 4_ Battelle, Phyllis
(1922-____) US journalist
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Jan 5_ Schell, Maria
(1926-____) Austrian actress
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Jan 6_ Hulme, Kathryn
(1900-1981) US writer
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Jan 6_ Lopez, Nancy
(1957-____) US golfer
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Jan 7_ Hurston, Zora Neale
(1903-1960) US dramatist, author
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Jan 8_ Ripley, Alexandra
(1934-____) US novelist
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Jan 9_ Baez, Joan
(1941-____) US folksinger, political activist
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Jan 9_ Beauvoir, Simone de
(1908-1986) French writer
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Jan 9_ Churchill, Jennie Jerome
(1854-1921) US socialite
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Jan 9_ Krantz, Judith
(1928-____) US novelist
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Jan 10_ Hepworth, Dame Barbara
(1903-1975) English sculptor
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Jan 11_ Judd, Naomi
(1946-____) US singer
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Jan 11_ Paul, Alice
(1885-1977) US lawyer
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Jan 12_ Alley, Kirstie
(1955-____) US actress
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Jan 13_ Heilbrun, Carolyn
(1926-____) US writer, educator
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Jan 13_ Tucker, Sophie
(1884-1966) US singer
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Jan 14_ Olsen, Tillie
(1912-____) US novelist
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Jan 15_ Hillesum, Etty
(1914-1943) Dutch lawyer, writer
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Jan 16_ Horne, Marilyn
(1934-____) US opera singer
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Jan 16_ Merman, Ethel
(1909-1984) US singer, actor
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Jan 16_ Sontag, Susan
(1933-____) US author, critic
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Jan 17_ Bronte, Anne
(1820-1849) English novelist, poet
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Jan 18_ Pankhurst, Sylvia
(1882-1960) English suffragist
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Jan 19_ Joplin, Janis
(1943-1970) US singer
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Jan 19_ Parton, Dolly
(1946-____) US singer, songwriter, actress
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Jan 20_ Neal, Patricia
(1926-____) US actress
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Jan 21_ Davis, Geena
(1957-____) US actress
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Jan 22_ Webb, Beatrice Potter
(1858-1943) US social economist
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Jan 23_ Moreau, Jeanne
(1928-____) French actress
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Jan 23_ Taylor, Susan L.
(1946-____) US journalist
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Jan 24_ Baum, Vicki
(1888-1960) Austrian-USA novelist
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Jan 24_ Wharton, Edith
(1862-1937) US novelist, short-story writer
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Jan 25_ Aquino, Corazon
(1933-____) Filipino political leader
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Jan 25_ Naylor, Gloria
(1950-____) US novelist, educator
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Jan 25_ Woolf, Virginia
(1882-1941) English author, critic
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Jan 26_ Davis, Angela
(1944-____) US political activist, revolutionary, author
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Jan 27_ Reed, Donna
(1921-1986) US actress
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Jan 28_ Colette, (1873-1954)
French
author
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Jan 29_ Greer, Germaine
(1939-____) English reformer, author, educator
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Jan 29_ Griffiths, Martha Wright
(1912-____) US politician
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Jan 29_ Morgan, Robin
(1941-____) US editor, feminist, writer
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Jan 29_ Winfrey, Oprah
(1954-____) US TV personality, actress
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Jan 30_ Hazzard, Shirley
(1931-____) Australian novelist
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Jan 30_ Tuchman, Barbara
(1912-1989) US historian
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Jan 31_ Bankhead, Tallulah
(1903-1968) US actress
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Jan 31_ Pavlova, Anna
(1881-1931) Russian ballerina
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Jan 31_ Stark, Freya
() French-English travel writer
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Feb 1_ Spark, Muriel
(1918-____) Scottish novelist, satirist
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Feb 2_ Asquith, Margot
(1864-1945) English author
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Feb 2_ More, Hannah
(1745-1833) English writer
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Feb 2_ Rand, Ayn
(1905-1982) US author
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Feb 2_ Smith, Liz
(1923-____) US columnist
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Feb 2_ Viorst, Judith
(1931-____) US novelist, poet
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Feb 2_ Wagner, Jane
(1935-____) US humorist, writer, director
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Feb 3_ Blackwell, Elizabeth
(1821-1910) US physician, author
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Feb 3_ Millay, Edna St. Vincent
(1882-1950) US author, poet
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Feb 3_ Stein, Gertrude
(1874-1946) US author
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Feb 3_ Weil, Simone
(1909-1943) French philosopher
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Feb 4_ Friedan, Betty
(1921-____) US feminist, activist, writer
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Feb 4_ Parks, Rosa
(1913-____) US civil rights leader
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Feb 5_ Quinn, Jane Bryant
(1939-____) US journalist
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Feb 5_ Sevigne, Marie de
(1626-1696) French diarist
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Feb 6_ Gabor, Zsa Zsa
(1919-____) Hungarian actress
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Feb 7_ Smith, Hannah Whitall
(1832-1911) US evangelist, reformer, suffragist, author
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Feb 7_ Wilder, Laura Ingalls
(1867-1957) US author
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Feb 8_ Bishop, Elizabeth
(1911-1979) US poet
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Feb 8_ Chopin, Kate
(1851-1904) US author
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Feb 8_ Turner, Lana
(1920-1995) US actress
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Feb 9_ Campbell, Mrs. Patrick
(1865-1940) English actress
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Feb 9_ Lee, Gypsy Rose
(1914-1970) US entertainer
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Feb 9_ Lowell, Amy
(1874-1925) US poet, critic, lecturer
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Feb 9_ Walker, Alice
(1944-____) US author
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Feb 10_ Konigsburg, E. L.
(1930-____) US children's author
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Feb 10_ Price, Leontyne
(1927-____) US opera singer
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Feb 11_ Child, Lydia M.
(1802-1880) US author
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Feb 12_ Blume, Judy
(1938-____) US novelist, writer
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Feb 12_ Lloyd, Marie
(1870-1922) English singer
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Feb 12_ Longworth, Alice Roosevelt
(1884-1980) US author, socialite, celebrity relative
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Feb 13_ Berg, Patty
(1918-____) US golfer
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Feb 13_ Halsey, Margaret
(1910-____) US author
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Feb 14_ Ritter, Thelma
(1905-1969) US actress
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Feb 15_ Anthony, Susan B.
