Category
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Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
Hannah Arendt
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand is an American singer, actress, songwriter, and filmmaker. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Streisand's success in the entertainment industry has included Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards.
Elinor Ostrom
American political economist (1933-2012)

Susan Sontag
American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
American lawyer and jurist (1933–2020)
Joan Rivers
American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)
Gertrude Stein
American author (1874–1946)

Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Valerie Kudrow is an American actress and writer. She rose to international fame for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the American television sitcom Friends, which aired from 1994 to 2004. The series earned her Primetime Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, Satellite, American Comedy and TV Guide awards. Phoebe has since been named one of the greatest television characters of all time and is considered to be Kudrow's breakout role, spawning her successful film career.

Gloria Steinem
American activist and journalist (born 1934)
Dorothy Parker
American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967)
Betty Friedan
American feminist writer and activist (1921–2006)
Marlee Matlin
American actress (born 1965)
Nora Ephron
American film director and writer (1941–2012)

Sheryl Sandberg
American technology executive, activist, and author
Barbara Walters
American broadcast journalist (1929–2022)
Erica Jong
American novelist, poet, memoirist, critic
Claudia Goldin
American economist; Nobel prize winner
Andrea Dworkin
American feminist writer (1946–2005)

Carroll Baker
American actress (born 1931)
Rashida Jones
American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)

Sarah Silverman
American comedian, actress, and writer

Anne Applebaum
American journalist and historian (born 1964)
Edna Ferber
American novelist, short story writer and playwright (1885–1968)
Bella Abzug
American politician (1920-1998)

Tori Spelling
American actress

Amy Goodman
American journalist (1957-)
Naomi Wolf
American feminist and journalist (born 1962)

Shulamith Firestone
Canadian born US feminist scholar, activist and writer (1945-2012)
Kathy Acker
American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (1947–1997)
Peggy Lipton
American actress and singer (1946-2019)
Emma Lazarus
American poet (1849–1887)
Nancy Fraser
American philosopher
Maya Deren
Ukranian-born American avant-garde filmmaker (1917–1961)
Pauline Kael
American film critic (1919-2001)
Susie Essman
American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, television producer, and voice artist

Susan Strasberg
American film and stage actress (1938–1999)
Jodi Picoult
American author

Rebecca Walker
American writer

Carol Gilligan
American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist
Judy Blume
American children's writer (born 1938)

Joanna Angel
American pornographic actress and director
Barbara Barrie
American actress and author (born 1931)

Chelsea Handler
American comedian, actress, author and talk show host

Joanna Russ
American author (1937-2011)

Nicole Krauss
American novelist (born 1974)

Mara Wilson
American actress

Jamie-Lynn Sigler
American actress (born 1981)

Ernestine Rose
American feminist activist (1810–1892)

Alice B. Toklas
American writer (1877-1967)

Leigh Bardugo
Israeli-American author

Martha Hyer
actress (1924-2014)
Janis Ian
American singer-songwriter
Jill Abramson
former executive editor of The New York Times

Adrienne Shelly
American actress (1966–2006)

Evelyn Fox Keller
American physicist, author and feminist

Jacqueline Susann
American writer and actress (1918–1974)
Carrie Brownstein
American musician and actress
Juliet Landau
American actress
Winona LaDuke
author and activist