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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jane Addams
Activist
6-Sep-1860 21-May-1935 Founder of Hull House
Allison Adler
Relative
30-May-1967   Partner of Sara Gilbert
Margaret Anderson
Author
24-Nov-1886 18-Oct-1973 Founder of the Little Review
Katharine Anthony
Author
27-Nov-1877 20-Nov-1965 Biographer, The Lambs
Dorothy Arzner
Film Director
3-Jan-1897 1-Oct-1979 Craig's Wife
Tammy Baldwin
Politician
11-Feb-1962   Congresswoman, Wisconsin 2nd
Djuna Barnes
Novelist
12-Jun-1892 18-Jun-1982 Modernist poet, Nightwood
Amanda Bearse
Actor
9-Aug-1958   Marcy on Married with Children
Alison Bechdel
Cartoonist
10-Sep-1960   Dykes to Watch Out For
Cydney Bernard
Relative
1953   Former partner of Jodie Foster
Elizabeth Bishop
Poet
8-Feb-1911 6-Oct-1979 North & South
Chaz Bono
Relative
4-Mar-1969   Transgender offspring of Sonny and Cher
Jane Bowles
Novelist
22-Feb-1917 4-May-1973 Two Serious Ladies
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Author
3-Jun-1930 25-Sep-1999 The Mists of Avalon
Donna Brazile
Author
15-Dec-1959   Al Gore's 2000 campaign manager
Sophonisba Breckinridge
Activist
1-Apr-1866 30-Jul-1948 Suffragette and abolitionist
Alicia Bridges
Singer
15-Jul-1953   I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)
Rita Mae Brown
Author
28-Nov-1944   Rubyfruit Jungle
Tammy Bruce
Radio Personality
19-Aug-1962   Right-wing radio pundit, columnist
Bryher
Novelist
2-Sep-1894 28-Jan-1983 The Fourteenth of October
Judith Butler
Scholar
24-Feb-1956   Gender Trouble
Gia Carangi
Model
29-Jan-1960 18-Nov-1986 Troubled supermodel, died from AIDS
Brandi Carlile
Musician
1-Jun-1981   American country rock singer, The Story
Willa Cather
Novelist
7-Dec-1873 24-Apr-1947 O Pioneers!
Mary Cheney
Relative
14-Mar-1969   Lesbian daughter of Dick Cheney
Miss Cleo
Paranormal
12-Aug-1962   Psychic fraud takes VISA, M/C
Ivy Compton-Burnett
Novelist
5-Jun-1884 27-Aug-1969 Pastors and Masters
Chris Connor
Singer
8-Nov-1927 29-Aug-2009 Jazz singer, I Miss You
Cat Cora
Chef
c. 1968   Iron Chef America
Patricia Cornwell
Novelist
9-Jun-1956   Crime novelist, Postmortem
Carol A. Corrigan
Judge
16-Aug-1948   Justice, California Supreme Court
Angela Davis
Activist
26-Jan-1944   Black Panther, teacher, professor
Ellen DeGeneres
Comic
26-Jan-1958   Ellen
Beth Ditto
Singer
1981   The Gossip
Carol Ann Duffy
Poet
23-Dec-1955   Mean Time
Andrea Dworkin
Activist
26-Sep-1946 9-Apr-2005 Anti-pornography activist
Melissa Etheridge
Musician
29-May-1961   Come To My Window
Fannie Flagg
Comic
21-Sep-1944   Fried Green Tomatoes
Janet Flanner
Journalist
13-Mar-1892 7-Nov-1978 The New Yorker
Clementine Ford
Actor
29-Jun-1979   The Young and the Restless
Jodie Foster
Actor
19-Nov-1962   The Silence of the Lambs
Kathleen Freeman
Actor
17-Feb-1919 23-Aug-2001 Gen. Burkhalter's sister
Kitty Genovese
Victim
7-Jul-1935 13-Mar-1964 Allegedly killed by collective apathy
Sara Gilbert
Actor
29-Jan-1975   Darlene on Roseanne
Judy Gold
Comic
15-Nov-1962   25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
Lesley Gore
Singer
2-May-1946   Well-known crying advocate
Leisha Hailey
Singer
11-Jul-1971   The L Word
Edith Hamilton
Educator
12-Aug-1867 31-May-1963 The Greek Way
Joan Hammond
Singer
24-May-1912 26-Nov-1996 Operatic soprano
Sandra Haynie
Golf
4-Jun-1943   Winner of 4 Majors
Amber Heard
Actor
22-Apr-1986   And Soon The Darkness
Alexandra Hedison
Actor
10-Jul-1969   Ex-GF of Ellen DeGeneres
Harriet Goodhue Hosmer
Sculptor
9-Oct-1830 21-Feb-1908 19th c. American sculptor in Rome
Alberta Hunter
Singer
1-Apr-1895 17-Oct-1984 Downhearted Blues
Helen Hull Jacobs
Tennis
6-Aug-1908 2-Jun-1997 Winner of 10 Grand Slam titles
Sarah Orne Jewett
Author
3-Sep-1849 24-Jun-1909 The Country of the Pointed Firs
Joanna Johnson
Film/TV Producer
31-Dec-1961   Creator of Hope & Faith
Cherry Jones
Actor
21-Nov-1956   The Heiress
Barbara Jordan
Politician
21-Feb-1936 17-Jan-1996 Gave 1976 Democratic keynote speech
Patsy Kelly
Actor
12-Jan-1910 24-Sep-1981 Freaky Friday