(1820-1906) US social reformer, suffragist
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Feb 15_ Seymour, Jane
(1951-____) English actress
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Feb 16_ Vera-Ellen, (1926-1981)
US
actress
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Feb 17_ Berry, Mary Frances
(1938-____) US government official, author
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Feb 17_ Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
(1879-1958) US author, essayist
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Feb 18_ Lorde, Audre
(1934-1992) US poet, feminist
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Feb 18_ Morrison, Toni
(1931-____) US novelist
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Feb 18_ Ono, Yoko
(1933-____) US artist, musician
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Feb 19_ McCullers, Carson
(1917-1967) US novelist, short-story writer
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Feb 19_ Tan, Amy
(1952-____) US novelist
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Feb 20_ Grimke, Angelina
(1805-1879) US abolitionist, women's rights advocate
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Feb 20_ Vanderbilt, Gloria
(1924-____) US designer, poet
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Feb 21_ Bombeck, Erma
(1927-1996) US journalist, author, humorist
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Feb 21_ Jordan, Barbara
(1936-____) US lawyer, educator, politician
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Feb 21_ Nin, Anais
(1903-1977) US author
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Feb 21_ Simone, Nina
(1933-____) US Jazz singer, pianist, composer, songwriter
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Feb 22_ Alcott, Amy Strum
(1956-____) US golfer
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Feb 23_ Willard, Emma Hart
(1787-1870) US educator
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Feb 24_ Main, Marjorie
(1890-1975) US actress
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Feb 25_ Davis, Adelle
(1904-1974) US nutritionist, author
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Feb 25_ Fenwick, Millicent
(1910-1992) US diplomat, congresswoman
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Feb 26_ Hutton, Betty
(1921-____) US singer, dancer, actress
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Feb 27_ Anderson, Marian
(1897-1993) US singer
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Feb 27_ Johnson, Sonia
() US activist, religious leader
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Feb 27_ Lehmann, Lotte
(1888-1976) German opera singer
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Feb 27_ Taylor, Elizabeth
(1932-____) English actress
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Feb 27_ Terry, Ellen
(1847-1928) British actress
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Feb 27_ Woodward, Joanne
(1930-____) US actress
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Feb 28_ Alliluyeva, Svetlana
(1926-____) Russian-USA political celebrity
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Feb 28_ Lyon, Mary
(1797-1849) US educator
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Feb 29_ McKillip, Patricia
(1948-____) US science fiction writer
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Mar 1_ Shore, Dinah
(1917-1994) US singer, actress
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Mar 2_ Carpenter, Karen
(1950-1983) US singer
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Mar 3_ Harlow, Jean
(1911-1937) US actress
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Mar 4_ Makeba, Miriam
(1932-____) South African singer
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Mar 5_ Luxemburg, Rosa
(1871-1919) Polish German socialist, writer
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Mar 6_ Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
(1806-1861) English poet
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Mar 6_ Caldwell, Sarah
(1924-____) US opera conductor, producer, impresario
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Mar 7_ Bakker, Tammy Faye
(1942-____) US evangelist
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Mar 8_ Ireland, Kathy
(1963-____) US model
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Mar 9_ Sackville-West, Vita
(1892-1962) English novelist, poet
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Mar 10_ Luce, Clare Boothe
(1905-1987) US dramatist, author, politician, diplomat
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Mar 10_ Stone, Sharon
(1958-____) US actress
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Mar 11_ Gish, Dorothy
(1898-1968) US actress
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Mar 12_ Minnelli, Liza
(1946-____) US actress, singer, dancer
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Mar 13_ Flanner, Janet
(1892-1978) US journalist
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Mar 14_ Arbus, Diane
(1923-1971) US photographer
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Mar 15_ Kanter, Rosabeth Moss
(1943-____) US businesswoman
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Mar 16_ Nixon, Pat
(1912-1993) US first lady
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Mar 17_ Ingelow, Jean
(1820-1897) English novelist
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Mar 17_ Roland, Jeanne-Marie
(1754-1793) French revolutionary
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Mar 18_ Blair, Bonnie
(1964-____) US speedskater
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Mar 19_ Mabley, Jackie "Moms"
(1894-1975) US comedienne
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Mar 20_ Burton, Isabel
(1831-1896) English traveler, author
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Mar 21_ McGinley, Phyllis
(1905-1978) US author, poet
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Mar 22_ Norton, Caroline Sheridan
(1808-1877) English poet, novelist
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Mar 23_ Crawford, Joan
(1908-1977) US actress, dancer
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Mar 24_ Height, Dorothy
(1912-____) US activist
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Mar 24_ Schreiner, Olive
(1855-1920) South African novelist
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Mar 25_ Bambara, Toni Cade
(1939-1995) US writer
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Mar 25_ Franklin, Aretha
(1942-____) US Rhythm and Blues singer
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Mar 25_ O'Connor, Flannery
(1925-1964) US author
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Mar 25_ Signoret, Simone
(1921-____) German actress
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Mar 25_ Steinem, Gloria
(1934-____) US feminist, journalist, lecturer
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Mar 25_ Webb, Mary
(1881-1927) English novelist
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Mar 26_ Jong, Erica
(1942-____) US author, poet
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Mar 26_ O'Connor, Sandra Day
(1930-____) US supreme court justice
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Mar 26_ Ross, Diana
(1944-____) US singer, actress
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Mar 27_ Swanson, Gloria
(1897-1983) US actor, producer, business executive
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Mar 28_ McEntire, Reba
(1954-____) US country singer
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Mar 28_ Rule, Jane
(1931-____) US novelist, critic
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Mar 28_ St. Teresa of Avila, (1515-1582)
Spanish
mystic, poet
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Mar 29_ Bailey, Pearl
(1918-1990) US singer, actress
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Mar 29_ Barr, Amelia
(1831-1919) US author, journalist
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Mar 29_ Guest, Judith
(1936-____) US novelist
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Mar 30_ Sewell, Anna
(1820-1878) English novelist
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Mar 31_ Jones, Shirley
(1934-____) US actress, singer
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Mar 31_ Piercy, Marge
(1936-____) US writer
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Mar 31_ Rossner, Judith
(1935-____) US novelist
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Apr 1_ Hale, Clara McBride
(1905-1992) US social reformer
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Apr 1_ Hunter, Alberta
(1895-1988) US blues singer
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Apr 1_ Repplier, Agnes
(1858-1950) US essayist
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Apr 2_ Geyer, Georgie Anne
(1935-____) US columnist, journalist
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Apr 2_ Paglia, Camille
(1947-____) US actress, writer
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Apr 3_ Day, Doris
(1924-____) US singer, actress
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Apr 4_ Angelou, Maya
(1928-____) US actress, author
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Apr 4_ Duras, Marguerite
(1914-____) French novelist, playwright
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Apr 4_ Oliphant, Margaret
(1828-1897) Scottish writer
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Apr 5_ Davis, Bette
(1908-1989) US actress
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Apr 6_ Henner, Marilu
(1952-____) US actress, health promotor, author
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Apr 7_ Holiday, Billie
(1915-1959) US singer
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Apr 8_ Chase, Ilka
(1905-1978) US actress, writer
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Apr 8_ Ford, Betty
(1918-____) US First Lady, dancer, philanthropist
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Apr 8_ Kingsolver, Barbara
(1955-____) US novelist
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Apr 8_ Pickford, Mary
(1894-1979) Canadian actress
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Apr 9_ Marshall, Paule
(1929-____) US writer, educator
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Apr 10_ Perkins, Frances
(1880-1965) US educator, government official
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Apr 11_ Goodman, Ellen
(1941-____) US journalist
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Apr 12_ Janowitz, Tama
(1957-_____) US novelist
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Apr 13_ Welty, Eudora
(1909-____) US author
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Apr 14_ Lynn, Loretta
(1935-____) US singer, songwriter
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Apr 14_ Sullivan, Anne
(1866-1936) US educator
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Apr 15_ Smith, Bessie
(1894-1937) US blues singer, songwriter
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Apr 16_ Adler, Polly
(1900-1953) US madam
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Apr 17_ Dinesen, Isak
(1885-1962) Danish short-story writer
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Apr 17_ Ozick, Cynthia
(1928-___) US novelist, short-story writer
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Apr 18_ Faludi, Susan
(1959-____) US writer, feminist
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Apr 19_ Summerskill, Edith Clara
(1901-1980) English politician, physician, author
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Apr 20_ Craik, Dinah Mulock
(1826-1887) English novelist
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Apr 21_ Bronte, Charlotte
(1816-1855) English novelist, poet
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Apr 21_ Elizabeth II, (1926-____)
British
ruler
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Apr 22_ Glasgow, Ellen
(1874-1945) US author
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Apr 22_ Stael, Anne Louise Germaine de
(1766-1817) French-Swiss woman of letters, novelist
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Apr 23_ Black, Shirley Temple
(1928-____) US actress, diplomat
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Apr 23_ Devlin, Bernadette
(1947-____) Irish politician
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Apr 24_ MacLaine, Shirley
(1934-____) US actress, dancer, writer, metaphysician
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Apr 24_ Streisand, Barbra
(1942-____) US actress, singer
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Apr 25_ Fitzgerald, Ella
(1917-1996) US jazz singer
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Apr 26_ Burnett, Carol
(1933-____) US actress, comedienne
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Apr 26_ Loos, Anita
(1893-1981) US screenwriter, dramatist, author
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Apr 26_ Rainey, Ma
(1886-1939) US Blues singer
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Apr 27_ Aimee, Anouk
(1932-____) French actress
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Apr 27_ Fauset, Jessie Redmon
(1882-1961) US poet, novelist
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Apr 27_ King, Coretta Scott
(1927-____) US civil rights activist
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Apr 27_ Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelly
(1759-1797) English writer, women's rights activist
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Apr 28_ Lee, Harper
(1926-____) US novelist
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Apr 29_ Pfeiffer, Michelle
(1958-____) US actress
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Apr 30_ Dillard, Annie
(1945-____) US author
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Apr 30_ Huerta, Dolores
(1930-____) US Chicana activist, labor leader
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May 1_ Collins, Judy
(1939-____) US folksinger, film maker
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May 1_ Jones, Mary Harris "Mother"
(1860-1930) US labor organizer
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May 2_ Catherine the Great, (1729-1796)
Russian
empress
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May 3_ Meir, Golda
(1898-1978) Israeli political leader
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May 3_ Sarton, May
(1912-1995) US author, poet
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May 3_ Smith, Dodie
(1896-1990) English dramatist
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May 4_ Howard, Jane
(1935-1996) US journalist, writer
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May 5_ Astor, Mary
(1906-1987) US actress
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May 6_ Sherwood, Mary Martha
(1775-1851) English children's author
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May 7_ Baxter, Anne
(1923-87) US actress
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May 7_ Carter, Angela
(1940-1992) English novelist, short-story writer
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May 7_ Peron, Eva
(1919-1952) Argentine political leader
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May 8_ Henley, Beth
(1952-____) US dramatist
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May 9_ Bergen, Candice
(1946-____) US actress, photojournalist
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May 9_ Jackson, Glenda
(1936-____) US actress
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May 10_ Durant, Ariel
(1898-1981) US author
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May 10_ Grasso, Ella T.
