Literary Library

Courtney E. Martin

December 31, 1979 - American feminist, author, speaker and political activistAuthor of "Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Nor...

Vera Brittain

December 29, 1893 - March 29, 1970English nurse, writer, feminist, socialist and pacifistAuthor of "Testament of Youth" (co-written with Mark Best...

Barbara Smith

December 16, 1946 - African-American lesbian feminist, socialist, scholar, lecturer, editor and publisherAuthor of "Toward a Black Feminist Criti...

Yosano Akiko

December 7, 1878 - May 29, 1942Japanese author, poet, feminist, pacifist and social reformer Author of "Midaregami", "River of Stars" and "Tangl...

Alaida Foppa

December 3, 1914 - December 19, 1980 (questionable death date because she disappeared and was presumed murdered)Spain-born Guatemalan and Mexican p...

Rita Mae Brown

November 28, 1944 - American feminist and mystery writerAuthor of "Rubyfruit Jungle", "Six of One" and "Out of Hounds" Also the author of more than...

Carol Gilligan

November 28, 1936 - American feminist, ethicist, psychologist and novelistAuthor of "In a Different Voice", "The Birth of Pleasure: A New Map of L...

Marilyn French

November 21, 1929 - May 2, 2009American feminist authorAuthor of "The Women's Room", "Her Mother's Daughter" and "The War Against Women"

Rebecca Walker

November 17, 1969 - American writer, feminist and activistAuthor of "Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self", "Baby Love: Choos...

Naomi Wolf

November 12, 1962 - American feminist author, journalist and political advisorAuthor of "The Beauty Myth", "Misconceptions" and "The End of Americ...

Diana E. H. Russell

November 6, 1938 - July 28, 2020South African feminist writer and activistAuthor of "Sexual Exploitation", "Lives of Courage" and "Femicide in Glob...

Jessica Valenti

November 1, 1978 - American feminist writerAuthor of "Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters", "Yes Means Yes" and "...