200 Famous Women

Famous Creative Women by Day of Birth

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Jan 1_ Bowen, Catherine Drinker (1897-1973) US writer
Jan 1_ Edgeworth, Maria (1767-1849) English children's author
Jan 1_ Jameson, Anna (1794-1860) Irish author, art critic
Jan 1_ Ouida, (1839-1908) English novelist, social critic
Jan 2_ Thomas, Martha Carey (1857-1935) US educator, feminist
Jan 3_ Mott, Lucretia (1793-1880) US social reformer
Jan 4_ Battelle, Phyllis (1922-____) US journalist
Jan 5_ Schell, Maria (1926-____) Austrian actress
Jan 6_ Hulme, Kathryn (1900-1981) US writer
Jan 6_ Lopez, Nancy (1957-____) US golfer
Jan 7_ Hurston, Zora Neale (1903-1960) US dramatist, author
Jan 8_ Ripley, Alexandra (1934-____) US novelist
Jan 9_ Baez, Joan (1941-____) US folksinger, political activist
Jan 9_ Beauvoir, Simone de (1908-1986) French writer
Jan 9_ Churchill, Jennie Jerome (1854-1921) US socialite
Jan 9_ Krantz, Judith (1928-____) US novelist
Jan 10_ Hepworth, Dame Barbara (1903-1975) English sculptor
Jan 11_ Judd, Naomi (1946-____) US singer
Jan 11_ Paul, Alice (1885-1977) US lawyer
Jan 12_ Alley, Kirstie (1955-____) US actress
Jan 13_ Heilbrun, Carolyn (1926-____) US writer, educator
Jan 13_ Tucker, Sophie (1884-1966) US singer
Jan 14_ Olsen, Tillie (1912-____) US novelist
Jan 15_ Hillesum, Etty (1914-1943) Dutch lawyer, writer
Jan 16_ Horne, Marilyn (1934-____) US opera singer
Jan 16_ Merman, Ethel (1909-1984) US singer, actor
Jan 16_ Sontag, Susan (1933-____) US author, critic
Jan 17_ Bronte, Anne (1820-1849) English novelist, poet
Jan 18_ Pankhurst, Sylvia (1882-1960) English suffragist
Jan 19_ Joplin, Janis (1943-1970) US singer
Jan 19_ Parton, Dolly (1946-____) US singer, songwriter, actress
Jan 20_ Neal, Patricia (1926-____) US actress
Jan 21_ Davis, Geena (1957-____) US actress
Jan 22_ Webb, Beatrice Potter (1858-1943) US social economist
Jan 23_ Moreau, Jeanne (1928-____) French actress
Jan 23_ Taylor, Susan L. (1946-____) US journalist
Jan 24_ Baum, Vicki (1888-1960) Austrian-USA novelist
Jan 24_ Wharton, Edith (1862-1937) US novelist, short-story writer
Jan 25_ Aquino, Corazon (1933-____) Filipino political leader
Jan 25_ Naylor, Gloria (1950-____) US novelist, educator
Jan 25_ Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941) English author, critic
Jan 26_ Davis, Angela (1944-____) US political activist, revolutionary, author
Jan 27_ Reed, Donna (1921-1986) US actress
Jan 28_ Colette, (1873-1954) French author
Jan 29_ Greer, Germaine (1939-____) English reformer, author, educator
Jan 29_ Griffiths, Martha Wright (1912-____) US politician
Jan 29_ Morgan, Robin (1941-____) US editor, feminist, writer
Jan 29_ Winfrey, Oprah (1954-____) US TV personality, actress
Jan 30_ Hazzard, Shirley (1931-____) Australian novelist
Jan 30_ Tuchman, Barbara (1912-1989) US historian
Jan 31_ Bankhead, Tallulah (1903-1968) US actress
Jan 31_ Pavlova, Anna (1881-1931) Russian ballerina
Jan 31_ Stark, Freya () French-English travel writer
Feb 1_ Spark, Muriel (1918-____) Scottish novelist, satirist
Feb 2_ Asquith, Margot (1864-1945) English author
Feb 2_ More, Hannah (1745-1833) English writer
Feb 2_ Rand, Ayn (1905-1982) US author
Feb 2_ Smith, Liz (1923-____) US columnist
Feb 2_ Viorst, Judith (1931-____) US novelist, poet
Feb 2_ Wagner, Jane (1935-____) US humorist, writer, director
Feb 3_ Blackwell, Elizabeth (1821-1910) US physician, author
Feb 3_ Millay, Edna St. Vincent (1882-1950) US author, poet
Feb 3_ Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946) US author
Feb 3_ Weil, Simone (1909-1943) French philosopher
Feb 4_ Friedan, Betty (1921-____) US feminist, activist, writer
Feb 4_ Parks, Rosa (1913-____) US civil rights leader
Feb 5_ Quinn, Jane Bryant (1939-____) US journalist
Feb 5_ Sevigne, Marie de (1626-1696) French diarist
Feb 6_ Gabor, Zsa Zsa (1919-____) Hungarian actress
Feb 7_ Smith, Hannah Whitall (1832-1911) US evangelist, reformer, suffragist, author
Feb 7_ Wilder, Laura Ingalls (1867-1957) US author
Feb 8_ Bishop, Elizabeth (1911-1979) US poet
Feb 8_ Chopin, Kate (1851-1904) US author
Feb 8_ Turner, Lana (1920-1995) US actress
Feb 9_ Campbell, Mrs. Patrick (1865-1940) English actress
Feb 9_ Lee, Gypsy Rose (1914-1970) US entertainer
Feb 9_ Lowell, Amy (1874-1925) US poet, critic, lecturer
Feb 9_ Walker, Alice (1944-____) US author
Feb 10_ Konigsburg, E. L. (1930-____) US children's author
Feb 10_ Price, Leontyne (1927-____) US opera singer
Feb 11_ Child, Lydia M. (1802-1880) US author
Feb 12_ Blume, Judy (1938-____) US novelist, writer
Feb 12_ Lloyd, Marie (1870-1922) English singer
Feb 12_ Longworth, Alice Roosevelt (1884-1980) US author, socialite, celebrity relative
Feb 13_ Berg, Patty (1918-____) US golfer
Feb 13_ Halsey, Margaret (1910-____) US author
Feb 14_ Ritter, Thelma (1905-1969) US actress
Feb 15_ Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906) US social reformer, suffragist
Feb 15_ Seymour, Jane (1951-____) English actress
Feb 16_ Vera-Ellen, (1926-1981) US actress
Feb 17_ Berry, Mary Frances (1938-____) US government official, author
Feb 17_ Fisher, Dorothy Canfield (1879-1958) US author, essayist
Feb 18_ Lorde, Audre (1934-1992) US poet, feminist
Feb 18_ Morrison, Toni (1931-____) US novelist
Feb 18_ Ono, Yoko (1933-____) US artist, musician
Feb 19_ McCullers, Carson (1917-1967) US novelist, short-story writer
Feb 19_ Tan, Amy (1952-____) US novelist
Feb 20_ Grimke, Angelina (1805-1879) US abolitionist, women's rights advocate
Feb 20_ Vanderbilt, Gloria (1924-____) US designer, poet
Feb 21_ Bombeck, Erma (1927-1996) US journalist, author, humorist
Feb 21_ Jordan, Barbara (1936-____) US lawyer, educator, politician
