Writer Archives - Page 12 of 155

Edith O’Shaughnessy

American journalist, biographer, screenwriter and political spouse

Edwina Dumm

Beginning as a daily in 1918, her comic was expanded with a Sunday feature that ran from 1938 to 1963.

Cathy Guisewite

Debuting in 1976, Cathy Guisewite’s unapologetically autobiographical strip addressed romance, marriage, family relationships, pets, food, and work

Célia Bertin was recruited to help Allied aviators hidden in Occupied Paris because of her ability to speak English. In 1993 she published a study of women during this period, Femmes sous l’Occupation.

Claire Chevrillon

After the increasingly harsh laws were imposed on Jewish citizens during WWII, she joined the resistance most notably encoding and decoding messages between the Free French in London and de Gaulle’s Paris delegation.

Cleone de Hevengham Benest

British motorist, engineer and metallurgist

Constance Fligg Elam Tipper

Eminent metallurgist and a very rare example of an industry-standard test named after a woman.

Dale Messick

Messick’s Brenda Starr was a worthy female counterpart to male heroes marked a milestone among comics by women. At its peak, the strip ran in 250 newspapers.