If you would like more information specifically about producing one of our plays, please email 365womenayear@gmail.com with the historical woman and the playwright in the subject line.
***Our plays are loosely based on their historical counterparts.***
Women are listed in the century they were BORN.
1700s
Abigail Adams (1744-1818)/ Playwright: Stephen Cedars
Adèle Aguié de Broc (d. 1813)/Playwright: Christine Caccipuoti
Adelina Leveque- (1795-1895)/Playwright: Kendra Augustin
Aglaé Auguié (1782 – 1854) Playwright: Lynn Marie Macy
Aimée Dubuc de Rivery (1766-1788)/Playwright: Jen Ferro
Alice Chase(1768-18??)/Playwright: Robin Rice
Ameé LeClerc (1782 – 1868) Playwright: Lynn Marie Macy
Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783-1810)/Playwright: Carolyn Kras
Ann Lee (1736-1784)/Playwright: Benjamin Peel
Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823)/Playwright:Karen Ackerman
Ann Ford Thicknesse (1737-1824)/Playwright: Peppy Barlow
Anne Bailey (1742-1825)/Playwright: Patricia Middleton
Anne Bonny (1702-1784)/Playwright: Eva Montealegre
Ann Taylor (1700s)/Playwright: Samantha Lierens
Princess Augusta of the United Kingdom (1768-1840)/Playwright: Carolyn Kras
Beth *Real Name Unknown* 1700s)/Playwright: Sara Lyons
Bett Hemmings- (1735-1807)/Playwright: Elsa Rael
Bettie Randolph (unknown ?around 1723?-1783)/Playwright Sarah Lawrence
Caroline Branham (17??-1830s)/Playwright: Lisa Mammel
Caroline Herschel (1750-1848)/Playwright: Melody Cooper
Caroline Bonaparte Murat (1782-1839)/Playwright: Christine Caccipuoti
Caroline Henrietta Callander Sheridan (1779-1851)/Playwright: KT Parker
Catharine Montour (1710-1790)/Playwright: Judith Pratt
Catherine de Boufflers- (1711-1787)/Playwright: Talia Pura
Catherine the Great (1729-1796)/Playwright: Nancy Cooper Frank
Celia Morgan (c1790-1840)/Playwright Sarah Lawrence
Cheng Shih (1775-1844)/Playwright: TD Mitchell
Claire Clairmont (1798-1879)/Playwright: Rex McGregor
Cornblossom (1768-1810)/Playwright: Brenda K. White
Deborah Samson Gannett (1760-1827)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Dolley Madison (1768-1849)/Playwright: Christina Hamlett
Dorothea Dandridge (1755-1831)/Playwright Sarah Lawrence
Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1855)/Playwright: Jane Sunderland
Eleanor Butler (1739-1829)/Playwright:Karen Ackerman
Dame Eleanor Parks Shelton (1707-1779)/Playwright Sarah Lawrence
Eliza Monroe (1786 – 1836) Playwright: Lynn Marie Macy
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770-1840)/Playwright: Carolyn Kras
Elizabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun (1755-1842)/Playwright: Nancy Cooper Frank
Elizabeth Hemings (1735-1807)/Playwright: Rachael Carnes
Elizabeth Jackson Sands (1735-1806)/Playwright: Sara Lyons
Elizabeth Philpot (1780–1857)/Playwright: Claudia I. Haas
Elizabeth Wythe (1739-1787)/Playwright Sarah Lawrence
Emilie de Beauharnais (1781 – 1855) Playwright: Lynn Marie Macy
Emilie du Chatelet (1706-1749)/Playwright: Talia Pura
Emma (Hart) Hamilton (1765-1815)/Playwright:Christine Emmert
Emma Willard (1787-1970)/Playwright: Emily Ball Cicchini
Esther Montour (1710-1790)/Playwright: Judith Pratt
Fiorenza Domenica Canal Bellotto (1700-?)/Playwright: Eva C. Schegulla
Francesca Marina Canal (1703-?)/Playwright: Eva C. Schegulla
Germaine de Staël (1766-1817)/Playwright: Kristine Greenaway
Hannah Ocuish (1774-1786) Playwright: Samantha Hill
Hester Thrale (1741-1821)/Playwright: Jean Klein
Hortense de Beauharnais Bonaparte (1783-1837)/Playwright: Christine Caccipuoti
Ida Pfeiffer (1797-1858)/Playwright: Christina Hamlett
Jane Austen (1775-1817)/Playwright: Joanna Alexandra Norland
Jane Todd Crawford (1763-1842)/Playwright: Nancy Gall-Clayton
JANE TAYLOR (1783 – 1824)/Playwright: Samantha Lierens
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson (Madame de Pompadour) (1721-1764)/Playwright: Lisa Scott
Jeanne Baret (1740-1807)/Playwright: Christina Hamlett
Jeanne Villepreux-Power (1794-1871)/Playwright: Ellen Struve
Jemima Wilkinson (1752-1819)/Playwright: Kelly McBurnette-Andronicos
Jessie Bates (1700s)/Playwright: Paul Antokolsky
Jonatas (1797-1858)/Playwright: Diana Burbano
Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814)/Playwright: Jen Ferro
