American author known for her significant contributions to speculative fiction. Le Guin’s career spanned nearly six decades. She authored over twenty novels, over a hundred short stories, poetry, literary critiques, translations, and children’s books.
Mountaineer, environmentalist and feminist proponent of all-women climbs
In 1930, she earned her doctorate from the University of Marburg with her thesis on “Techniques in the Translations of German-Jewish Biblical Translations.” That same year, in 1930, she immigrated to Mandate Palestine. For the next twenty-five years, she taught at a religious Zionist teachers’ seminar.
American author, poet, and activist whose most famous work, “The Color Purple,” published in 1982, is a seminal novel in American literature, known for its powerful portrayal of African American women’s lives in the early 20th century South.
Prominent Dutch Golden Age poet and a painter.
The last native speaker of Wukchumni, a dialect of Tule-Kaweah, an indigenous language spoken by the Tule-Kaweah Yokuts of California. Her life’s work focused on preserving this endangered language.
Obstetrician and gynecologist from Chicago and the fifth woman to become a doctor in the United States.
English diarist known for being recognized as “the first modern lesbian.”
Renowned author known for her tales of affluent African-American families in the South.
Prominent Indian lawyer, social reformer, and writer.