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Sonia Sanchez (born Wilsonia Benita Driver; September 9, 1934) [1] is an American poet, writer, and professor. She was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and has written over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children's books.
Crothers was born on December 12, 1870, in Bloomington, Illinois, to Dr. Eli Kirk Crothers and Dr. Marie Louise (de Pew) Crothers. [3] Crothers' mother, an independent-minded woman whose father had been friends with Abraham Lincoln, went to medical school at forty and became one of the first woman physicians in Illinois, encountering and eventually overcoming much opposition to her practice in ...
Aphra Behn (1640–1689), dramatist of the English Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers; Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672), New England's first published poet; Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730), Swedish writer, poet, feminist and salon hostess; Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1654–1724), French ...
Pages in category "American women dramatists and playwrights" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 656 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Martha Morton (October 10, 1865 – February 18, 1925) was the first successful American woman to sustain a lengthy career as a professional playwright.Author of numerous plays, she founded the Society of Dramatic Authors, and helped open doors for other female theatre artists.
Pages in category "Women dramatists and playwrights" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Stratford-on-Avon prize went to her in 1909 for her drama The Piper, which was produced in England in 1910; and in America at the New Theatre, New York City, in 1911. Composer Grace Chadbourne used Peabody's text for her songs "Green Singing Book" and "Window Pane Songs".
Pages in category "American women poets" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,456 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .