Angèle Van Laeken
Belgian singer
Belgian singer
Jazz and blues icon
American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer
American musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian
Welsh artist Gwen John is known for her paintings and drawings of quiet interiors, often featuring women.
Harlem Renaissance poet, critic, journalist, and activist
Renowned Jewish-American writer known for her poetry, essays, biographies, and active political engagement, focusing on themes like equity, women’s rights, social justice, and her Jewish heritage.
American feminist writer, educator, artist and activist.
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.
African-American stand-up comic and actor who was active in stage, television and films from the 1910s to 1970s. She was also one of the 20th century’s first openly queer comedians, coming out as a lesbian in 1921.