(1919-1981) US politician
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May 10_ Jamison, Judith
(1943-____) US modern dancer
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May 11_ Graham, Martha
(1894-1994) US dancer, choreographer
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May 11_ Popcorn, Faith
(1947-____) US management consultant
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May 12_ Ash, Mary Kay
(1915-____) US businesswoman
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May 12_ Hepburn, Katharine
(1907-____) US actress
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May 13_ DuMaurier, Daphne
(1907-1989) English novelist
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May 14_ Annis, Francesca
(1944-____) English actress
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May 15_ Nightingale, Florence
(1820-1910) English nurse, reformer
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May 15_ Porter, Katherine Anne
(1894-1980) US novelist, short-story writer
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May 16_ Carter, Betty
(1929-1998) US jazz singer
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May 16_ Peterson, Virgilia
(1904-1966) US writer, TV personality
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May 16_ Rich, Adrienne
(1929-____) US poet, educator
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May 16_ Winger, Debra
(1955-____) US actress
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May 17_ Richardson, Dorothy Miller
(1873-1957) English novelist
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May 17_ Van Horne, Harriet
(1920-____) US columnist
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May 18_ Fonteyn, Margot
(1919-____) English dancer
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May 19_ Astor, Nancy
(1879-1964) English stateswoman
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May 19_ Ephron, Nora
(1941-____) US author, screenwriter
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May 19_ Hansberry, Lorraine
(1930-1965) US playwright
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May 19_ Melba, Nellie
(1861-1931) Australian opera singer
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May 20_ Allingham, Margery
(1904-1966) English detective story writer
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May 20_ Blackwell, Antoinette Brown
(1825-1921) US abolitionist, feminist, clergy
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May 20_ Cher, (1946-____)
US
singer, actress
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May 20_ St. Johns, Adela Rogers
(1894-1988) US journalist
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May 21_ Fry, Elizabeth
(1780-1845) English social reformer, philanthropist
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May 21_ Robinson, Mary
(1944-____) Irish political leader
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May 22_ Crist, Judith
(1922-____) US film critic
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May 23_ Collins, Joan
(1933-____) English-US actress
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May 23_ Fuller, Margaret
(1810-1850) US critic, social reformer, writer
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May 23_ Ward, Barbara
(1914-1981) English economist, journalist, educator
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May 24_ Maxwell, Elsa
(1883-1963) US writer, TV hostess, columnist
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May 24_ Queen Victoria, (1819-1901)
British
royalty
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May 25_ Kincaid, Jamaica
(1949-____) Antigua-US journalist
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May 25_ Sills, Beverly
(1929-____) US opera singer
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May 26_ Montagu, Mary Wortley
(1689-1762) English author
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May 27_ Carson, Rachel
(1907-1964) US biologist, writer
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May 27_ Duncan, Isadora
(1877-1927) US dancer
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May 27_ Howe, Julia Ward
(1819-1910) US social reformer
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May 28_ Swenson, May
(1919-____) US poet
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May 29_ Johnson, Pamela Hansford
(1912-1981) English critic, author
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May 29_ Lillie, Beatrice
(1898-1989) English comedienne
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May 30_ Skinner, Cornelia Otis
(1901-1979) US actress, author
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May 31_ Coatsworth, Elizabeth
(1893-1986) US poet, children's author
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Jun 1_ Monroe, Marilyn
(1926-1962) US actress
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Jun 2_ Hopper, Hedda
(1890-1966) US journalist, actress
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Jun 3_ Baker, Josephine
(1906-1975) French dancer, singer, entertainer
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Jun 4_ Russell, Rosalind
(1911-1976) US actress, philanthropist
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Jun 4_ Westheimer, Ruth
(1928-____) German-born USA psychiatrist, author, lecturer
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Jun 5_ Compton-Burnett, Ivy
(1892-1969) English novelist
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Jun 5_ Drabble, Margaret
(1939-____) English novelist, critic
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Jun 6_ Benedict, Ruth
(1887-1948) US anthropologist
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Jun 6_ Bernhard, Sandra
(1955-____) US actress, commedienne
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Jun 6_ Edelman, Marian Wright
(1939-____) US social reformer, lawyer, author
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Jun 6_ Kumin, Maxine
(1925-____) US poet, novelist, essayist
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Jun 7_ Bowen, Elizabeth
(1899-1973) Irish author
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Jun 7_ Brooks, Gwendolyn
(1917-____) US poet
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Jun 7_ Giovanni, Nikki
(1943-____) US author, poet
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Jun 7_ Tannen, Deborah
(1951-____) US sociolinguist, writer
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Jun 8_ Bush, Barbara
(1925-____) US first lady
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Jun 8_ Rivers, Joan
(1937-____) US comedian, TV personality
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Jun 8_ Yourcenar, Marguerite
(1903-1987) Belgian-USA novelist, essayist
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Jun 9_ Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett
(1836-1917) English physician
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Jun 10_ Garland, Judy
(1922-1969) US actress, singer
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Jun 11_ Rankin, Jeannette
(1880-1973) US suffragist, politician
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Jun 11_ Scott, Hazel
(1920-1981) Trinidad-USA pianist, singer, writer
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Jun 12_ Barnes, Djuna
(1892-1982) US novelist, poet, illustrator, dramatist
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Jun 12_ Brophy, Brigid
(1929-____) English-Irish writer, novelist, playwright
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Jun 12_ Frank, Anne
(1929-1945) German-Dutch diarist
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Jun 12_ Martineau, Harriet
(1802-1876) English social reformer, writer
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Jun 12_ Spyri, Johanna
(1827-1901) Swiss novelist
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Jun 13_ Burney, Fanny
(1752-1840) English novelist, letter writer
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Jun 13_ Norton, Eleanor Holmes
(1937-____) US government official
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Jun 13_ Sayers, Dorothy L.
