Playwrights

Anna Cora Mowatt on Acting

In: 19th Century Women, Actresses, Authors, Playwrights

Tagged: acting, New York aristocracy, Novelists, preservation work

American author, playwright, and actress, Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie (1819–1870),Read More →

Elizabeth Fries Ellet on Women’s Art

In: 19th Century Women, Authors, Playwrights, Poets, Writing

Tagged: Edgar Allen Poe, Literary Criticism, Scandal, Women Artists

Throughout history, many important accomplishments by women have been overshadowedRead More →

Aphra Behn on Love

In: 17th Century Women, Authors, Playwrights, Poets

Tagged: English Restoration, Virginia Wolf

The first woman to make a living solely from her writing is Aphra Behn (1640-1689) who lived in the time of the English Restoration under Charles the 2nd.Read More →

Cecily Hamilton on Being Brave

In: 20th Century Women, Authors, Journalists, Playwrights, Women's Rights

Tagged: Britain, Marriage, Suffrage, World War I

Cicely Hamilton founded the British Women’s Writers’ Suffrage League and wrote plays and songs that furthered the cause.Read More →