Libby Riddles
Libby Riddles is an American dog musher, who became the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 20, 1985.
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Ann Katharine Mitchell
Ann Katharine Mitchell was a British cryptanalyst and psychologist who worked on decrypting messages encoded in the Germans’ Enigma cypher at Bletchley Park during World War II.
Susan Fowler
Susan Joy Fowler is a writer and software engineer known for influencing institutional changes in how Uber and Silicon Valley companies respond to sexual harassment.
Pat Parker
Pat Parker was an American poet and activist who drew from her experiences as an African-American lesbian feminist. Her poetry spoke to her difficult childhood growing up in poverty, coping with sexual assault, and the murder of her sister.
Dorothy Osborne
Dorothy Osborne, Lady Temple was a British writer of letters, which have been published several times since their initial 1888 appearance in print.
Marjorie Hillis
Marjorie Hillis wrote popular nonfiction books for women in the 1930s, including the bestseller Live Alone and Like It, an advice book for young women on how to live independently.
May Gibbs
Cecilia May Gibbs MBE was an Australian children’s book writer, illustrator, and cartoonist. She is best known for her gumnut babies (also called “bush babies” or “bush fairies”), and the book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer whose works range from novels to short stories to nonfiction.
Aida Begić
Aida Begić is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter.
Sarah Prideaux
Sarah Prideaux was a bookbinder, teacher, historian and author of books about binding and illustration.