(1893-1957) English author
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Jun 14_ Bourke-White, Margaret
(1904-1971) US photojournalist
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Jun 14_ Stowe, Harriet Beecher
(1811-1896) US author
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Jun 15_ Jackson, Rachel Donaldson
(1767-1828) US first lady
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Jun 16_ Graham, Katharine
(1917-____) US newspaper executive
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Jun 16_ McClintock, Barbara
(1902-____) US scientist
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Jun 16_ Oates, Joyce Carol
(1938-____) US novelist, poet, educator
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Jun 17_ Rashad, Phylicia
(1948-____) US actress, Equal Rights activist
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Jun 18_ Godwin, Gail
(1937-____) US novelist, short-story writer, journalist
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Jun 18_ Porter, Sylvia
(1913-1991) US journalist, finance expert
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Jun 18_ Wells, Carolyn
(1869-1942) US author
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Jun 19_ Kael, Pauline
(1919-____) US critic
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Jun 19_ Turner, Kathleen
(1954-____) US actress
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Jun 20_ Barbauld, Anna Letitia
(1743-1825) English poet, writer
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Jun 20_ Hellman, Lillian
(1905-1987) US dramatist
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Jun 21_ McCarthy, Mary
(1912-1989) US novelist, critic
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Jun 21_ Sagan, Francoise
(1935-____) French novelist
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Jun 21_ Washington, Martha
(1732-____) US First Lady
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Jun 22_ Dunham, Katherine
(1910-) US dancer, choreographer, anthropologist
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Jun 22_ Feinstein, Dianne
(1933-____) US politician
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Jun 22_ Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
(1906-____) US writer
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Jun 22_ Streep, Meryl
(1949-____) US actress
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Jun 23_ Rudolph, Wilma
(1940-1994) US track athlete
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Jun 24_ Davis, Rebecca Harding
(1831-1910) US author, journalist, critic
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Jun 25_ George, Phyllis
(1949-____) US sportscaster
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Jun 25_ Gilman, Dorothy
(1923-____) US mystery novelist
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Jun 26_ Buck, Pearl
(1892-1973) US author
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Jun 26_ Zaharias, Babe Didrikson
(1914-1956) US sportswoman, golfer
-
Jun 27_ Goldman, Emma
(1869-1940) US anarchist
-
Jun 27_ Keller, Helen
(1880-1968) US author, lecturer
-
Jun 28_ Radner, Gilda
(1946-1989) US actress, comedienne
-
Jun 29_ Fallaci, Oriana
(1930-____) Italian writer, journalist
-
Jun 30_ Horne, Lena
(1917-____) US singer, actress
-
Jun 30_ Taylor, Ann (and Jane)
(1782-1866) English children's author, poet
-
Jul 1_ Calderone, Mary Steichen
(1904-1998) US physician, author
-
Jul 1_ Lauder, Estée
(1908?-____) U.S. cosmetics executive
-
Jul 1_ Sand, George
(1804-1876) French author
-
Jul 1_ Stafford, Jean
(1915-1979) US short-story writer, novelist
-
Jul 2_ Marcos, Imelda
(1929-____) Filipino first lady
-
Jul 3_ Fisher, M. F. K.
(1908-1992) U.S. culinary expert, author
-
Jul 3_ Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
(1860-1935) US economist, lecturer, author, feminist
-
Jul 4_ Graham, Virginia
(1912-1998) US actress, TV personality
-
Jul 4_ Landers, Ann
(1918-____) US advice columnist
-
Jul 4_ Van Buren, Abigail
(1918-____) US journalist
-
Jul 5_ Siddons, Sarah
(1755-1831) English actress, sculptor
-
Jul 6_ Erdrich, Louise
(1954-____) US-American Indian Chippewa writer, poet
-
Jul 6_ Reagan, Nancy
(1921-____) US first lady
-
Jul 7_ Walker, Margaret
(1915-____) US writer, educator
-
Jul 8_ Kollwitz, Kathe
(1867-1945) German artist
-
Jul 8_ Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth
(1926-____) Swiss-USA psychiatrist
-
Jul 8_ Quindlen, Anna
(1953-____) US journalist, novelist
-
Jul 8_ Williamson, Marianne
(1952-____) US lecturer, author
-
Jul 9_ Cartland, Barbara
(1901-____) English novelist
-
Jul 9_ Jordan, June
(1936-____) US writer, poet, journalist
-
Jul 9_ Thompson, Dorothy
(1894-1961) US journalist, writer
-
Jul 10_ Behn, Aphra
(1640-1689) English playwright, poet
-
Jul 10_ Bethune, Mary McLeod
(1875-1955) US educator, writer
-
Jul 10_ Kerr, Jean
(1923-____) US humorist, author, playwright
-
Jul 11_ Vega, Suzanne
(1959-____) US singer, songwriter
-
Jul 11_ Warner, Susan
(1819-1885) US novelist
-
Jul 12_ Richards, Beah
(1926-____) US poet, playwright, actress
-
Jul 13_ Conn, Didi
(1951-____) US actress
-
Jul 14_ Ginzburg, Natalia
(1916-1991) Italian author
-
Jul 14_ Pankhurst, Emmeline
(1858-1928) English suffragist
-
Jul 15_ Murdoch, Iris
(1919-1999) Irish author
-
Jul 15_ Ronstadt, Linda
(1946-____) US singer
-
Jul 16_ Brookner, Anita
(1928-____) English art historian, writer
-
Jul 16_ Eddy, Mary Baker
(1821-1910) US religious leader, writer
-
Jul 16_ Norris, Kathleen
(1880-1960) US novelist
-
Jul 16_ Stanwyck, Barbara
(1907-1990) US actress
-
Jul 17_ Abbott, Berenice
(1898-1991) US photographer
-
Jul 17_ Diller, Phyllis
(1917-____) US comedienne
-
Jul 18_ West, Jessamyn
(1902-1984) US author
-
Jul 19_ Yalow, Rosalyn Sussman
(1921-____) US medical physicist
-
Jul 20_ Mikulski, Barbara
(1936-____) US politician
-
Jul 21_ Trilling, Diane
(1905-1996) US author, critic
-
Jul 22_ Kennedy, Rose
(1890-1995) US author, political relative
-
Jul 22_ Lazarus, Emma
(1849-1887) US poet
-
Jul 22_ Vanderbilt, Amy
(1908-1974) US etiquette authority
-
Jul 23_ Deming, Barbara
(1917-____) US author, pacifist, political activist
-
Jul 24_ Abzug, Bella
(1920-____) US lawyer, politician
-
Jul 24_ Earhart, Amelia
(1898-1937) US aviatrix
-
Jul 24_ Fitzgerald, Zelda
(1900-1948) US writer, celebrity relative
-
Jul 25_ Chapman, Maria Weston
(1806-1885) US abolitionist, editor
-
Jul 25_ Decter, Midge
(1927-____) US journalist, writer
-
Jul 26_ Allen, Gracie
(1906-1964) US comedienne
-
Jul 27_ Hardwick, Elizabeth
(1916-____) US author, critic
-
Jul 28_ Miller, Alice Duer
(1874-1942) US poet, author
-
Jul 28_ Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy
(1929-1994) US first lady
-
Jul 28_ Potter, Beatrix
(1866-1943) English author
-
Jul 29_ Dole, Elizabeth
(1936-____) US government official, business executive
-
Jul 30_ Bronte, Emily
(1818-1848) English novelist
-
Jul 30_ Schroeder, Patricia
(1940-____) US political leader
-
Jul 31_ Chaplin, Geraldine
(1944-____) US actress
-
Aug 1_ Mitchell, Maria
(1818-1889) US astronomer, educator
-
Aug 2_ Tremain, Rose
(1942-____) English novelist, playwright
-
Aug 3_ James, P. D.
