Writer Archives - Page 13 of 152

Sylvia Plath

American poet and novelist.

Abby Fisher

Formerly enslaved plantation cook who built a business as an upscale caterer and cookbook author

Sue Bailey Thurman

Sue Bailey Thurman (1903-1996) founded the Museum of African American History in 1963

In the 1830s, Susan Paul (1809-41) taught at the Smith School on Joy Street, a segregated school for African American children funded jointly by the city and private donations. Paul was also an officer in the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society.

Whitney Sherman

Often using multiple media in her work, Sherman is a multifaceted artist, designer, educator, lecturer and writer.

Alice Mary Norton

The first woman inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame was a librarian who wrote as Andre Norton

Alma Reed

Many in Mexico revere Alma Reed, known as La Peregrina (“the Pilgrim”) for her sensitive journalism.

Martha Vogel

Mexican short story writer and novelist

Dr Asunción Rangel

Mexican writer, editor, researcher and professor.

Emmy Destinn

Czech operatic soprano