Phyllis Schlafly

Phyllis Schlafly

female, 85 years old
Phyllis Schlafly has been a national leader of the conservative movement since the publication of her best-selling 1964 book, A Choice Not An Echo....
Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat

female, 40 years old
Fiction writer Edwidge Danticat conjures the history of her native Haiti in award-winning short stories and novels. She is equally at home...
Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett

male, 75 years old
Alan Bennett (born May 9, 1934) is an English author and actor noted for his work, his boyish appearance and his sonorous Yorkshire accent.
Trish Godman

Trish Godman

female, 70 years old
Patricia 'Trish' Godman (born 31 October 1939, Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for West...
Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel

female, 57 years old
Hilary Mary Mantel CBE (born 6 July 1952) is an English novelist. She is the author of nine acclaimed novels, a short story collection and a...
Mary Parker Follett

Mary Parker Follett

female, deceased (1933)
Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933) was an American social worker, consultant, and author of books on democracy, human relations, and management. She...
Ansar Burney

Ansar Burney

53 years old
Ansar Burney, after 16 years of campaigning, was successful in finally convincing the governments of Qatar and the UAE to ban the use of child...
Taufiq Rafat

Taufiq Rafat

male, deceased (1998)
Taufiq Rafat (1927-1998) was an English language Pakistani poet born in Sialkot, Punjab in 1927. Educated in Dehra Dun, Aligarh and Lahore, Rafat...
Miriam Waddington

Miriam Waddington

female, deceased (2004)
Miriam Waddington was a Canadian poet, short story writer and translator. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she studied at the University of Toronto and...
Kamini Roy

Kamini Roy

female, deceased (1933)
Kamini Roy (12 October 1864 - 27 September 1933) was a leading Bengali poet, social worker and feminist from India. She was the first woman honours...