Marjorie Fleming

One of the most famous child diarists, Kirkcaldy-born Marjorie Fleming (1803-1811), tested the use of language as well as acceptable topics of conversation through her writing.

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Emily Pepys

10 year-old English diarist Emily Pepys (1833-1877) documented her quest for the kind of knowledge which was off-limits.

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Zelda Fitzgerald

Though far more famous and wealthy than the average flapper, Sayre-Fitzgerald’s life as both a flapper and the wife of America’s most famous author of the decade – who plaigerized her work – represented the inner-conflict American flappers felt at home and in society.

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Harriette Wilson

The cleverest courtesan of Regency London, who captivated, charmed and dazzled her way to the heart of fashionable society, only to shock, anger and terrify her way straight back out again.

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Olympe de Gouges

Olympe de Gouges (1748–1793) was an intellectual of her time, writer, political figure, and perhaps among the first true feminist activists.

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Rebecca West

Rebecca West famously remarked that ‘people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute’.

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