(1920-____) English mystery novelist
-
Aug 3_ Kuhn, Maggie
(1905-1995) US activist, social worker
-
Aug 3_ Wakoski, Diane
() US poet
-
Aug 4_ Queen Mother Elizabeth, (1900-____)
British
royalty
-
Aug 5_ Beard, Mary Ritter
(1876-1958) US historian, writer
-
Aug 6_ Ball, Lucille
(1911-1989) US comic actress
-
Aug 7_ Caldwell, Taylor
(1900-1985) English novelist
-
Aug 8_ Teasdale, Sara
(1884-1933) US author, poet
-
Aug 9_ Houston, Whitney
(1963-____) US singer
-
Aug 10_ Cooper, Anna Julia
(1859-1964) US educator, feminist, writer
-
Aug 11_ Bogan, Louise A.
(1897-1970) US lyric poet, critic
-
Aug 11_ Savant, Marilyn vos
(1946-____) US columnist, writer
-
Aug 12_ Blavatsky, Helena Petrova
(1831-1891) Russian author, translator, theosophist
-
Aug 12_ Hamilton, Edith
(1867-1963) US writer, educator
-
Aug 12_ Rinehart, Mary Roberts
(1876-1958) US novelist, playwright
-
Aug 13_ Stone, Lucy
(1818-1893) US suffragist, feminist
-
Aug 14_ Landon, Letitia
(1802-1838) English poet, novelist
-
Aug 15_ Barrymore, Ethel
(1879-1959) US actress
-
Aug 15_ Boom, Corrie Ten
(1892-1983) Dutch evangelist
-
Aug 15_ Carter, Lillian
(1898-1983) US nurse, first mother
-
Aug 15_ Child, Julia
(1912-____) US chef, author, TV personality
-
Aug 15_ Ellerbee, Linda
(1944-____) US broadcast journalist
-
Aug 15_ Ferber, Edna
(1885-1968) US novelist
-
Aug 15_ Princess Anne, (1950-____)
British
royalty
-
Aug 16_ Boulanger, Nadia
(1887-1979) French conductor, educator
-
Aug 16_ Madonna, (1958-____)
US
singer, actress
-
Aug 16_ Moseley-Braun, Carol
(1947-____) US politican, lawyer
-
Aug 17_ Grimke, Charlotte Forten
(1837-1914) US educator, diarist
-
Aug 17_ West, Mae
(1892-1980) US actress
-
Aug 18_ Boosler, Elayne
(1952-____) US comedian
-
Aug 18_ Carter, Rosalynn
(1927-____) US First Lady
-
Aug 18_ Winters, Shelley
(1922-____) US actress
-
Aug 19_ Chanel, Coco
(1883-1971) French fashion designer
-
Aug 20_ Ashley, Elizabeth
(1941-____) US actress
-
Aug 21_ Cattrall, Kim
(1956-____) English actress
-
Aug 22_ Parker, Dorothy
(1893-1967) US author, poet, journalist, humorist
-
Aug 23_ Long, Shelley
(1950-____) US actress
-
Aug 24_ Hufstedler, Shirley
(1925-____) US government official
-
Aug 24_ Rhys, Jean
(1894-1979) English novelist
-
Aug 25_ Gibson, Althea
(1927-____) US tennis player
-
Aug 26_ Ehrenreich, Barbara
(1941-____) US writer
-
Aug 26_ Ferraro, Geraldine
(1935-____) US politician
-
Aug 27_ Teresa, Mother
(1910-1997) Albanian nun, missionary
-
Aug 28_ Dove, Rita
(1952-____) US poet, educator
-
Aug 28_ Frame, Janet
(1924-____) New Zealander novelist, short-story writer, poet
-
Aug 29_ Bergman, Ingrid
(1915-1982) Swedish actress
-
Aug 30_ Booth, Shirley
(1907-____) US actress
-
Aug 30_ Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
(1797-1851) English author
-
Aug 31_ Montessori, Maria
(1870-1952) Italian educator, reformer
-
Sep 1_ Blessington, Lady Marguerite
(1789-1849) English socialite, writer
-
Sep 1_ Carpenter, Liz
(1920-____) US writer, feminist
-
Sep 1_ Richards, Ann
(1933-____) US politician, governor
-
Sep 1_ Tomlin, Lily
(1939-____) US actress, comedienne
-
Sep 2_ McAuliffe, Christa
(1948-1986) US teacher
-
Sep 3_ Delany, Annie Elizabeth
(1891-1995) US dentist
-
Sep 3_ Jewett, Sarah Orne
(1848-1909) US author
-
Sep 4_ Renault, Mary
(1905-1983) English African novelist
-
Sep 5_ Welch, Raquel
(1940-____) US actress, model
-
Sep 6_ Addams, Jane
(1869-1935) US social worker, suffragist
-
Sep 6_ Beecher, Catharine Esther
(1800-1878) US educator, author
-
Sep 7_ Elizabeth I, (1533-1603)
English
ruler
-
Sep 7_ Moses, Grandma
(1860-1961) US folk painter
-
Sep 7_ Noonan, Peggy
(1950-____) US writer
-
Sep 7_ Sitwell, Edith
(1887-1964) English poet
-
Sep 8_ Metalious, Grace
(1924-1964) US novelist
-
Sep 9_ Austin, Mary
(1868-1934) US writer, suffragist
-
Sep 9_ Priest, Ivy Baker
(1905-1975) US government official
-
Sep 9_ Sanchez, Sonia
(1934-____) US poet, playwright, educator
-
Sep 10_ Johnson, Georgia Douglas
(1866-1967) US poet
-
Sep 10_ Schiaparelli, Elsa
(1890-1973) Italian-French designer
-
Sep 11_ Baillie, Joanna
(1762-1851) Scottish poet, dramatist
-
Sep 11_ Mitford, Jessica
(1917-1996) English-USA journalist
-
Sep 12_ Suyin, Han
(1917-____) Chinese writer, physician
-
Sep 13_ Bisset, Jacqueline
(1944-____) English actress
-
Sep 13_ Martin, Judith
(1938-____) US author, journalist
-
Sep 13_ von Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie
(1830-1916) Austrian novelist
-
Sep 14_ Millett, Kate
(1934-____) US writer, sculptor, educator
-
Sep 14_ Sanger, Margaret
(1883-1966) US nurse, social reformer
-
Sep 15_ Brodie, Fawn M.
