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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gloria Allred
Attorney
3-Jul-1941   Feminist lawyer
Bibi Andersson
Actor
11-Nov-1935   Persona
Nicole Appleton
Musician
7-Dec-1974   All Saints
Rosanna Arquette
Actor
10-Aug-1959   Desperately Seeking Susan
Simone de Beauvoir
Activist
9-Jan-1908 14-Apr-1986 The Second Sex
Polly Bergen
Actor
14-Jul-1930   Cape Fear
Honor Blackman
Actor
12-Dec-1926   Cathy Gale on The Avengers
Lorena Bobbitt
Criminal
1970   Severed husband's penis
Lucrezia Borgia
Royalty
18-Apr-1480 24-Jun-1519 Infamous poisoner
Susan Brownmiller
Activist
15-Feb-1935   Feminist, Against Our Will
Bebe Buell
Model
14-Jul-1953   Liv Tyler's mom
Ellen Burstyn
Actor
7-Dec-1932   Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Maria Callas
Singer
4-Dec-1923 16-Sep-1977 Diva soprano of the 1950s
Jill Clayburgh
Actor
30-Apr-1944   Starting Over
Judy Collins
Singer/Songwriter
1-May-1939   Folk singer
Joan Crawford
Actor
23-Mar-1905 10-May-1977 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Dorothy Day
Activist
8-Nov-1897 29-Nov-1980 Founder of the Catholic Worker movement
Catherine Deneuve
Actor
22-Oct-1943   Dancer in the Dark
Lady Diana
Royalty
1-Jul-1961 31-Aug-1997 Princess of Wales
Janice Dickinson
Model
15-Feb-1955   1970s supermodel
Ani DiFranco
Singer/Songwriter
23-Sep-1970   Bisexual folk/punk icon
Betty Dodson
Author
24-Aug-1929   Sex for One
Nicola Duffett
Actor
22-Jan-1963   EastEnders, Family Affairs
Linda Ellerbee
Journalist
15-Aug-1944   "And so it goes."
Judith Exner
Author
11-Jan-1934 25-Sep-1999 JFK mistress
Brigitte Fontaine
Singer
1940   Comme à la radio
Kay Francis
Actor
13-Jan-1905 26-Aug-1968 Trouble in Paradise
Ava Gardner
Actor
24-Dec-1922 25-Jan-1990 The Barefoot Contessa
Judy Garland
Singer
10-Jun-1922 22-Jun-1969 Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
Gloria Gaynor
Singer
7-Sep-1949   I Will Survive
Martha Gellhorn
Journalist
8-Nov-1908 15-Feb-1998 War correspondent
Whoopi Goldberg
Actor
13-Nov-1955   In-your-face dreadlocked comedian
Shauna Grant
Pornstar
30-May-1963 21-Mar-1984 Killed herself with a .22 rifle
Ursula K. Le Guin
Novelist
21-Oct-1929   The Left Hand of Darkness
Jean Harlow
Actor
3-Mar-1911 7-Jun-1937 Bombshell
Pamela Harriman
Diplomat
20-Mar-1920 5-Feb-1997 Socialite and Ambassador to France 1993-97
H. D.
Poet
10-Sep-1886 27-Sep-1961 Imagist poet, Sea Garden
Patricia Ireland
Activist
19-Oct-1945   NOW president, 1991-2001
Jordan
Model
22-May-1978   British model
Frida Kahlo
Painter
6-Jul-1907 13-Jul-1954 Unibrowed Mexican painter
Christine Keeler
Model
2-Feb-1942   John Profumo's mistress
Margot Kidder
Actor
17-Oct-1948   Lois Lane in the Superman movie
Lil' Kim
Rapper
11-Jul-1974   Wore a pastie to the 1999 MTV Video Awards
Billie Jean King
Tennis
22-Nov-1943   Defeated Bobby Riggs in '73 Battle of the Sexes
Anne Lamott
Author
10-Apr-1954   Operating Instructions
Carol Leifer
Comic
27-Jul-1956   Comic inspired Seinfeld's Elaine
Monica Lewinsky
Government
23-Jul-1973   Engaged in Presidential cigar play
Sondra Locke
Actor
28-May-1947   Former squeeze and co-star of Clint Eastwood
Traci Lords
Pornstar
7-May-1968   We Love You, Traci
Lee Lozano
Painter
5-Nov-1930 2-Oct-1999 Misogyny as art form
Ginger Lynn
Pornstar
14-Dec-1962   Come Hither Cum Ginger
Jeanette MacDonald
Actor
18-Jun-1903 14-Jan-1965 The Merry Widow
Ali MacGraw
Actor
1-Apr-1938   Dynasty
Madonna
Singer/Songwriter
16-Aug-1958   Truth or Dare
Kate Michelman
Activist
?   NARAL President, 1985-2004
Empress Michiko
Royalty
20-Oct-1934   Empress of Japan
Marilyn Monroe
Actor
1-Jun-1926 5-Aug-1962 Some Like It Hot
Jeanne Moreau
Actor
23-Jan-1928   Jules et Jim
Rita Moreno
Actor
11-Dec-1931   West Side Story, Electric Company
Kathy Najimy
Actor
6-Feb-1957   Voice of Peggy on King of the Hill
Bif Naked
Musician
15-Jun-1971   Canadian punk rocker
Patricia Neal
Actor
20-Jan-1926   The Day the Earth Stood Still
Stevie Nicks
Singer/Songwriter
26-May-1948   Fleetwood Mac
Anaïs Nin
Author
21-Feb-1903 14-Jan-1977 Diary of Anaïs Nin
Anita O'Day
Singer/Songwriter
18-Oct-1919 23-Nov-2006 Feminine master of scat
Jennifer O'Neill
Actor
20-Feb-1948   Summer of '42
Grace Paley
Author
11-Dec-1922 22-Aug-2007 The Little Disturbances of Man
Dorothy Parker
Author
22-Aug-1893 7-Jun-1967 Constant Reader known for acerbic quips
Lynn Redgrave
Actor
8-Mar-1943   The Happy Hooker
Jessica Savitch
Journalist
1-Feb-1947 24-Oct-1983 Newscaster drowned with VP of NY Post
Edie Sedgwick
Socialite
20-Apr-1943 16-Nov-1971 Warhol factory girl
Anne Sexton
Poet
9-Nov-1928 4-Oct-1974 Live or Die
Cybill Shepherd
Actor
18-Feb-1950   Moonlighting
Suzanne Somers
Actor
16-Oct-1946   Chrissy on Three's Company
Karrine Steffans
Model
24-Aug-1978   Confessions of a Video Vixen
Gloria Steinem
Activist
25-Mar-1934   Founder, Ms. Magazine
Gloria Swanson
Actor
27-Mar-1897 4-Apr-1983 Sunset Blvd.
Sara Teasdale
Poet
8-Aug-1884 29-Jan-1933 Strange Victory
Lana Turner
Actor
8-Feb-1920 29-Jun-1995 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Tina Turner
Singer
26-Nov-1939   Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Mamie Van Doren
Actor
6-Feb-1931   High School Confidential!
Alice Walker
Author
9-Feb-1944   The Color Purple
Grace Lee Whitney
Actor
1-Apr-1930   Yeoman Rand on Star Trek


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