Feb 21_ Nin, Anais (1903-1977) US author
Feb 21_ Simone, Nina (1933-____) US Jazz singer, pianist, composer, songwriter
Feb 22_ Alcott, Amy Strum (1956-____) US golfer
Feb 23_ Willard, Emma Hart (1787-1870) US educator
Feb 24_ Main, Marjorie (1890-1975) US actress
Feb 25_ Davis, Adelle (1904-1974) US nutritionist, author
Feb 25_ Fenwick, Millicent (1910-1992) US diplomat, congresswoman
Feb 26_ Hutton, Betty (1921-____) US singer, dancer, actress
Feb 27_ Anderson, Marian (1897-1993) US singer
Feb 27_ Johnson, Sonia () US activist, religious leader
Feb 27_ Lehmann, Lotte (1888-1976) German opera singer
Feb 27_ Taylor, Elizabeth (1932-____) English actress
Feb 27_ Terry, Ellen (1847-1928) British actress
Feb 27_ Woodward, Joanne (1930-____) US actress
Feb 28_ Alliluyeva, Svetlana (1926-____) Russian-USA political celebrity
Feb 28_ Lyon, Mary (1797-1849) US educator
Feb 29_ McKillip, Patricia (1948-____) US science fiction writer
Mar 1_ Shore, Dinah (1917-1994) US singer, actress
Mar 2_ Carpenter, Karen (1950-1983) US singer
Mar 3_ Harlow, Jean (1911-1937) US actress
Mar 4_ Makeba, Miriam (1932-____) South African singer
Mar 5_ Luxemburg, Rosa (1871-1919) Polish German socialist, writer
Mar 6_ Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861) English poet
Mar 6_ Caldwell, Sarah (1924-____) US opera conductor, producer, impresario
Mar 7_ Bakker, Tammy Faye (1942-____) US evangelist
Mar 8_ Ireland, Kathy (1963-____) US model
Mar 9_ Sackville-West, Vita (1892-1962) English novelist, poet
Mar 10_ Luce, Clare Boothe (1905-1987) US dramatist, author, politician, diplomat
Mar 10_ Stone, Sharon (1958-____) US actress
Mar 11_ Gish, Dorothy (1898-1968) US actress
Mar 12_ Minnelli, Liza (1946-____) US actress, singer, dancer
Mar 13_ Flanner, Janet (1892-1978) US journalist
Mar 14_ Arbus, Diane (1923-1971) US photographer
Mar 15_ Kanter, Rosabeth Moss (1943-____) US businesswoman
Mar 16_ Nixon, Pat (1912-1993) US first lady
Mar 17_ Ingelow, Jean (1820-1897) English novelist
Mar 17_ Roland, Jeanne-Marie (1754-1793) French revolutionary
Mar 18_ Blair, Bonnie (1964-____) US speedskater
Mar 19_ Mabley, Jackie "Moms" (1894-1975) US comedienne
Mar 20_ Burton, Isabel (1831-1896) English traveler, author
Mar 21_ McGinley, Phyllis (1905-1978) US author, poet
Mar 22_ Norton, Caroline Sheridan (1808-1877) English poet, novelist
Mar 23_ Crawford, Joan (1908-1977) US actress, dancer
Mar 24_ Height, Dorothy (1912-____) US activist
Mar 24_ Schreiner, Olive (1855-1920) South African novelist
Mar 25_ Bambara, Toni Cade (1939-1995) US writer
Mar 25_ Franklin, Aretha (1942-____) US Rhythm and Blues singer
Mar 25_ O'Connor, Flannery (1925-1964) US author
Mar 25_ Signoret, Simone (1921-____) German actress
Mar 25_ Steinem, Gloria (1934-____) US feminist, journalist, lecturer
Mar 25_ Webb, Mary (1881-1927) English novelist
Mar 26_ Jong, Erica (1942-____) US author, poet
Mar 26_ O'Connor, Sandra Day (1930-____) US supreme court justice
Mar 26_ Ross, Diana (1944-____) US singer, actress
Mar 27_ Swanson, Gloria (1897-1983) US actor, producer, business executive
Mar 28_ McEntire, Reba (1954-____) US country singer
Mar 28_ Rule, Jane (1931-____) US novelist, critic
Mar 28_ St. Teresa of Avila, (1515-1582) Spanish mystic, poet
Mar 29_ Bailey, Pearl (1918-1990) US singer, actress
Mar 29_ Barr, Amelia (1831-1919) US author, journalist
Mar 29_ Guest, Judith (1936-____) US novelist
Mar 30_ Sewell, Anna (1820-1878) English novelist
Mar 31_ Jones, Shirley (1934-____) US actress, singer
Mar 31_ Piercy, Marge (1936-____) US writer
Mar 31_ Rossner, Judith (1935-____) US novelist
Apr 1_ Hale, Clara McBride (1905-1992) US social reformer
Apr 1_ Hunter, Alberta (1895-1988) US blues singer
Apr 1_ Repplier, Agnes (1858-1950) US essayist
Apr 2_ Geyer, Georgie Anne (1935-____) US columnist, journalist
Apr 2_ Paglia, Camille (1947-____) US actress, writer
Apr 3_ Day, Doris (1924-____) US singer, actress
Apr 4_ Angelou, Maya (1928-____) US actress, author
Apr 4_ Duras, Marguerite (1914-____) French novelist, playwright
Apr 4_ Oliphant, Margaret (1828-1897) Scottish writer
Apr 5_ Davis, Bette (1908-1989) US actress
Apr 6_ Henner, Marilu (1952-____) US actress, health promotor, author
Apr 7_ Holiday, Billie (1915-1959) US singer
Apr 8_ Chase, Ilka (1905-1978) US actress, writer
Apr 8_ Ford, Betty (1918-____) US First Lady, dancer, philanthropist
Apr 8_ Kingsolver, Barbara (1955-____) US novelist
Apr 8_ Pickford, Mary (1894-1979) Canadian actress
Apr 9_ Marshall, Paule (1929-____) US writer, educator
Apr 10_ Perkins, Frances (1880-1965) US educator, government official
Apr 11_ Goodman, Ellen (1941-____) US journalist
Apr 12_ Janowitz, Tama (1957-_____) US novelist
Apr 13_ Welty, Eudora (1909-____) US author
Apr 14_ Lynn, Loretta (1935-____) US singer, songwriter
Apr 14_ Sullivan, Anne (1866-1936) US educator
Apr 15_ Smith, Bessie (1894-1937) US blues singer, songwriter
Apr 16_ Adler, Polly (1900-1953) US madam
Apr 17_ Dinesen, Isak (1885-1962) Danish short-story writer
Apr 17_ Ozick, Cynthia (1928-___) US novelist, short-story writer
Apr 18_ Faludi, Susan (1959-____) US writer, feminist
Apr 19_ Summerskill, Edith Clara (1901-1980) English politician, physician, author
Apr 20_ Craik, Dinah Mulock (1826-1887) English novelist
Apr 21_ Bronte, Charlotte (1816-1855) English novelist, poet
Apr 21_ Elizabeth II, (1926-____) British ruler
Apr 22_ Glasgow, Ellen (1874-1945) US author
Apr 22_ Stael, Anne Louise Germaine de (1766-1817) French-Swiss woman of letters, novelist
Apr 23_ Black, Shirley Temple (1928-____) US actress, diplomat
Apr 23_ Devlin, Bernadette (1947-____) Irish politician
Apr 24_ MacLaine, Shirley (1934-____) US actress, dancer, writer, metaphysician
Apr 24_ Streisand, Barbra (1942-____) US actress, singer
Apr 25_ Fitzgerald, Ella (1917-1996) US jazz singer
Apr 26_ Burnett, Carol (1933-____) US actress, comedienne
Apr 26_ Loos, Anita (1893-1981) US screenwriter, dramatist, author
Apr 26_ Rainey, Ma (1886-1939) US Blues singer
Apr 27_ Aimee, Anouk (1932-____) French actress
Apr 27_ Fauset, Jessie Redmon (1882-1961) US poet, novelist
Apr 27_ King, Coretta Scott (1927-____) US civil rights activist
Apr 27_ Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelly (1759-1797) English writer, women's rights activist
Apr 28_ Lee, Harper (1926-____) US novelist
Apr 29_ Pfeiffer, Michelle (1958-____) US actress
Apr 30_ Dillard, Annie (1945-____) US author
Apr 30_ Huerta, Dolores (1930-____) US Chicana activist, labor leader
May 1_ Collins, Judy (1939-____) US folksinger, film maker
May 1_ Jones, Mary Harris "Mother" (1860-1930) US labor organizer
May 2_ Catherine the Great, (1729-1796) Russian empress
May 3_ Meir, Golda (1898-1978) Israeli political leader
May 3_ Sarton, May (1912-1995) US author, poet
May 3_ Smith, Dodie (1896-1990) English dramatist
May 4_ Howard, Jane (1935-1996) US journalist, writer
May 5_ Astor, Mary (1906-1987) US actress
May 6_ Sherwood, Mary Martha (1775-1851) English children's author
May 7_ Baxter, Anne (1923-87) US actress
May 7_ Carter, Angela (1940-1992) English novelist, short-story writer
May 7_ Peron, Eva (1919-1952) Argentine political leader
May 8_ Henley, Beth (1952-____) US dramatist
May 9_ Bergen, Candice (1946-____) US actress, photojournalist
May 9_ Jackson, Glenda (1936-____) US actress
May 10_ Durant, Ariel (1898-1981) US author
May 10_ Grasso, Ella T. (1919-1981) US politician
May 10_ Jamison, Judith (1943-____) US modern dancer
May 11_ Graham, Martha (1894-1994) US dancer, choreographer
May 11_ Popcorn, Faith (1947-____) US management consultant
May 12_ Ash, Mary Kay (1915-____) US businesswoman
May 12_ Hepburn, Katharine (1907-____) US actress
May 13_ DuMaurier, Daphne (1907-1989) English novelist
May 14_ Annis, Francesca (1944-____) English actress
May 15_ Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910) English nurse, reformer
May 15_ Porter, Katherine Anne (1894-1980) US novelist, short-story writer
May 16_ Carter, Betty (1929-1998) US jazz singer
May 16_ Peterson, Virgilia (1904-1966) US writer, TV personality
May 16_ Rich, Adrienne (1929-____) US poet, educator
May 16_ Winger, Debra (1955-____) US actress
May 17_ Richardson, Dorothy Miller (1873-1957) English novelist
May 17_ Van Horne, Harriet (1920-____) US columnist
May 18_ Fonteyn, Margot (1919-____) English dancer
May 19_ Astor, Nancy (1879-1964) English stateswoman
May 19_ Ephron, Nora (1941-____) US author, screenwriter
May 19_ Hansberry, Lorraine (1930-1965) US playwright
May 19_ Melba, Nellie (1861-1931) Australian opera singer
May 20_ Allingham, Margery (1904-1966) English detective story writer
May 20_ Blackwell, Antoinette Brown (1825-1921) US abolitionist, feminist, clergy
May 20_ Cher, (1946-____) US singer, actress
May 20_ St. Johns, Adela Rogers (1894-1988) US journalist
May 21_ Fry, Elizabeth (1780-1845) English social reformer, philanthropist
May 21_ Robinson, Mary (1944-____) Irish political leader
May 22_ Crist, Judith (1922-____) US film critic
May 23_ Collins, Joan (1933-____) English-US actress
May 23_ Fuller, Margaret (1810-1850) US critic, social reformer, writer
May 23_ Ward, Barbara (1914-1981) English economist, journalist, educator
May 24_ Maxwell, Elsa (1883-1963) US writer, TV hostess, columnist
May 24_ Queen Victoria, (1819-1901) British royalty
May 25_ Kincaid, Jamaica (1949-____) Antigua-US journalist
May 25_ Sills, Beverly (1929-____) US opera singer
May 26_ Montagu, Mary Wortley (1689-1762) English author
May 27_ Carson, Rachel (1907-1964) US biologist, writer
May 27_ Duncan, Isadora (1877-1927) US dancer
May 27_ Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910) US social reformer
May 28_ Swenson, May (1919-____) US poet
May 29_ Johnson, Pamela Hansford (1912-1981) English critic, author
May 29_ Lillie, Beatrice (1898-1989) English comedienne
May 30_ Skinner, Cornelia Otis (1901-1979) US actress, author
May 31_ Coatsworth, Elizabeth (1893-1986) US poet, children's author
Jun 1_ Monroe, Marilyn (1926-1962) US actress
Jun 2_ Hopper, Hedda (1890-1966) US journalist, actress
Jun 3_ Baker, Josephine (1906-1975) French dancer, singer, entertainer
Jun 4_ Russell, Rosalind (1911-1976) US actress, philanthropist
Jun 4_ Westheimer, Ruth (1928-____) German-born USA psychiatrist, author, lecturer
Jun 5_ Compton-Burnett, Ivy (1892-1969) English novelist
Jun 5_ Drabble, Margaret (1939-____) English novelist, critic
Jun 6_ Benedict, Ruth (1887-1948) US anthropologist
Jun 6_ Bernhard, Sandra (1955-____) US actress, commedienne
Jun 6_ Edelman, Marian Wright (1939-____) US social reformer, lawyer, author
Jun 6_ Kumin, Maxine (1925-____) US poet, novelist, essayist
Jun 7_ Bowen, Elizabeth (1899-1973) Irish author
Jun 7_ Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-____) US poet
Jun 7_ Giovanni, Nikki (1943-____) US author, poet
Jun 7_ Tannen, Deborah (1951-____) US sociolinguist, writer
Jun 8_ Bush, Barbara (1925-____) US first lady
Jun 8_ Rivers, Joan (1937-____) US comedian, TV personality
Jun 8_ Yourcenar, Marguerite (1903-1987) Belgian-USA novelist, essayist
Jun 9_ Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett (1836-1917) English physician
Jun 10_ Garland, Judy (1922-1969) US actress, singer
Jun 11_ Rankin, Jeannette (1880-1973) US suffragist, politician
Jun 11_ Scott, Hazel (1920-1981) Trinidad-USA pianist, singer, writer