(1915-1981) US author
-
Sep 15_ Christie, Agatha
(1890-1976) English author, dramatist
-
Sep 15_ Graham, Sheilah
(1904-1988) US columnist
-
Sep 15_ Norman, Jessye
(1945-____) US operatic and concert singer
-
Sep 16_ Bacall, Lauren
(1924-____) US actress
-
Sep 16_ Horney, Karen
(1885-1952) US psychoanalyst, writer
-
Sep 17_ Rudner, Rita
(1956-____) US comedienne, essayist, actress
-
Sep 17_ Stewart, Mary
(1916-____) English novelist
-
Sep 18_ Colbert, Claudette
(1903-1996) French actress
-
Sep 18_ DeMille, Agnes George
(1905-____) US dancer, choreographer
-
Sep 18_ Fields, Debbi
(1956-____) US business executive
-
Sep 18_ Garbo, Greta
(1905-1990) Swedish actress
-
Sep 19_ Delany, Sarah Louise
(1889-199?) US educator
-
Sep 19_ Field, Rachel
(1894-1942) US children's author
-
Sep 20_ Kenny, Elizabeth
(1886-1952) Australian nurse
-
Sep 20_ Loren, Sophia
(1934-____) Italian actress
-
Sep 20_ Smith, Stevie
(1902-1971) English poet
-
Sep 21_ Andrus, Ethel Percy
(1884-1967) US social activist
-
Sep 21_ Norman, Marsha
(1947-____) US dramatist
-
Sep 22_ Meynell, Alice
(1847-1922) English poet, essayist
-
Sep 22_ Weldon, Fay
(1931-____) English novelist
-
Sep 23_ Nevelson, Louise
(1899-1988) US sculptor, painter
-
Sep 23_ Orczy, Emmuska
(1865-1947) Hungarian-born British novelist
-
Sep 23_ Terrell, Mary Church
(1863-1954) US social reformer
-
Sep 23_ Woodhull, Victoria Claffin
(1838-1927) US reformer
-
Sep 24_ Harper, Frances Watkins
(1825-1911) US poet
-
Sep 25_ Walters, Barbara
(1931-____) US broadcast journalist
-
Sep 25_ hooks, bell
(1952?-____) US educator, feminist theorist, poet
-
Sep 26_ Anzaldua, Gloria Evangelina
(1942-____) US Tejana-Chicana poet
-
Sep 26_ Smiley, Jane
(1949-____) US writer
-
Sep 27_ Paddleford, Clementine
(1900-1967) US journalist, editor
-
Sep 28_ Bardot, Brigitte
(1934-____) French actress
-
Sep 29_ Gaskell, Elizabeth
(1810-1865) English novelist, short-story writer
-
Sep 30_ Kerr, Deborah
(1921-____) Scottish actress
-
Oct 1_ Andrews, Julie
(1935-____) English actress, singer, author
-
Oct 1_ Baldwin, Faith
(1893-1978) US novelist
-
Oct 1_ Lawrenson, Helen
(1904-1982) US editor
-
Oct 2_ Montagu, Elizabeth
(1720-1800) English intellectual, conversationalist
-
Oct 2_ Morris, Jan
(1926-____) English writer, journalist
-
Oct 3_ Duse, Eleonora
(1858-1924) Italian actress
-
Oct 4_ Reagon, Bernice Johnson
(1942-____) US musician, museum director
-
Oct 4_ Rice, Anne
(1941-____) US novelist
-
Oct 5_ Lin, Maya Ying
(1959-____) US architect, sculptor
-
Oct 6_ Alexander, Shana
(1925-____) US news commentator
-
Oct 6_ Hamer, Fannie Lou
(1917-1977) US activist
-
Oct 7_ Ackerman, Diane
(1948-____) US poet, writer, social worker
-
Oct 7_ Janeway, Elizabeth
(1913-____) US writer
-
Oct 7_ Waddles, Charleszetta
(1912-____) US nun, writer
-
Oct 8_ Barrett, Rona
(1936-____) US journalist
-
Oct 9_ Deutsch, Helene
(1884-1982) US psychoanalyst
-
Oct 9_ Mcpherson, Aimee Semple
(1890-1944) US religious leader, evangelist
-
Oct 10_ Hayes, Helen
(1900-1993) US actress
-
Oct 11_ Roosevelt, Eleanor
(1884-1962) US first lady, social reformer
-
Oct 12_ Ace, Jane Sherwood
(1905-1974) US actress, comedienne
-
Oct 12_ Childress, Alice
(1920-1994) US playwright, actress, director
-
Oct 13_ Thatcher, Margaret
(1925-____) English political leader
-
Oct 14_ Arendt, Hannah
(1906-1975) German-USA political scientist
-
Oct 14_ Gish, Lillian
(1893-1993) US entertainer
-
Oct 14_ Mansfield, Katherine
(1888-1923) New Zealander author
-
Oct 15_ Jackson, Helen Hunt
(1830-1885) US novelist, poet, essayist
-
Oct 16_ Daly, Mary
(1928-____) US theologian
-
Oct 16_ Winnemucca, Sarah
(c.1842-1891) Indian scout, activist
-
Oct 17_ Glyn, Elinor
(1864-1943) English novelist, short-story writer
-
Oct 18_ Hurst, Fannie
(1889-1968) US screenwriter, novelist, dramatist
-
Oct 18_ McMillan, Terry
(1951-____) US novelist, editor
-
Oct 18_ Navratilova, Martina
(1956-____) US tennis player
-
Oct 18_ Shange, Ntozake
(1948-____) US poet, playwright
-
Oct 18_ Wasserstein, Wendy
(1950-____) US playwright
-
Oct 19_ Cole, Johnnetta Betsch
(1936-____) US educator, anthropologist, college president
-
Oct 20_ Brothers, Joyce
(1928-____) US psychologist, author
-
Oct 21_ Fisher, Carrie
(1956-____) US actress, author
-
Oct 21_ Le Guin, Ursula
(1929-____) US science-fiction writer
-
Oct 22_ Bernhardt, Sarah
(1844-1923) French actress
-
Oct 22_ Lessing, Doris
(1919-____) English author, playwright
-
Oct 23_ Roddick, Anita
(1942-____) English businesswoman, social reformer
-
Oct 24_ Allen, Paula Gunn
(1939-____) US American Indian {Pueblo/Sioux) poet, writer
-
Oct 24_ Hale, Sarah Josepha
(1788-1879) US journalist, author, poet
-
Oct 24_ Levertov, Denise
(1923-____) English-USA poet
-
Oct 24_ Lockwood, Belva
(1830-1917) US social reformer, lawyer
-
Oct 25_ Pearl, Minnie
(1912-1996) US comedienne
-
Oct 25_ Tyler, Anne
(1941-____) US novelist, short-story writer
-
Oct 26_ Clinton, Hillary Rodham
(1947-____) US first lady, author, lawyer
-
Oct 26_ Jackson, Mahalia
(1911-1972) US gospel singer
-
Oct 26_ Markham, Beryl
(1902-1986) English aviator
-
Oct 27_ Bagnold, Enid
(1889-1981) English novelist, playwright
-
Oct 27_ Dee, Ruby
(1923-____) US actress
-
Oct 27_ Kingston, Maxine Hong
(1940-____) US author
-
Oct 27_ Lebowitz, Fran
(1950-____) US journalist
-
Oct 27_ Plath, Sylvia
() US novelist, poet
-
Oct 27_ Post, Emily
(1872-1960) US etiquette authority
-
Oct 28_ Head, Edith
(1898-1981) US costume designer
-
Oct 28_ Roberts, Julia
(1967-____) US actress
-
Oct 29_ Brice, Fanny
(1891-1951) US singing comedienne