Sheila Kuehl
Politician
9-Feb-1941   Dobie Gillis and ex-California State Senator
Selma Lagerlöf
Author
20-Nov-1858 16-Mar-1940 First female Nobel Prize for Literature
kd lang
Singer
2-Nov-1961   Majuscule-deficient lesbian singer
Fran Lebowitz
Author
27-Oct-1950   Social satirist, Metropolitan Life
Eva Le Gallienne
Actor
11-Jan-1899 3-Jun-1991 New York Civic Repertory Theater
Virginia L. Linder
Judge
c. 1949   Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
Audre Lorde
Author
18-Feb-1934 17-Nov-1992 A Burst of Light
Amy Lowell
Poet
9-Feb-1874 12-May-1925 What's O'Clock
Jane Lynch
Actor
14-Jul-1960   Cheerleading coach on Glee
Rachel Maddow
TV Personality
1-Apr-1973   The Rachel Maddow Show
Miriam Margolyes
Actor
18-May-1941   The Age of Innocence
Jeannette Marks
Poet
16-Aug-1875 1964 The Merry Merry Cuckoo
Heather Matarazzo
Actor
10-Nov-1982   Welcome to the Dollhouse
Amelie Mauresmo
Tennis
5-Jul-1979   Franco-lesbian tennis player
Kristy McNichol
Actor
11-Sep-1962   1970s girl teen idol
Tammy Lynn Michaels
Actor
26-Nov-1974   Tess on Committed
Martina Navratilova
Tennis
18-Oct-1956   Nine-time Wimbledon winner
Alla Nazimova
Actor
22-May-1879 13-Jul-1945 Blood and Sand
Diana Nyad
Swimmer
22-Aug-1949   Long distance swimmer
Kate O'Brien
Novelist
3-Dec-1897 13-Aug-1974 The Land of Spices
Rosie O'Donnell
Talk Show Host
21-Mar-1962   The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Mary Oliver
Poet
10-Sep-1935   American Primitive
Pauline Oliveros
Composer
2-Jun-1932   Composer, Deep Listener
Suze Orman
Author
5-Jun-1951   The Road to Wealth
Annise Parker
Politician
17-May-1956   Mayor of Houston
Sarah Paulson
Actor
17-Dec-1974   Down with Love
Linda Perry
Singer
15-Apr-1965   Rock chick singer and producer
Kate Pierson
Singer
27-Apr-1948   Vocalist for the B-52s
Christine C. Quinn
Politician
25-Jul-1966   Speaker, New York City Council
Amy Ray
Singer/Songwriter
12-Apr-1964   The Indigo Girls
Mary Renault
Novelist
4-Sep-1905 13-Dec-1983 The Last of the Wine
Sally Ride
Astronaut
26-May-1951 23-Jul-2012 First American woman in space
Samantha Ronson
Disc Jockey
7-Aug-1977   Girlfriend of Lindsay Lohan
Hilary Rosen
Lobbyist
22-Oct-1958   CEO of the RIAA, 1998-2003
Portia de Rossi
Actor
31-Jan-1973   Nelle Porter on Ally
Patricia Rozema
Film Director
20-Aug-1958   Mansfield Park
Jane Rule
Author
28-Mar-1931 27-Nov-2007 Desert of the Heart
Joanna Russ
Author
22-Feb-1937 29-Apr-2011 The Female Man
Emily Saliers
Musician
22-Jul-1963   The Indigo Girls
Sapphire
Novelist
4-Aug-1950   Push
May Sarton
Poet
3-May-1912 16-Jul-1995 Plant Dreaming Deep
Rose Schneiderman
Labor Leader
16-Apr-1882 11-Aug-1972 Union leader of the 1920s-'50s
Daniela Sea
Actor
1977   Max Sweeney on The L Word
Fiona Shaw
Actor
10-Jul-1958   British theatre actress
Patty Sheehan
Golf
27-Oct-1956   Winner of 6 majors
Jenny Shimizu
Model
16-Jun-1967   Lezbopunk bike-dyke
Johanna Sigurdardottir
Head of State
4-Oct-1942   Prime Minister of Iceland
Ali Smith
Author
24-Aug-1962   There But For The
Annie Sprinkle
Pornstar
23-Jul-1954   Pornstar turned performance artist
Gertrude Stein
Author
3-Feb-1874 27-Jul-1946 Avant-garde writer, salon
Vivian M. Stephenson
Business
c. 1937   COO of Williams-Sonoma, 2003-06
May Swenson
Poet
28-May-1913 4-Dec-1989 Another Animal
Wanda Sykes
Comic
7-Mar-1964   Wanda at Large
Tristan Taormino
Columnist
9-May-1971   Anal sex authority
Alice B. Toklas
Relative
30-Apr-1877 7-Mar-1967 Gertrude Stein's lover
Lily Tomlin
Actor
1-Sep-1939   Laugh-In
Guinevere Turner
Actor
23-May-1968   Preaching to the Perverted
Kirsten Vangsness
Actor
7-Jul-1972   Penelope Garcia on Criminal Minds
Chavela Vargas
Singer
17-Apr-1919 5-Aug-2012 Ranchera singer
Lillian Wald
Activist
10-Mar-1867 1-Sep-1940 Henry Street Settlement
Jeanette Winterson
Novelist
27-Aug-1959   Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Chely Wright
Country Musician
25-Oct-1970   Shut Up And Drive
Marguerite Yourcenar
Novelist
8-Jun-1903 17-Dec-1987 Mémoires d'Hadrien



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