Jun 12_ Barnes, Djuna (1892-1982) US novelist, poet, illustrator, dramatist
Jun 12_ Brophy, Brigid (1929-____) English-Irish writer, novelist, playwright
Jun 12_ Frank, Anne (1929-1945) German-Dutch diarist
Jun 12_ Martineau, Harriet (1802-1876) English social reformer, writer
Jun 12_ Spyri, Johanna (1827-1901) Swiss novelist
Jun 13_ Burney, Fanny (1752-1840) English novelist, letter writer
Jun 13_ Norton, Eleanor Holmes (1937-____) US government official
Jun 13_ Sayers, Dorothy L. (1893-1957) English author
Jun 14_ Bourke-White, Margaret (1904-1971) US photojournalist
Jun 14_ Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) US author
Jun 15_ Jackson, Rachel Donaldson (1767-1828) US first lady
Jun 16_ Graham, Katharine (1917-____) US newspaper executive
Jun 16_ McClintock, Barbara (1902-____) US scientist
Jun 16_ Oates, Joyce Carol (1938-____) US novelist, poet, educator
Jun 17_ Rashad, Phylicia (1948-____) US actress, Equal Rights activist
Jun 18_ Godwin, Gail (1937-____) US novelist, short-story writer, journalist
Jun 18_ Porter, Sylvia (1913-1991) US journalist, finance expert
Jun 18_ Wells, Carolyn (1869-1942) US author
Jun 19_ Kael, Pauline (1919-____) US critic
Jun 19_ Turner, Kathleen (1954-____) US actress
Jun 20_ Barbauld, Anna Letitia (1743-1825) English poet, writer
Jun 20_ Hellman, Lillian (1905-1987) US dramatist
Jun 21_ McCarthy, Mary (1912-1989) US novelist, critic
Jun 21_ Sagan, Francoise (1935-____) French novelist
Jun 21_ Washington, Martha (1732-____) US First Lady
Jun 22_ Dunham, Katherine (1910-) US dancer, choreographer, anthropologist
Jun 22_ Feinstein, Dianne (1933-____) US politician
Jun 22_ Lindbergh, Anne Morrow (1906-____) US writer
Jun 22_ Streep, Meryl (1949-____) US actress
Jun 23_ Rudolph, Wilma (1940-1994) US track athlete
Jun 24_ Davis, Rebecca Harding (1831-1910) US author, journalist, critic
Jun 25_ George, Phyllis (1949-____) US sportscaster
Jun 25_ Gilman, Dorothy (1923-____) US mystery novelist
Jun 26_ Buck, Pearl (1892-1973) US author
Jun 26_ Zaharias, Babe Didrikson (1914-1956) US sportswoman, golfer
Jun 27_ Goldman, Emma (1869-1940) US anarchist
Jun 27_ Keller, Helen (1880-1968) US author, lecturer
Jun 28_ Radner, Gilda (1946-1989) US actress, comedienne
Jun 29_ Fallaci, Oriana (1930-____) Italian writer, journalist
Jun 30_ Horne, Lena (1917-____) US singer, actress
Jun 30_ Taylor, Ann (and Jane) (1782-1866) English children's author, poet
Jul 1_ Calderone, Mary Steichen (1904-1998) US physician, author
Jul 1_ Lauder, Estée (1908?-____) U.S. cosmetics executive
Jul 1_ Sand, George (1804-1876) French author
Jul 1_ Stafford, Jean (1915-1979) US short-story writer, novelist
Jul 2_ Marcos, Imelda (1929-____) Filipino first lady
Jul 3_ Fisher, M. F. K. (1908-1992) U.S. culinary expert, author
Jul 3_ Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935) US economist, lecturer, author, feminist
Jul 4_ Graham, Virginia (1912-1998) US actress, TV personality
Jul 4_ Landers, Ann (1918-____) US advice columnist
Jul 4_ Van Buren, Abigail (1918-____) US journalist
Jul 5_ Siddons, Sarah (1755-1831) English actress, sculptor
Jul 6_ Erdrich, Louise (1954-____) US-American Indian Chippewa writer, poet
Jul 6_ Reagan, Nancy (1921-____) US first lady
Jul 7_ Walker, Margaret (1915-____) US writer, educator
Jul 8_ Kollwitz, Kathe (1867-1945) German artist
Jul 8_ Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth (1926-____) Swiss-USA psychiatrist
Jul 8_ Quindlen, Anna (1953-____) US journalist, novelist
Jul 8_ Williamson, Marianne (1952-____) US lecturer, author
Jul 9_ Cartland, Barbara (1901-____) English novelist
Jul 9_ Jordan, June (1936-____) US writer, poet, journalist
Jul 9_ Thompson, Dorothy (1894-1961) US journalist, writer
Jul 10_ Behn, Aphra (1640-1689) English playwright, poet
Jul 10_ Bethune, Mary McLeod (1875-1955) US educator, writer
Jul 10_ Kerr, Jean (1923-____) US humorist, author, playwright
Jul 11_ Vega, Suzanne (1959-____) US singer, songwriter
Jul 11_ Warner, Susan (1819-1885) US novelist
Jul 12_ Richards, Beah (1926-____) US poet, playwright, actress
Jul 13_ Conn, Didi (1951-____) US actress
Jul 14_ Ginzburg, Natalia (1916-1991) Italian author
Jul 14_ Pankhurst, Emmeline (1858-1928) English suffragist
Jul 15_ Murdoch, Iris (1919-1999) Irish author
Jul 15_ Ronstadt, Linda (1946-____) US singer
Jul 16_ Brookner, Anita (1928-____) English art historian, writer
Jul 16_ Eddy, Mary Baker (1821-1910) US religious leader, writer
Jul 16_ Norris, Kathleen (1880-1960) US novelist
Jul 16_ Stanwyck, Barbara (1907-1990) US actress
Jul 17_ Abbott, Berenice (1898-1991) US photographer
Jul 17_ Diller, Phyllis (1917-____) US comedienne
Jul 18_ West, Jessamyn (1902-1984) US author
Jul 19_ Yalow, Rosalyn Sussman (1921-____) US medical physicist
Jul 20_ Mikulski, Barbara (1936-____) US politician
Jul 21_ Trilling, Diane (1905-1996) US author, critic
Jul 22_ Kennedy, Rose (1890-1995) US author, political relative
Jul 22_ Lazarus, Emma (1849-1887) US poet
Jul 22_ Vanderbilt, Amy (1908-1974) US etiquette authority
Jul 23_ Deming, Barbara (1917-____) US author, pacifist, political activist
Jul 24_ Abzug, Bella (1920-____) US lawyer, politician
Jul 24_ Earhart, Amelia (1898-1937) US aviatrix
Jul 24_ Fitzgerald, Zelda (1900-1948) US writer, celebrity relative
Jul 25_ Chapman, Maria Weston (1806-1885) US abolitionist, editor
Jul 25_ Decter, Midge (1927-____) US journalist, writer
Jul 26_ Allen, Gracie (1906-1964) US comedienne
Jul 27_ Hardwick, Elizabeth (1916-____) US author, critic
Jul 28_ Miller, Alice Duer (1874-1942) US poet, author
Jul 28_ Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy (1929-1994) US first lady