-
Oct 30_ Gordon, Ruth
(1896-1985) US actress
-
Oct 31_ Barney, Natalie Clifford
(1876-1972) US author
-
Nov 1_ Mitchison, Naomi
(1897-1999) Scottish novelist
-
Nov 2_ Antoinette, Marie
(1755-1795) Austrian ruler
-
Nov 2_ Bird, Rose Elizabeth
(1936-____) US justice
-
Nov 3_ Barr, Roseanne
(1952-____) US actress, comedian
-
Nov 4_ Swit, Loretta
(1937-____) US actress
-
Nov 5_ Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
(1850-1919) US writer, poet, journalist
-
Nov 6_ Field, Sally
(1946-____) US actress
-
Nov 7_ Curie, Marie
(1867-1934) Polish-French chemist
-
Nov 7_ Mitchell, Joni
(1943-____) Canadian singer, songwriter
-
Nov 8_ Day, Dorothy
(1897-1980) US editor, humanitarian, women's rights advocate
-
Nov 8_ Mitchell, Margaret
(1900-1949) US novelist
-
Nov 9_ Dressler, Marie
(1869-1934) Canadian-USA actress
-
Nov 9_ Sexton, Anne
(1928-1974) US poet
-
Nov 10_ Lenclos, Ninon de
(1620-1705) French society figure, courtesan
-
Nov 10_ Seredy, Kate
(1899-1975) Hungarian children's writer, illustrator
-
Nov 11_ Adams, Abigail
(1744-1818) US first lady
-
Nov 12_ Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
(1815-1902) US social reformer, feminist
-
Nov 13_ Goldberg, Whoopi
(1949-____) US actress, comedienne
-
Nov 14_ Brooks, Louise
(1906-1985) US actress
-
Nov 14_ Mannes, Marya
(1904-1990) US journalist, writer
-
Nov 15_ Moore, Marianne
(1887-1972) US poet, editor
-
Nov 15_ O'Keeffe, Georgia
(1887-1986) US painter
-
Nov 16_ Drew, Elizabeth
(1935-____) US journalist, commentator
-
Nov 16_ Smith, Barbara
(1846-____) US editor, writer
-
Nov 17_ Farnham, Eliza Wood Burhans
(1815-1864) US social reformer, lecturer
-
Nov 18_ Atwood, Margaret
(1939-____) Canadian novelist, poet
-
Nov 18_ Dix, Dorothy
(1870-1951) US journalist, writer
-
Nov 18_ Mankiller, Wilma Pearl
(1945-____) US-American Indian Cherokee chief
-
Nov 18_ Truth, Sojourner
(1797?-1883) US abolitionist, reformer
-
Nov 19_ Gandhi, Indira
(1917-1984) Indian political leader
-
Nov 19_ Kirkpatrick, Jeane
(1926-____) US diplomat
-
Nov 20_ Gordimer, Nadine
(1923-____) South African novelist
-
Nov 20_ Kent, Corita
(1918-1986) US graphic artist
-
Nov 21_ French, Marilyn
(1929-____) US writer
-
Nov 21_ Hawn, Goldie
(1945-____) US actress, comedienne, producer
-
Nov 21_ Thomas, Marlo
(1938-____) US actress
-
Nov 22_ Eliot, George
(1819-1880) English novelist
-
Nov 22_ King, Billie Jean
(1943-____) US tennis player, activist
-
Nov 23_ Etting, Ruth
(1897-1978) US singer
-
Nov 23_ Jones, Gayl
(1949-____) US short story writer, novelist
-
Nov 24_ Anderson, Margaret
(1886-1973) US editor
-
Nov 25_ Delaney, Shelagh
(1939-____) English playwright
-
Nov 25_ Douglas, Helen Gahagan
(1900-1980) US actress, opera singer, politician
-
Nov 25_ Nation, Carry
(1846-1911) US social reformer
-
Nov 26_ Turner, Tina
(1938-____) US singer
-
Nov 27_ Sheehy, Gail
(1937-____) US writer, journalist, editor
-
Nov 27_ de Maintenon, Francoise d'Aubigne
(1635-1719) French writer, consort
-
Nov 28_ Brown, Rita Mae
(1944-____) US writer, playwright
-
Nov 28_ Gilligan, Carol
() US writer, researcher
-
Nov 28_ L'Engle, Madeleine
(1918-____) US novelist
-
Nov 28_ Mitford, Nancy
(1904-1973) English novelist
-
Nov 29_ Alcott, Louisa May
(1832-1888) US novelist
-
Nov 30_ Chisholm, Shirley
(1924-____) US politician, author
-
Dec 1_ Midler, Bette
(1945-____) US singer, actress
-
Dec 2_ Draper, Ruth
(1884-1956) US actress
-
Dec 3_ Callas, Maria
(1923-1977) US opera singer
-
Dec 3_ Richards, Ellen Swallow
(1842-1911) US chemist, ecologist
-
Dec 4_ Comeaux, Amie
(1976-1997) US country singer
-
Dec 5_ Didion, Joan
(1934-____) US screenwriter, author
-
Dec 5_ Rossetti, Christina
(1830-1894) English poet
-
Dec 6_ Fontanne, Lynn
(1887-1983) US actress
-
Dec 6_ Moodie, Susanna
(1803-1885) English-born Canadian pioneer
-
Dec 7_ Brown, Helen Gurley
(1922-____) US editor, author
-
Dec 7_ Cather, Willa
(1876-1947) US novelist, short-story writer
-
Dec 8_ Christina of Sweden, (1626-1689)
Swedish
ruler
-
Dec 9_ Hopper, Grace Murray
(1906-1992) US military leader, mathematician, educator
-
Dec 10_ Dickinson, Emily
(1830-1886) US poet
-
Dec 10_ Godden, Rumer
(1907-____) English novelist
-
Dec 10_ Sachs, Nelly
(1891-1970) German poet, dramatist
-
Dec 11_ Key, Ellen
(1849-1926) Swedish writer, feminist
-
Dec 11_ Paley, Grace
(1922-____) US writer
-
Dec 12_ Gingold, Hermione
(1897-1987) English actress
-
Dec 12_ Smith, Lillian
(1897-1966) US novelist, educator
-
Dec 13_ Baker, Ella
(1903-1986) US civil rights activist
-
Dec 13_ Belmont, Eleanor Robson
(1879-1979) English-USA actor, writer, nurse
-
Dec 13_ Carr, Emily
(1871-1945) Canadian artist, writer
-
Dec 13_ Lincoln, Mary Todd
(1818-1882) US first lady
-
Dec 14_ Jackson, Shirley
(1919-1965) US novelist
-
Dec 14_ Smith, Margaret Chase
(1897- 1995) US politician
-
Dec 15_ O'Brien, Edna
(1932-____) Irish novelist, pacifist
-
Dec 15_ Rukeyser, Muriel
(1913-1980) US poet
-
Dec 15_ Smith, Betty
(1896-1972) US novelist
-
Dec 16_ Austen, Jane
(1775-1817) English novelist
-
Dec 16_ Mead, Margaret
(1901-1978) US anthropologist, author
-
Dec 16_ Ullmann, Liv
(1938-____) Norwegian actress, humanitarian
-
Dec 17_ Ashton-Warner, Sylvia
(1908-1984) New Zealander educator, writer, novelist, poet
-
Dec 18_ Grable, Betty
(1916-1973) US actress
-
Dec 19_ Fiske, Minnie Maddern
(1865-1932) US actress
-
Dec 19_ Livermore, Mary Ashton
(1820-1905) US journalist, social reformer, lecturer
-
Dec 19_ Porter, Eleanor H.
(1868-1920) US novelist
-
Dec 20_ Calisher, Hortense
(1911-____) US writer
-
Dec 20_ Langer, Suzanne K.
