Violet Conolly
Irish authority on Soviet Russia and traveller
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Lucy Aikin
English writer; her most important works are her memoirs of the courts of Elizabeth (1818) James I (1822), and Charles I (1833), and her Memoirs of Addison (1843).
Helena Concannon
Irish historian and politician
Alice Morse Earle
American writer on colonial history.
Mariana Van Rensselaer
American author, elected as honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, and in 1910 received the degree of Litt. D. from Columbia University.
Julie de Lespinasse
French intellectual and writer
Elizabeth Carter
English writer of various books of prose and verse, chiefly remembered for her admirable translation of Epictetus, the first that appear in English.
Edith Wharton
Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist
Loretta Ross
Loretta Ross is an academic and activist who has dedicated many years to advocating for women’s rights and reproductive justice. Most notably, she is a cofounder of SisterSong and Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, served as a previous Executive Director of the D.C. Rape Crisis Center, and is one of twelve women credited with coining the phrase and framework “reproductive justice.”
Ophelia Settle Egypt
Ophelia Settle Egypt was a medical social worker and women’s rights advocate. She is remembered for many things, including her work to make women’s and reproductive healthcare accessible to the Black communities in Southeast Washington, DC. However, she was also critical in preserving the histories of formerly enslaved African Americans in the early twentieth century, fighting against preventable ailments in Black communities across the country, and for authoring a children’s book.