Jul 28_ Potter, Beatrix (1866-1943) English author
Jul 29_ Dole, Elizabeth (1936-____) US government official, business executive
Jul 30_ Bronte, Emily (1818-1848) English novelist
Jul 30_ Schroeder, Patricia (1940-____) US political leader
Jul 31_ Chaplin, Geraldine (1944-____) US actress
Aug 1_ Mitchell, Maria (1818-1889) US astronomer, educator
Aug 2_ Tremain, Rose (1942-____) English novelist, playwright
Aug 3_ James, P. D. (1920-____) English mystery novelist
Aug 3_ Kuhn, Maggie (1905-1995) US activist, social worker
Aug 3_ Wakoski, Diane () US poet
Aug 4_ Queen Mother Elizabeth, (1900-____) British royalty
Aug 5_ Beard, Mary Ritter (1876-1958) US historian, writer
Aug 6_ Ball, Lucille (1911-1989) US comic actress
Aug 7_ Caldwell, Taylor (1900-1985) English novelist
Aug 8_ Teasdale, Sara (1884-1933) US author, poet
Aug 9_ Houston, Whitney (1963-____) US singer
Aug 10_ Cooper, Anna Julia (1859-1964) US educator, feminist, writer
Aug 11_ Bogan, Louise A. (1897-1970) US lyric poet, critic
Aug 11_ Savant, Marilyn vos (1946-____) US columnist, writer
Aug 12_ Blavatsky, Helena Petrova (1831-1891) Russian author, translator, theosophist
Aug 12_ Hamilton, Edith (1867-1963) US writer, educator
Aug 12_ Rinehart, Mary Roberts (1876-1958) US novelist, playwright
Aug 13_ Stone, Lucy (1818-1893) US suffragist, feminist
Aug 14_ Landon, Letitia (1802-1838) English poet, novelist
Aug 15_ Barrymore, Ethel (1879-1959) US actress
Aug 15_ Boom, Corrie Ten (1892-1983) Dutch evangelist
Aug 15_ Carter, Lillian (1898-1983) US nurse, first mother
Aug 15_ Child, Julia (1912-____) US chef, author, TV personality
Aug 15_ Ellerbee, Linda (1944-____) US broadcast journalist
Aug 15_ Ferber, Edna (1885-1968) US novelist
Aug 15_ Princess Anne, (1950-____) British royalty
Aug 16_ Boulanger, Nadia (1887-1979) French conductor, educator
Aug 16_ Madonna, (1958-____) US singer, actress
Aug 16_ Moseley-Braun, Carol (1947-____) US politican, lawyer
Aug 17_ Grimke, Charlotte Forten (1837-1914) US educator, diarist
Aug 17_ West, Mae (1892-1980) US actress
Aug 18_ Boosler, Elayne (1952-____) US comedian
Aug 18_ Carter, Rosalynn (1927-____) US First Lady
Aug 18_ Winters, Shelley (1922-____) US actress
Aug 19_ Chanel, Coco (1883-1971) French fashion designer
Aug 20_ Ashley, Elizabeth (1941-____) US actress
Aug 21_ Cattrall, Kim (1956-____) English actress
Aug 22_ Parker, Dorothy (1893-1967) US author, poet, journalist, humorist
Aug 23_ Long, Shelley (1950-____) US actress
Aug 24_ Hufstedler, Shirley (1925-____) US government official
Aug 24_ Rhys, Jean (1894-1979) English novelist
Aug 25_ Gibson, Althea (1927-____) US tennis player
Aug 26_ Ehrenreich, Barbara (1941-____) US writer
Aug 26_ Ferraro, Geraldine (1935-____) US politician
Aug 27_ Teresa, Mother (1910-1997) Albanian nun, missionary
Aug 28_ Dove, Rita (1952-____) US poet, educator
Aug 28_ Frame, Janet (1924-____) New Zealander novelist, short-story writer, poet
Aug 29_ Bergman, Ingrid (1915-1982) Swedish actress
Aug 30_ Booth, Shirley (1907-____) US actress
Aug 30_ Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851) English author
Aug 31_ Montessori, Maria (1870-1952) Italian educator, reformer
Sep 1_ Blessington, Lady Marguerite (1789-1849) English socialite, writer
Sep 1_ Carpenter, Liz (1920-____) US writer, feminist
Sep 1_ Richards, Ann (1933-____) US politician, governor
Sep 1_ Tomlin, Lily (1939-____) US actress, comedienne
Sep 2_ McAuliffe, Christa (1948-1986) US teacher
Sep 3_ Delany, Annie Elizabeth (1891-1995) US dentist
Sep 3_ Jewett, Sarah Orne (1848-1909) US author
Sep 4_ Renault, Mary (1905-1983) English African novelist
Sep 5_ Welch, Raquel (1940-____) US actress, model
Sep 6_ Addams, Jane (1869-1935) US social worker, suffragist
Sep 6_ Beecher, Catharine Esther (1800-1878) US educator, author
Sep 7_ Elizabeth I, (1533-1603) English ruler
Sep 7_ Moses, Grandma (1860-1961) US folk painter
Sep 7_ Noonan, Peggy (1950-____) US writer
Sep 7_ Sitwell, Edith (1887-1964) English poet
Sep 8_ Metalious, Grace (1924-1964) US novelist
Sep 9_ Austin, Mary (1868-1934) US writer, suffragist
Sep 9_ Priest, Ivy Baker (1905-1975) US government official
Sep 9_ Sanchez, Sonia (1934-____) US poet, playwright, educator
Sep 10_ Johnson, Georgia Douglas (1866-1967) US poet
Sep 10_ Schiaparelli, Elsa (1890-1973) Italian-French designer
Sep 11_ Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851) Scottish poet, dramatist
Sep 11_ Mitford, Jessica (1917-1996) English-USA journalist
Sep 12_ Suyin, Han (1917-____) Chinese writer, physician
Sep 13_ Bisset, Jacqueline (1944-____) English actress
Sep 13_ Martin, Judith (1938-____) US author, journalist
Sep 13_ von Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie (1830-1916) Austrian novelist
Sep 14_ Millett, Kate (1934-____) US writer, sculptor, educator
Sep 14_ Sanger, Margaret (1883-1966) US nurse, social reformer
Sep 15_ Brodie, Fawn M. (1915-1981) US author
Sep 15_ Christie, Agatha (1890-1976) English author, dramatist
Sep 15_ Graham, Sheilah (1904-1988) US columnist
Sep 15_ Norman, Jessye (1945-____) US operatic and concert singer
Sep 16_ Bacall, Lauren (1924-____) US actress
Sep 16_ Horney, Karen (1885-1952) US psychoanalyst, writer
Sep 17_ Rudner, Rita (1956-____) US comedienne, essayist, actress
Sep 17_ Stewart, Mary (1916-____) English novelist
Sep 18_ Colbert, Claudette (1903-1996) French actress
Sep 18_ DeMille, Agnes George (1905-____) US dancer, choreographer
Sep 18_ Fields, Debbi (1956-____) US business executive
Sep 18_ Garbo, Greta (1905-1990) Swedish actress
Sep 19_ Delany, Sarah Louise (1889-199?) US educator
Sep 19_ Field, Rachel (1894-1942) US children's author
