Rebecca West

Rebecca West

female, deceased (1983)
Womentravelwriter, British women writer, George Watson's College, The Bookman, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, From London…Travel writer, Modernist writer, writer
Dame Rebecca West, DBE (December 21, 1892-March 15, 1983), whose real name was Cicely (she later changed it to "Cicily") Isabel Fairfield, was a...
Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert

female, 40 years old
Womentravelwriter, American women writer, Pilgrims, novelist, writer, Short story writer…Women short story writer, Travel writer
Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969) is an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, biographer and memoirist.
Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft

female, deceased (1797)
Feminist, death by sepsis, historian, Womentravelwriter, English women writer, feminist philosopher…Women novelist, travel literature, Women writer, Non-fiction writer, travel narrative
Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 - 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher and feminist. During her brief career, she wrote novels,...
Dervla Murphy

Dervla Murphy

female, 78 years old
Womentravelwriter, Irish women writer, from County Waterford, Dharamsala, Lismore, County Waterford, Full Tilt Ireland to India with a Bicycle…Travel writer
Dervla Murphy (born November 28, 1931, Ireland) is a female touring cyclist and author of adventure travel books.
Madeleine Pelletier

Madeleine Pelletier

female, deceased (1939)
physician, Psychiatrist, French women writer, Womentravelwriter, first-wave feminist, Women novelist…Women essayist, Travel writer, Political writer
Madeleine Pelletier was a French physician, psychiatrist, first-wave feminist, and socialist activist. Pelletier originally trained as an...

Mariana Starke

female, deceased (1864)
Womentravelwriter, English women writer, Women dramatists and playwright, Women writer, The Widow of Malabar, John Murray…travel series
Mariana Starke (1761/2-1838) was an English author. She wrote plays and poetry, mainly early in her career, and while her plays had decent runs the...
Freya Stark

Freya Stark

female, deceased (1993)
31 Jan, Explorer of Asia, Womentravelwriter, Explorer of Arabia, Asolo, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire…Women, Travel writer
Dame Freya Madeleine Stark, DBE (b. 31 Jan1893, Paris France - d. 9 May 1993, Asolo Italy) was a British travel writer. In between that time, she...
Bethan Gwanas

Bethan Gwanas

female, 47 years old
Welsh women writer, Womentravelwriter, bethesda, welsh, cardiff, eisteddfod…Travel writer, writer
Bethan Gwanas (born 16 January 1962) is a popular contemporary Welsh author, who publishes exclusively in the Welsh language. A prolific writer,...
Fanny Kemble

Fanny Kemble

female, deceased (1893)
Womentravelwriter, English women writer, Women poet, Women dramatists and playwright, Women writer, English…Travel writer
Frances Anne Kemble (November 27, 1809 - 1893), was a famous British actress and author in the early and mid nineteenth century.
Stephanie Griest

Stephanie Griest

female, 35 years old
Princeton University, Travelers' Tales, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, 100 Places Every Woman Should Go, Womentravelwriter, American women writer…Travel writer
Stephanie Elizondo Griest (June 6, 1974 -) is the author of "Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana" (Villard/Random House, 2004)...