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21st-century American women writers

  • Lady GagaStefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on the 28th of March 1986, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. Her parents were Cynthia Louise and Joseph…
  • Elizabeth TaylorElizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born on the 27th of February 1932 at Heathwood, her family's home at 8 Wildwood Road in Hampstead Garden Suburb.
  • Retha WarnickeRetha Marvine Warnicke was born in 1939 and grew up to become a central figure at Arizona State University. She graduated from Evansville Central High School…
  • Gwyneth PaltrowGwyneth Kate Paltrow entered the world on the 27th of September 1972 in Los Angeles. Her father Bruce Paltrow worked as a film producer and director while…
  • Joan WaughJoan Waugh stands on the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles. She specializes in 19th-century American history and is an expert on the…
  • Andrea BartzAndrea Bartz is an American writer who has achieved significant success in the mystery and thriller genres. Her novel We Were Never Here reached the New York…
  • Dolly PartonDolly Rebecca Parton was born on the 19th of January 1946, inside a one-room cabin on the banks of the Little Pigeon River in Pittman Center, Tennessee.
  • Julia AngwinJulia Angwin was born in Champaign, Illinois, to university professor parents who moved to Silicon Valley in 1974. They worked in the emerging personal…
  • Sally RideSally Kristen Ride was born on the 26th of May 1951, in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles. Her mother worked as a volunteer counselor at a women's…
  • Leslye HeadlandLeslye Headland was born on the 26th of November 1980 in suburban Maryland. She grew up in a strict religious home that would later shape her artistic…
  • Kristi NoemKristi Lynn Arnold Noem was born on the 30th of November 1971 in Watertown, South Dakota. She grew up with her siblings on a family ranch and farm near the…
  • Angela DavisAngela Yvonne Davis was born on the 26th of January 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama. Her family lived in the "Dynamite Hill" neighborhood during the 1950s.
  • Elinor OstromElinor Claire Awan was born on the 7th of August 1933 in Los Angeles, California. Her mother Leah Hopkins worked as a musician while her father Adrian Awan…
  • Melissa DellMelissa Dell grew up in Enid, Oklahoma. Her parents worked as civilian contractors at Vance Air Force Base. They managed the parts shop and ran a daycare…