Sep 20_ Kenny, Elizabeth (1886-1952) Australian nurse
Sep 20_ Loren, Sophia (1934-____) Italian actress
Sep 20_ Smith, Stevie (1902-1971) English poet
Sep 21_ Andrus, Ethel Percy (1884-1967) US social activist
Sep 21_ Norman, Marsha (1947-____) US dramatist
Sep 22_ Meynell, Alice (1847-1922) English poet, essayist
Sep 22_ Weldon, Fay (1931-____) English novelist
Sep 23_ Nevelson, Louise (1899-1988) US sculptor, painter
Sep 23_ Orczy, Emmuska (1865-1947) Hungarian-born British novelist
Sep 23_ Terrell, Mary Church (1863-1954) US social reformer
Sep 23_ Woodhull, Victoria Claffin (1838-1927) US reformer
Sep 24_ Harper, Frances Watkins (1825-1911) US poet
Sep 25_ Walters, Barbara (1931-____) US broadcast journalist
Sep 25_ hooks, bell (1952?-____) US educator, feminist theorist, poet
Sep 26_ Anzaldua, Gloria Evangelina (1942-____) US Tejana-Chicana poet
Sep 26_ Smiley, Jane (1949-____) US writer
Sep 27_ Paddleford, Clementine (1900-1967) US journalist, editor
Sep 28_ Bardot, Brigitte (1934-____) French actress
Sep 29_ Gaskell, Elizabeth (1810-1865) English novelist, short-story writer
Sep 30_ Kerr, Deborah (1921-____) Scottish actress
Oct 1_ Andrews, Julie (1935-____) English actress, singer, author
Oct 1_ Baldwin, Faith (1893-1978) US novelist
Oct 1_ Lawrenson, Helen (1904-1982) US editor
Oct 2_ Montagu, Elizabeth (1720-1800) English intellectual, conversationalist
Oct 2_ Morris, Jan (1926-____) English writer, journalist
Oct 3_ Duse, Eleonora (1858-1924) Italian actress
Oct 4_ Reagon, Bernice Johnson (1942-____) US musician, museum director
Oct 4_ Rice, Anne (1941-____) US novelist
Oct 5_ Lin, Maya Ying (1959-____) US architect, sculptor
Oct 6_ Alexander, Shana (1925-____) US news commentator
Oct 6_ Hamer, Fannie Lou (1917-1977) US activist
Oct 7_ Ackerman, Diane (1948-____) US poet, writer, social worker
Oct 7_ Janeway, Elizabeth (1913-____) US writer
Oct 7_ Waddles, Charleszetta (1912-____) US nun, writer
Oct 8_ Barrett, Rona (1936-____) US journalist
Oct 9_ Deutsch, Helene (1884-1982) US psychoanalyst
Oct 9_ Mcpherson, Aimee Semple (1890-1944) US religious leader, evangelist
Oct 10_ Hayes, Helen (1900-1993) US actress
Oct 11_ Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962) US first lady, social reformer
Oct 12_ Ace, Jane Sherwood (1905-1974) US actress, comedienne
Oct 12_ Childress, Alice (1920-1994) US playwright, actress, director
Oct 13_ Thatcher, Margaret (1925-____) English political leader
Oct 14_ Arendt, Hannah (1906-1975) German-USA political scientist
Oct 14_ Gish, Lillian (1893-1993) US entertainer
Oct 14_ Mansfield, Katherine (1888-1923) New Zealander author
Oct 15_ Jackson, Helen Hunt (1830-1885) US novelist, poet, essayist
Oct 16_ Daly, Mary (1928-____) US theologian
Oct 16_ Winnemucca, Sarah (c.1842-1891) Indian scout, activist
Oct 17_ Glyn, Elinor (1864-1943) English novelist, short-story writer
Oct 18_ Hurst, Fannie (1889-1968) US screenwriter, novelist, dramatist
Oct 18_ McMillan, Terry (1951-____) US novelist, editor
Oct 18_ Navratilova, Martina (1956-____) US tennis player
Oct 18_ Shange, Ntozake (1948-____) US poet, playwright
Oct 18_ Wasserstein, Wendy (1950-____) US playwright
Oct 19_ Cole, Johnnetta Betsch (1936-____) US educator, anthropologist, college president
Oct 20_ Brothers, Joyce (1928-____) US psychologist, author
Oct 21_ Fisher, Carrie (1956-____) US actress, author
Oct 21_ Le Guin, Ursula (1929-____) US science-fiction writer
Oct 22_ Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) French actress
Oct 22_ Lessing, Doris (1919-____) English author, playwright
Oct 23_ Roddick, Anita (1942-____) English businesswoman, social reformer
Oct 24_ Allen, Paula Gunn (1939-____) US American Indian {Pueblo/Sioux) poet, writer
Oct 24_ Hale, Sarah Josepha (1788-1879) US journalist, author, poet
Oct 24_ Levertov, Denise (1923-____) English-USA poet
Oct 24_ Lockwood, Belva (1830-1917) US social reformer, lawyer
Oct 25_ Pearl, Minnie (1912-1996) US comedienne
Oct 25_ Tyler, Anne (1941-____) US novelist, short-story writer
Oct 26_ Clinton, Hillary Rodham (1947-____) US first lady, author, lawyer
Oct 26_ Jackson, Mahalia (1911-1972) US gospel singer
Oct 26_ Markham, Beryl (1902-1986) English aviator
Oct 27_ Bagnold, Enid (1889-1981) English novelist, playwright
Oct 27_ Dee, Ruby (1923-____) US actress
Oct 27_ Kingston, Maxine Hong (1940-____) US author
Oct 27_ Lebowitz, Fran (1950-____) US journalist
Oct 27_ Plath, Sylvia () US novelist, poet
Oct 27_ Post, Emily (1872-1960) US etiquette authority
Oct 28_ Head, Edith (1898-1981) US costume designer
Oct 28_ Roberts, Julia (1967-____) US actress
Oct 29_ Brice, Fanny (1891-1951) US singing comedienne
Oct 30_ Gordon, Ruth (1896-1985) US actress
Oct 31_ Barney, Natalie Clifford (1876-1972) US author
Nov 1_ Mitchison, Naomi (1897-1999) Scottish novelist
Nov 2_ Antoinette, Marie (1755-1795) Austrian ruler
Nov 2_ Bird, Rose Elizabeth (1936-____) US justice
Nov 3_ Barr, Roseanne (1952-____) US actress, comedian
Nov 4_ Swit, Loretta (1937-____) US actress
Nov 5_ Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919) US writer, poet, journalist
Nov 6_ Field, Sally (1946-____) US actress
Nov 7_ Curie, Marie (1867-1934) Polish-French chemist
Nov 7_ Mitchell, Joni (1943-____) Canadian singer, songwriter
Nov 8_ Day, Dorothy (1897-1980) US editor, humanitarian, women's rights advocate
Nov 8_ Mitchell, Margaret (1900-1949) US novelist
Nov 9_ Dressler, Marie (1869-1934) Canadian-USA actress
Nov 9_ Sexton, Anne (1928-1974) US poet
Nov 10_ Lenclos, Ninon de (1620-1705) French society figure, courtesan
Nov 10_ Seredy, Kate (1899-1975) Hungarian children's writer, illustrator
Nov 11_ Adams, Abigail (1744-1818) US first lady
