Mamphela Ramphele is a South African politician, a former activist against apartheid, a medical doctor, an academic and businesswoman. She is a former Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cape Town and a one-time Managing Director at the World Bank.
Read MoreEmma Ramadan is an educator and literary translator from French.
Read MoreMariam Rahmani is a writer and translator.
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Read MoreBrontez Purnell is an indie artist, musician, and dancer.
Read MoreMui Poopoksakul is a translator of contemporary Thai literature.
Read MoreLetty Cottin Pogrebin is an author, activist, national lecturer, and a founding editor and writer. She is a leading figure in Jewish and feminist activism.
Read MoreOlive Higgins Prouty (1882-1974) was born in 1882 into a wealthy Massachusetts family. Educated at Smith College, she wrote fiction aimed primarily at women readers that, unusually for her day, emphasized the importance of women’s independence and included feminist themes.
Read MorePaul B. Preciado has become one of the leading thinkers in the study of gender and sexuality. A professor of Political History of the Body, Gender Theory, and History of Performance at Paris VIII, he is also the author of many books.
Read MoreAmanda Powell, poet and translator, teaches Latin American and Spanish literature and literary translation at the University of Oregon. Powell has published essays on research 16th and 17th century writing.
Read MoreAllison Markin Powell is a literary translator from Japanese to English.
Read MoreCharlotte Pomerantz is an author of children's books and plays.
Read MoreEvelyn Piper was the pseudonym of Merriam Modell (1908-1994), who published short stories.
Read MoreDuanwad Pimwana is consistently regarded as an important female voice in contemporary Thai literature.
Read MoreZoe Pilger recently published her first novel Eat My Heart Out in the UK to wide acclaim.
Read MoreRobin Pickering-Iazzi is an author and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Read MoreBeth Pickens is a Los Angeles-based consultant for artists and arts organizations.
Read MoreEthel Johnston Phelps (1914–1984) compiled two anthologies of feminist folktales from around the world.
Read MoreElizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844-1911) wrote fifty-seven books and hundreds of shorter pieces in her lifetime.
Read MoreElise Peterson is a writer, visual artist, editor, and a longtime arts educator.
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