| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Kathy Acker |
Author |
18-Apr-1947 |
30-Nov-1997 |
Blood and Guts in High School |
| Luana Anders |
Actor |
12-May-1938 |
21-Jul-1996 |
The Pit and the Pendulum |
| V. C. Andrews |
Author |
6-Jun-1923 |
19-Dec-1986 |
Flowers in the Attic |
| Mary Anning |
Paleontologist |
21-May-1799 |
9-Mar-1847 |
Self-taught paleontologist |
| Ingrid Bergman |
Actor |
29-Aug-1915 |
29-Aug-1982 |
Murder on the Orient Express |
| Bibi Besch |
Actor |
1-Feb-1942 |
7-Sep-1996 |
Who's That Girl? |
| Rose Bird |
Judge |
2-Nov-1936 |
4-Dec-1999 |
California Chief Justice, 1977-87 |
| Coral Browne |
Actor |
23-Jul-1913 |
29-May-1991 |
The Killing of Sister George |
| Mary-Ellis Bunim |
Film/TV Producer |
9-Jul-1946 |
29-Jan-2004 |
Co-creator of The Real World, etc. |
| Rachel Carson |
Scientist |
27-May-1907 |
14-Apr-1964 |
Mother of the environmental movement |
| Norma Crane |
Actor |
10-Nov-1928 |
28-Sep-1973 |
Fiddler on the Roof |
| Bette Davis |
Actor |
5-Apr-1908 |
6-Oct-1989 |
All About Eve |
| Jo Ann Davis |
Politician |
29-Jun-1950 |
6-Oct-2007 |
Congresswoman from Virginia, 2001-07 |
| Skeeter Davis |
Country Musician |
30-Dec-1931 |
19-Sep-2004 |
Country vocalist at Grand Ole Opry |
| Grazia Deledda |
Author |
27-Sep-1871 |
15-Aug-1936 |
Novels of Sardinia |
| Patricia Dunn |
Business |
27-Mar-1953 |
4-Dec-2011 |
Hewlett Packard chair, 2005-06 |
| Elizabeth Edwards |
Relative |
3-Jul-1949 |
7-Dec-2010 |
Wife of ex-Senator John Edwards |
| Oriana Fallaci |
Journalist |
29-Jun-1929 |
15-Sep-2006 |
The Rage and the Pride |
| Kate Greenaway |
Artist |
17-Mar-1846 |
6-Nov-1901 |
British illustrator |
| Alaina Reed Hall |
Actor |
10-Nov-1946 |
17-Dec-2009 |
Sesame Street |
| Fannie Lou Hamer |
Activist |
6-Oct-1917 |
14-Mar-1977 |
Organizer, Mississippi Freedom Summer |
| Patricia Roberts Harris |
Government |
31-May-1924 |
23-Mar-1985 |
Cabinet Secretary under Jimmy Carter |
| Judy Holliday |
Actor |
21-Jun-1921 |
7-Jun-1965 |
Born Yesterday |
| Diana Hyland |
Actor |
25-Jan-1936 |
27-Mar-1977 |
Susan Winter on Peyton Place |
| Trina Schart Hyman |
Artist |
8-Apr-1939 |
19-Nov-2004 |
Children's book illustrator |
| Jill Ireland |
Actor |
24-Apr-1936 |
18-May-1990 |
Love and Bullets |
| Molly Ivins |
Columnist |
30-Aug-1944 |
31-Jan-2007 |
Loudmouthed Texas dame |
| Pauline Johnson |
Poet |
10-Mar-1860 |
7-Mar-1913 |
Mohawk Canadian poet and actress |
| June Jordan |
Poet |
9-Jul-1936 |
14-Jun-2002 |
Who Look At Me |
| Caron Keating |
TV Personality |
5-Oct-1962 |
13-Apr-2004 |
Host of Blue Peter |
| Dorothea Kent |
Actor |
6-Jun-1916 |
10-Dec-1990 |
It Happened on Fifth Avenue |
| Joi Lansing |
Actor |
6-Apr-1929 |
7-Aug-1972 |
Gladys Flatt on The Beverly Hillbillies |
| Audre Lorde |
Author |
18-Feb-1934 |
17-Nov-1992 |
A Burst of Light |
| Juliette Gordon Low |
Activist |
31-Oct-1860 |
18-Jan-1927 |
Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA |
| Linda McCartney |
Musician |
24-Sep-1941 |
17-Apr-1998 |
Beatle wife and photographer |
| Hattie McDaniel |
Actor |
10-Jun-1893 |
26-Oct-1952 |
Mammy in Gone with the Wind |
| Grace Paley |
Author |
11-Dec-1922 |
22-Aug-2007 |
The Little Disturbances of Man |
| Barbara Pym |
Novelist |
2-Jun-1913 |
11-Jan-1980 |
Some Tame Gazelle |
| Lynn Redgrave |
Actor |
8-Mar-1943 |
2-May-2010 |
The Happy Hooker |
| Wendy Richard |
Actor |
20-Jul-1943 |
26-Feb-2009 |
Are You Being Served? |
| Minnie Riperton |
Singer |
8-Nov-1947 |
12-Jul-1979 |
Lovin' You |
| Roxie Roker |
Actor |
28-Aug-1929 |
2-Dec-1995 |
Helen Willis on The Jeffersons |
| Patsy Rowlands |
Actor |
19-Jan-1934 |
22-Jan-2005 |
Carry on... |
| Rosalind Russell |
Actor |
4-Jun-1907 |
28-Nov-1976 |
Auntie Mame |
| Anabel Shaw |
Actor |
7-Jun-1921 |
16-Apr-2010 |
Gun Crazy |
| Carol Shields |
Novelist |
2-Jun-1935 |
16-Jul-2003 |
The Stone Diaries |
| Ricky Silberman |
Activist |
1937 |
18-Feb-2007 |
Cofounder, Independent Women's Forum |
| Naomi Sims |
Model |
30-Mar-1948 |
1-Aug-2009 |
Pioneering black supermodel |
| Wendie Jo Sperber |
Actor |
15-Sep-1958 |
29-Nov-2005 |
Amy on Bosom Buddies |
| Dusty Springfield |
Singer |
16-Apr-1939 |
2-Mar-1999 |
Son of a Preacher Man |
| Kaye Stevens |
Singer |
21-Jul-1932 |
28-Dec-2011 |
Ruckus at the Riviera |
| Nettie Stevens |
Biologist |
7-Jul-1861 |
4-May-1912 |
X and Y chromosomes |
| Marie Stopes |
Scientist |
15-Oct-1880 |
2-Oct-1958 |
Scientist and birth control advocate |
| Susan Strasberg |
Actor |
22-May-1938 |
21-Jan-1999 |
Picnic |
| Jacqueline Susann |
Novelist |
20-Aug-1918 |
21-Sep-1974 |
Valley of the Dolls |
| Tatiana Troyanos |
Singer |
12-Sep-1938 |
21-Aug-1993 |
Operatic Mezzo-Soprano |
| Margaret Walker |
Novelist |
7-Jul-1915 |
30-Nov-1998 |
Jubilee |