Nov 12_ Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (1815-1902) US social reformer, feminist
Nov 13_ Goldberg, Whoopi (1949-____) US actress, comedienne
Nov 14_ Brooks, Louise (1906-1985) US actress
Nov 14_ Mannes, Marya (1904-1990) US journalist, writer
Nov 15_ Moore, Marianne (1887-1972) US poet, editor
Nov 15_ O'Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) US painter
Nov 16_ Drew, Elizabeth (1935-____) US journalist, commentator
Nov 16_ Smith, Barbara (1846-____) US editor, writer
Nov 17_ Farnham, Eliza Wood Burhans (1815-1864) US social reformer, lecturer
Nov 18_ Atwood, Margaret (1939-____) Canadian novelist, poet
Nov 18_ Dix, Dorothy (1870-1951) US journalist, writer
Nov 18_ Mankiller, Wilma Pearl (1945-____) US-American Indian Cherokee chief
Nov 18_ Truth, Sojourner (1797?-1883) US abolitionist, reformer
Nov 19_ Gandhi, Indira (1917-1984) Indian political leader
Nov 19_ Kirkpatrick, Jeane (1926-____) US diplomat
Nov 20_ Gordimer, Nadine (1923-____) South African novelist
Nov 20_ Kent, Corita (1918-1986) US graphic artist
Nov 21_ French, Marilyn (1929-____) US writer
Nov 21_ Hawn, Goldie (1945-____) US actress, comedienne, producer
Nov 21_ Thomas, Marlo (1938-____) US actress
Nov 22_ Eliot, George (1819-1880) English novelist
Nov 22_ King, Billie Jean (1943-____) US tennis player, activist
Nov 23_ Etting, Ruth (1897-1978) US singer
Nov 23_ Jones, Gayl (1949-____) US short story writer, novelist
Nov 24_ Anderson, Margaret (1886-1973) US editor
Nov 25_ Delaney, Shelagh (1939-____) English playwright
Nov 25_ Douglas, Helen Gahagan (1900-1980) US actress, opera singer, politician
Nov 25_ Nation, Carry (1846-1911) US social reformer
Nov 26_ Turner, Tina (1938-____) US singer
Nov 27_ Sheehy, Gail (1937-____) US writer, journalist, editor
Nov 27_ de Maintenon, Francoise d'Aubigne (1635-1719) French writer, consort
Nov 28_ Brown, Rita Mae (1944-____) US writer, playwright
Nov 28_ Gilligan, Carol () US writer, researcher
Nov 28_ L'Engle, Madeleine (1918-____) US novelist
Nov 28_ Mitford, Nancy (1904-1973) English novelist
Nov 29_ Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888) US novelist
Nov 30_ Chisholm, Shirley (1924-____) US politician, author
Dec 1_ Midler, Bette (1945-____) US singer, actress
Dec 2_ Draper, Ruth (1884-1956) US actress
Dec 3_ Callas, Maria (1923-1977) US opera singer
Dec 3_ Richards, Ellen Swallow (1842-1911) US chemist, ecologist
Dec 4_ Comeaux, Amie (1976-1997) US country singer
Dec 5_ Didion, Joan (1934-____) US screenwriter, author
Dec 5_ Rossetti, Christina (1830-1894) English poet
Dec 6_ Fontanne, Lynn (1887-1983) US actress
Dec 6_ Moodie, Susanna (1803-1885) English-born Canadian pioneer
Dec 7_ Brown, Helen Gurley (1922-____) US editor, author
Dec 7_ Cather, Willa (1876-1947) US novelist, short-story writer
Dec 8_ Christina of Sweden, (1626-1689) Swedish ruler
Dec 9_ Hopper, Grace Murray (1906-1992) US military leader, mathematician, educator
Dec 10_ Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886) US poet
Dec 10_ Godden, Rumer (1907-____) English novelist
Dec 10_ Sachs, Nelly (1891-1970) German poet, dramatist
Dec 11_ Key, Ellen (1849-1926) Swedish writer, feminist
Dec 11_ Paley, Grace (1922-____) US writer
Dec 12_ Gingold, Hermione (1897-1987) English actress
Dec 12_ Smith, Lillian (1897-1966) US novelist, educator
Dec 13_ Baker, Ella (1903-1986) US civil rights activist
Dec 13_ Belmont, Eleanor Robson (1879-1979) English-USA actor, writer, nurse
Dec 13_ Carr, Emily (1871-1945) Canadian artist, writer
Dec 13_ Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882) US first lady
Dec 14_ Jackson, Shirley (1919-1965) US novelist
Dec 14_ Smith, Margaret Chase (1897- 1995) US politician
Dec 15_ O'Brien, Edna (1932-____) Irish novelist, pacifist
Dec 15_ Rukeyser, Muriel (1913-1980) US poet
Dec 15_ Smith, Betty (1896-1972) US novelist
Dec 16_ Austen, Jane (1775-1817) English novelist
Dec 16_ Mead, Margaret (1901-1978) US anthropologist, author
Dec 16_ Ullmann, Liv (1938-____) Norwegian actress, humanitarian
Dec 17_ Ashton-Warner, Sylvia (1908-1984) New Zealander educator, writer, novelist, poet
Dec 18_ Grable, Betty (1916-1973) US actress
Dec 19_ Fiske, Minnie Maddern (1865-1932) US actress
Dec 19_ Livermore, Mary Ashton (1820-1905) US journalist, social reformer, lecturer
Dec 19_ Porter, Eleanor H. (1868-1920) US novelist
Dec 20_ Calisher, Hortense (1911-____) US writer
Dec 20_ Langer, Suzanne K. (1895-1985) US philosopher
Dec 21_ Evert Lloyd, Chris (1954-____) US tennis player
Dec 21_ Fonda, Jane (1937-____) US actress, political activist
Dec 21_ Joyner, Florence Griffith (1959-1998) US track athlete
Dec 22_ Johnson, Lady Bird (1912-____) US first lady
Dec 22_ Sawyer, Diane (1945-____) US broadcast journalist
Dec 23_ Monroe, Harriet (1860-1936) US editor, poet
Dec 24_ Gardner, Ava (1922-1990) US actress
Dec 25_ Barton, Clara (1821-1912) US humanitarian
Dec 25_ Rubinstein, Helena (1870-1965) US cosmetician, executive, philanthropist
Dec 25_ West, Rebecca (1892-1983) Irish author, journalist
Dec 26_ Lilly, Doris (1926-1991) US journalist, writer
Dec 27_ Dietrich, Marlene (1901-1992) German-USA actress, singer
Dec 28_ Smith, Maggie (1934-____) US actress
Dec 29_ Moore, Mary Tyler (1936-____) US actress, humanitarian
Dec 30_ Smith, Patti (1946-____) US rock singer, poet
Dec 31_ Arden, Elizabeth (1884-1966) US cosmetics executive

And here are quite a few unknown birthdays
(if you know days of birth for any of the following, send me an email at webmaster@creativequotations.com

_ Adler, Freda (1934-____) US educator, criminal justice specialist
_ Alther, Lisa ()
_ Angelis, Barbara De ()
_ Antrim, Minna Thomas ()