Juana Azurduy (1780-1862)/Playwright: Laura Derpic
Juana Maria (1776-1835)/Playwright: G.R. Tracy
Julia Clark- (1791-1829)/Playwright:Kathleen Coudle King
Juliette Récamier- (1777-1849)/Playwright: Kristine Greenaway
Queen Ka’ahumanu (1768-1832) /Playwright: Jennifer O’Grady
Lady Byron (1792-1860)/Playwright: Carolyn Gage
Ladies of Llangollen (1700s)/Playwright:Karen Ackerman
Laskarina Bouboulina (1771-1825)/Playwright: Francesca Peppiatt
Louisa Adams (1775 – 1852)/Playwright: Toni Press-Coffman
Louise, Queen of Prussia (1776-1810)/Playwright: Rex McGregor
Lucretia Winthrop Chapman (1788-1841)/Playwright: Robin Rice
Lucy Thurston (1795-1896)/Playwright: Jennifer O’Grady
Lydia Sigourney (1791-1865)/Playwright: Emily Ball Cicchini
Mananowe (1784-1850)/Playwright: Wendy Hamilton
Manuelita Saenz (1797-1856)/Playwright: Diana Burbano
Margaret Elphinstone de Flahaut (1788-1867)/Playwright: Christine Caccipuoti
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793)/Playwright: Susan Apker
Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier (1758-1836)/Playwright: Rex McGregor
Marie-Angelique Memmie LeBlanc (1712-1775)/Playwright: Kathleen McDonnell
Marie-Anne Lenormand (1772-1843)/Playwright: Rex McGregor
Marie Tussaud (1761-1850)/Playwright: Christina Hamlett
Marie Villers (1774-1812)/Playwright: Deborah Savadge/Sheilah Rae
Martha “Patsy” Henry (1755-1818)/Playwright Sarah Lawrence
Martha Washington (1731-1802)/Playwright Donna Latham
Princess Mary of the United Kingdom (1776-1857)/Playwright: Carolyn Kras
Mary *Real Name Unknown* (1700s)/Playwright: Sara Lyons
Mary Anning (1799-1847)/Playwright: Claudia I. Haas
Mary Katharine Goddard ( 1739 – 1816)/Playwright: Kay Ellen Bullard
Mary Hamilton (1721-1746)/Playwright: Jenna Schlags
Mary Jemison (1743-1833)/Playwright: Teresa Stankiewicz
Mary Young Pickersgill (1776-1857)/Playwright: Thea Iberall
Mary Shelley (1797-1851)/Playwright: Natalie Osborne
Mary Wolstronecraft (1759-1797)/Playwright: Thea Iberall
Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814)/Playwright: Stephen Cedars
Nakşidil Sultan (1768-1817)/Playwright: Jen Ferro
Nancy Morgan Hart (1735-1830)/Playwright: Gyda Arber
Natan (1797-1858)/Playwright: Diana Burbano
Queen Nyabinghi (b. 1700s)/Playwright: Kim Louise
Olympe de Gouge: (1748-1793) /Playwright: L.D. Goodisman
Ona Judge (1773-1848)/Playwright Donna Latham
Peggy Schuyler (1758 – 1801) / Playwright: Allie Costa
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)/Playwright: Paula J Sanders
Phoebe Fraunces (1700s-?)/Playwright: Michelle A. Patrick
Policarpa Salavarietta (1795-1817)/Playwright: Diana Burbano
Queen Ka’ahumanu- (1768-1832) Playwright: Carol Polcovar
Queen Keopoulani- (1778-1823) Playwright: Carol Polcovar
Queeney Thrale (Hester Maria Elphinstone)(1764-1857)/Playwright: Jean Klein (2014)
Rosa María Hinojosa de Ballí (1752-1803)/Playwright: Susan Long Haga
Sakakawea (1788-1812)/Playwright: Kathleen Coudle King
Sally Hemings (1773-1835)/Playwright: Jennifer O’Grady
Sara Baartman (1770s to 1815)/Playwright: Robyn Brooks
Sarah Biffen (1784-1850)/Playwright: Christina Hamlett
Sarah Franklin Bache (1744-1808)/Playwright: Ariel Aliza Sanders and Matt Sanders
Sarah Grimke (1792-1873)/Playwright: Thea Iberall
Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1788-1879)/Playwright: Emily Ball Cicchini
Sarah Shelby McDowell (1700s-1800s)/Playwright: Nancy Gall-Clayton
Sarah Ponsonby(1755-1831)/Playwright:Karen Ackerman
Sarah Shelton Henry (1738-1775)/Playwright Sarah Lawrence
Sarah Mapp (1706 – 1737)/Playwright: Ian Low
Simonne Erard (1700s)/Playwright: Angela J. Davis
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)/Playwright: Thea Iberall
Sookie Hart (1700s)/Playwright: Gyda Arber
Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777-1848)/Playwright: Carolyn Kras
Sophie de Condorcet (1764-1822)/Playwright: Barbara Corrado Pope
Sybil Ludington (1761-1839)/Playwright: Christina Hamlett
Theodosia Burr Alston (1783-1813) /Playwright: LuLu LoLo
Viena Francesca Canal (1708-1778)/Playwright: Eva C. Schegulla
Wang Zhenyi (1768-1797)/Playwright: Sara Israel
Yekaterina Dashkova (1743-1810)/Playwright: Nancy Cooper Frank
365 Women A Year: a playwriting project 