Celina Vázquez
Mexican academic, researcher and translator
Mexican academic, researcher and translator
Spanish-Mexican lawyer, writer, researcher and translator.
American anthropologist and the second female officer to join the US Marine Corps, commissioned with the rank of Captain in 1943.
Poet and activist Violet Kazue Yamane Matsuda de Cristoforo (1917-2007) wrote, translated, and compiled Japanese language haiku poetry composed by Japanese immigrants and Kibei.
Mari Sabusawa Michener (1920–94) was a Japanese American activist and philanthropist.
Wanda Gág was determined to be an artist from an early age, and ultimately she succeeded. Her talent steered her through family hardship and hesitant early artistic efforts until she created Millions of Cats, her 1928 children’s book. It has never been out of print.
Irish novelist, translator, and composer
As the literary editor of The Crisis (1919–1926) she introduced many Harlem Renaissance writers, including Langston Hughes and Jean Toomer, to the public, in addition to being a writer herself.
1700s Chipewyan woman
Mexican editor, translator, short story writer, essayist and poet