(1895-1985) US philosopher
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Dec 21_ Evert Lloyd, Chris
(1954-____) US tennis player
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Dec 21_ Fonda, Jane
(1937-____) US actress, political activist
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Dec 21_ Joyner, Florence Griffith
(1959-1998) US track athlete
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Dec 22_ Johnson, Lady Bird
(1912-____) US first lady
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Dec 22_ Sawyer, Diane
(1945-____) US broadcast journalist
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Dec 23_ Monroe, Harriet
(1860-1936) US editor, poet
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Dec 24_ Gardner, Ava
(1922-1990) US actress
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Dec 25_ Barton, Clara
(1821-1912) US humanitarian
-
Dec 25_ Rubinstein, Helena
(1870-1965) US cosmetician, executive, philanthropist
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Dec 25_ West, Rebecca
(1892-1983) Irish author, journalist
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Dec 26_ Lilly, Doris
(1926-1991) US journalist, writer
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Dec 27_ Dietrich, Marlene
(1901-1992) German-USA actress, singer
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Dec 28_ Smith, Maggie
(1934-____) US actress
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Dec 29_ Moore, Mary Tyler
(1936-____) US actress, humanitarian
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Dec 30_ Smith, Patti
(1946-____) US rock singer, poet
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Dec 31_ Arden, Elizabeth
(1884-1966) US cosmetics executive
And here are quite a few unknown birthdays
(if you know days of birth for any of the following, send me an
email at webmaster@creativequotations.com
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_ Adler, Freda
(1934-____) US educator, criminal justice specialist
-
_ Alther, Lisa
()
-
_ Angelis, Barbara De
()
-
_ Antrim, Minna Thomas
()
-
_ Ashford, Daisy
(1881-1972) English novelist
-
_ Astell, Mary
(1666?-1731) English feminist, writer
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_ Baldwin, Christina
() US writer
-
_ Baldwin, Monica
(1896-1975) English writer
-
_ Ballantyne, Sheila
() US writer
-
_ Barry, Lynda
(1956-____) US cartoonist, writer
-
_ Bateson, Mary Catherine
()
-
_ Beard, Miriam
()
-
_ Bengis, Ingrid
() US writer
-
_ Bennett, Gwendolyn
(1902-1981) US poet, artist
-
_ Bibesco, Elizabeth Asquith
()
-
_ Blackwell, Emily
(1826-1910) US physician, author
-
_ Bolton, Sarah Knowles
(1841-1916) US poet, editor, social reformer
-
_ Bonner, Marita
()
-
_ Bracken, Peg
()
-
_ Bradley, Marion Zimmer
(1930- ____) US novelist
-
_ Bradstreet, Anne
(1612?-1672) US poet
-
_ Brande, Dorothea
()
-
_ Breathnach, Sarah Ban
()
-
_ Brittain, Vera
() English writer, poet, pacifist
-
_ Browne, Merry
()
-
_ Bunch, Charlotte
(1944-____) US feminist theorist, lecturer, writer
-
_ Burchill, Julie
()
-
_ Burroughs, Nannie
(1883-1961) US educator
-
_ Caddy, Eileen
()
-
_ Caine, Lynn (1927-1987)
US
writer, lecturer
-
_ Carlyle, Jane Welsh
()
-
_ Chiang Kai-Shek, Madame
() Chinese sociologist
-
_ Clifton, Lucille
(1936-____) US poet, educator
-
_ Collange, Christiane
() French writer
-
_ Conran, Shirley
(1932-____) English journalist, designer
-
_ Cook, Eliza (1818-1889)
English
poet
-
_ Cowley, Hannah
(1743-1809) English playwright
-
_ Davis, Elizabeth Gould
(1910-1974) US librarian, writer
-
_ DeLuzy, Dorothée
(1747-1830) French actress
-
_ Deffand, Marie Anne du
(1697-1780) French intellectual
-
_ Dowling, Colette
(1938-____) US writer
-
_ Duffy, Maureen
(1933-____) English poet, writer
-
_ Dunbar-Nelson, Alice
(1875-1935) US poet, essayist
-
_ Duncan, Sara Jeannette
(1861-1922) US writer
-
_ Eberhardt, Isabelle
(1877-1904) Russian-born traveler
-
_ Ehrlich, Gretel
() US writer
-
_ Evans, Mari (1923-____)
US
poet, educator, editor
-
_ Ferguson, Marilyn
()
-
_ Field, Joanna
(1900-____) English psychologist
-
_ Figes, Eva (1932-____)
German-born
English writer
-
_ Fishel, Elizabeth
() US writer
-
_ Fitz-Gibbon, Bernice
(1895-1982) US advertising executive
-
_ Fripp, Patricia
() English-USA business speaker, author
-
_ Gellhorn, Martha
(1908-____) US journalist, author
-
_ Gerould, Katherine F.
(1879-1944) US writer
-
_ Goldberg, Natalie
()
-
_ Griffin, Susan
() US poet, writer, educator
-
_ Hamilton, Gail
(1833-1896) US writer
-
_ Hampl, Patricia
()
-
_ Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti
() US writer, publicist
-
_ Harrison, Jane
() English classical scholar, writer, archeologist
-
_ Haskell, Molly
() US writer, film critic
-
_ Hathaway, Katharine Butler
()
-
_ Heath, Jinger
() US business executive
-
_ Heimel, Cynthia
() US writer, humorist
-
_ Heyward, Carter
() US Episcopal priest
-
_ Hinkle, Beatrice
(1874-1953) US psychiatrist
-
_ Holmes, Marjorie
() US writer
-
_ Hutchinson, Anne
(1591-1643) US religious leader
-
_ Huxtable, Ada Louise
(1921-____) US critic, editor
-
_ Jacobs, Harriet Ann
(1813-1897) US diarist, writer
-
_ James, Alice
()
-
_ Johnston, Jill
(1929-____) US journalist, critic
-
_ Kempton, Sally
(1943-____) US writer, feminist
-
_ King, Florence
(1936-____) US writer
-
_ Koller, Alice
() US writer
-
_ Konner, Joan
() US journalist, college administrator
-
_ LaFollette, Suzanne
(1895?-1983) US writer, editor
-
_ Larsen, Nella
(1891-1964) US novelist
-
_ Le Sueur, Meridel
() US writer, historian
-
_ LeShan, Eda (1922-____)
US
writer
-
_ LeTendre, Mary Jean
(1948-____) US educator, government official
-
_ Lerner, Harriet
() US therapist, writer
-
_ Little, Mary Wilson
() US writer
-
_ Livingstone, Belle
(1875-1957) US writer, adventurer
-
_ McLaughlin, Mignon
() US journalist, author
-
_ Mumford, Ethel Watts
(1878-1940)
-
_ Myers, Joyce A.
() US Business executive
-
_ Necker, Suzanne Curchod
(1739-1794) French writer
-
_ Nelson, Paula
(1945-____) US economist
-
_ Oakley, Ann (1944-____)
-
_ Parent, Gail
(1940- ____) US scenarist
-
_ Paterson, Katherine
() US children's writer
-
_ Peter, Irene
() US writer
-
_ Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart
() US novelist
-
_ Plato, Ann (1820?-___?)
US
educator
-
_ Pogrebin, Letty Cottin
() US writer, editor, columnist
-
_ Poole, Mary Pettibone
()
-
_ Proctor, Adelaide A.
(1825-1864) English poet, activist
-
_ Putnam, Emily James
(1865-1944) US educator
-
_ Ramey, Estelle
(1917- ____) US physician, physiologist
-
_ Ravitch, Diane
() US educator
-
_ Richards, Mary Caroline
() US poet, potter
-
_ RoAne, Susan
() US management consultant, writer
-
_ Rose, Ernestine L.
(1810-1892) US activist
-
_ Rosen, Marjorie
(1942- ____) US film historian
-
_ Rowland, Helen
() English-USA writer
-
_ Ruckelshaus, Jill
(1937-____) US government official, lecturer
-
_ Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre
(1842-1924) US suffragist
-
_ Russell, Dora
() English writer, activist
-
_ Schaef, Anne Wilson
()
-
_ Scott-Maxwell, Florida
() US writer, suffragist, psychologist
-
_ Seton, Anya (1916-
____) US writer
-
_ Shinn, Florence Scovel
() US illustrator, metaphysicist
-
_ Sinetar, Marsha
() US writer
-
_ Singer, June
() US doctor
-
_ Spacks, Patricia Meyer
(1929-____) US literature scholar, writer
-
_ Spencer, Anne
(1882-1975) US poet, social worker
-
_ Starhawk, ()
-
_ Stuart, Janet Erskine
() English poet
-
_ Swetchine, Anne Sophie
(1782-1857) Russian-French writer
-
_ Tubman, Harriet
(c.1820-1913) US abolitionist, emancipator
-
_ Ueland, Brenda
(1891-1986) US writer
-
_ Uhnak, Dorothy
(1933-____) US novelist, writer
-
_ Vreeland, Diana
(1903-1989) US fashion editor
-
_ Weisstein, Naomi
() US psychology professor, activist
-
_ Whitehorn, Katharine
(1928-____) English writer, essayist
-
_ Wolf, Naomi (1963-____)
US
writer
-
_ Woodman, Marion
(1928-____) Canadian analyst, writer
-
_ Yezierska, Anzia
(1885-1970) US novelist
-
_ de Girardin, Delphine
(1804-1855) French novelist, poet
-
_ de Valois, Marguerite
() French princess, scholar