_ Ashford, Daisy (1881-1972) English novelist
_ Astell, Mary (1666?-1731) English feminist, writer
_ Baldwin, Christina () US writer
_ Baldwin, Monica (1896-1975) English writer
_ Ballantyne, Sheila () US writer
_ Barry, Lynda (1956-____) US cartoonist, writer
_ Bateson, Mary Catherine ()
_ Beard, Miriam ()
_ Bengis, Ingrid () US writer
_ Bennett, Gwendolyn (1902-1981) US poet, artist
_ Bibesco, Elizabeth Asquith ()
_ Blackwell, Emily (1826-1910) US physician, author
_ Bolton, Sarah Knowles (1841-1916) US poet, editor, social reformer
_ Bonner, Marita ()
_ Bracken, Peg ()
_ Bradley, Marion Zimmer (1930- ____) US novelist
_ Bradstreet, Anne (1612?-1672) US poet
_ Brande, Dorothea ()
_ Breathnach, Sarah Ban ()
_ Brittain, Vera () English writer, poet, pacifist
_ Browne, Merry ()
_ Bunch, Charlotte (1944-____) US feminist theorist, lecturer, writer
_ Burchill, Julie ()
_ Burroughs, Nannie (1883-1961) US educator
_ Caddy, Eileen ()
_ Caine, Lynn (1927-1987) US writer, lecturer
_ Carlyle, Jane Welsh ()
_ Chiang Kai-Shek, Madame () Chinese sociologist
_ Clifton, Lucille (1936-____) US poet, educator
_ Collange, Christiane () French writer
_ Conran, Shirley (1932-____) English journalist, designer
_ Cook, Eliza (1818-1889) English poet
_ Cowley, Hannah (1743-1809) English playwright
_ Davis, Elizabeth Gould (1910-1974) US librarian, writer
_ DeLuzy, Dorothée (1747-1830) French actress
_ Deffand, Marie Anne du (1697-1780) French intellectual
_ Dowling, Colette (1938-____) US writer
_ Duffy, Maureen (1933-____) English poet, writer
_ Dunbar-Nelson, Alice (1875-1935) US poet, essayist
_ Duncan, Sara Jeannette (1861-1922) US writer
_ Eberhardt, Isabelle (1877-1904) Russian-born traveler
_ Ehrlich, Gretel () US writer
_ Evans, Mari (1923-____) US poet, educator, editor
_ Ferguson, Marilyn ()
_ Field, Joanna (1900-____) English psychologist
_ Figes, Eva (1932-____) German-born English writer
_ Fishel, Elizabeth () US writer
_ Fitz-Gibbon, Bernice (1895-1982) US advertising executive
_ Fripp, Patricia () English-USA business speaker, author
_ Gellhorn, Martha (1908-____) US journalist, author
_ Gerould, Katherine F. (1879-1944) US writer
_ Goldberg, Natalie ()
_ Griffin, Susan () US poet, writer, educator
_ Hamilton, Gail (1833-1896) US writer
_ Hampl, Patricia ()
_ Harrison, Barbara Grizzuti () US writer, publicist
_ Harrison, Jane () English classical scholar, writer, archeologist
_ Haskell, Molly () US writer, film critic
_ Hathaway, Katharine Butler ()
_ Heath, Jinger () US business executive
_ Heimel, Cynthia () US writer, humorist
_ Heyward, Carter () US Episcopal priest
_ Hinkle, Beatrice (1874-1953) US psychiatrist
_ Holmes, Marjorie () US writer
_ Hutchinson, Anne (1591-1643) US religious leader
_ Huxtable, Ada Louise (1921-____) US critic, editor
_ Jacobs, Harriet Ann (1813-1897) US diarist, writer
_ James, Alice ()
_ Johnston, Jill (1929-____) US journalist, critic
_ Kempton, Sally (1943-____) US writer, feminist
_ King, Florence (1936-____) US writer
_ Koller, Alice () US writer
_ Konner, Joan () US journalist, college administrator
_ LaFollette, Suzanne (1895?-1983) US writer, editor
_ Larsen, Nella (1891-1964) US novelist
_ Le Sueur, Meridel () US writer, historian
_ LeShan, Eda (1922-____) US writer
_ LeTendre, Mary Jean (1948-____) US educator, government official
_ Lerner, Harriet () US therapist, writer
_ Little, Mary Wilson () US writer
_ Livingstone, Belle (1875-1957) US writer, adventurer
_ McLaughlin, Mignon () US journalist, author
_ Mumford, Ethel Watts (1878-1940)
_ Myers, Joyce A. () US Business executive
_ Necker, Suzanne Curchod (1739-1794) French writer
_ Nelson, Paula (1945-____) US economist
_ Oakley, Ann (1944-____)
_ Parent, Gail (1940- ____) US scenarist
_ Paterson, Katherine () US children's writer
_ Peter, Irene () US writer
_ Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart () US novelist
_ Plato, Ann (1820?-___?) US educator
_ Pogrebin, Letty Cottin () US writer, editor, columnist
_ Poole, Mary Pettibone ()
_ Proctor, Adelaide A. (1825-1864) English poet, activist
_ Putnam, Emily James (1865-1944) US educator
_ Ramey, Estelle (1917- ____) US physician, physiologist
_ Ravitch, Diane () US educator
_ Richards, Mary Caroline () US poet, potter
_ RoAne, Susan () US management consultant, writer
_ Rose, Ernestine L. (1810-1892) US activist
_ Rosen, Marjorie (1942- ____) US film historian
_ Rowland, Helen () English-USA writer
_ Ruckelshaus, Jill (1937-____) US government official, lecturer
_ Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre (1842-1924) US suffragist
_ Russell, Dora () English writer, activist
_ Schaef, Anne Wilson ()
_ Scott-Maxwell, Florida () US writer, suffragist, psychologist
_ Seton, Anya (1916- ____) US writer
_ Shinn, Florence Scovel () US illustrator, metaphysicist
_ Sinetar, Marsha () US writer
_ Singer, June () US doctor
_ Spacks, Patricia Meyer (1929-____) US literature scholar, writer
_ Spencer, Anne (1882-1975) US poet, social worker
_ Starhawk, ()
_ Stuart, Janet Erskine () English poet
_ Swetchine, Anne Sophie (1782-1857) Russian-French writer
_ Tubman, Harriet (c.1820-1913) US abolitionist, emancipator
_ Ueland, Brenda (1891-1986) US writer
_ Uhnak, Dorothy (1933-____) US novelist, writer
_ Vreeland, Diana (1903-1989) US fashion editor
_ Weisstein, Naomi () US psychology professor, activist
_ Whitehorn, Katharine (1928-____) English writer, essayist
_ Wolf, Naomi (1963-____) US writer
_ Woodman, Marion (1928-____) Canadian analyst, writer
_ Yezierska, Anzia (1885-1970) US novelist
_ de Girardin, Delphine (1804-1855) French novelist, poet
_ de Valois, Marguerite () French princess, scholar