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.
1900s
Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1953-1994) Playwright: Angela J. Davis
Agnes de Mille (1905-1993)/Playwright: Susan Shafer
Ala Gertner (1912-1945)/Playwright: Arlene Hutton
Alberta Williams King (1904-1974)/Playwright: Rita Anderson
Alice Childress (1912-1994)/Playwright: Loy Webb
Alice Allison Dunnigan (1906-1983)/Playwright: Larissa Brewington
Alice Neel (1900-1984)/Playwright: Lylanne Musselman
Althea Gibson (1927-2003)/Playwright: Cynthia L. Cooper
America Ferrera- (1984-)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Amy Elizabeth Thorpe (1910-1963)/Playwright: Laurel Wetzork
Amy Winehouse (1983-2011)/Playwright: Rita Anderson
Ana Garrido (1966-)/Playwright: Pilar G. Almansa
Ana Mendieta (1948-1985)/Playwright: Diane Alexander
Ana Navarro (1971)/Playwright: Jessie Salsbury
Ana Orantes (1937-1997)/Playwright: María Lourdes Vega Alonso
Anais Nin (1903-1977)/Playwright: Karin Diann Williams
Anastasia Romanov(1901-1984)/Playwright: Carolyn Gage
Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005)/Playwright: Jo Brisbane
Andree Borrell-(1919-1981)/Playwright : Danielle Wirsansky
Anna Lively (1900s)/Playwright: Elliot Huxtable
Anna Mae Pictou Aquash (1945-1975)/Playwright: Lucy Wang
Anna Mac Clarke (1919-1944)/Playwright: Nancy Gall-Clayton
Anna Politkovskaya (1958-2006)/Playwright: Victoria Sadler
Anna Sokolow (1910-2000)/Playwright: Cynthia Chapman
Anna May Wong (1905-1961)/Playwright: Karen Rousso
Anne Wiggins Brown (1912-2009)/Playwright: Lisa K. Winkler
Anne Frank (1929-1945)/Playwright: Rita Anderson
Anne Lamott (1954-)/Playwright: Kate M Carey
Anne Pashley (1935-2016)/Playwright: Benjamin Peel
Anne Sexton (1928-1974)/Playwright: Rita Anderson
Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908-1942)/Playwright: Germaine Shames
Antonieta Rivas Mercado (1900-1931)/Playwright: Verónica Musalem Moreno
Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) / Playwright: Allie Costa
Aurelia Browder (1919-1971)/Playwright: Jennifer O’Grady
Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969- present 2018)/Playwright: Robert Trophy
Ayn Rand (1905-82) / Playwright: Elliot D Huxtable
Barbara Demick (? b. late 20th century)/Playwright: Glenda Frank
Babe Didrikson (1911-1956)/Playwright: Cynthia L. Cooper
Barbara Newhall Follett (1914-? (last seen 1939))/ Playwright Natalie Osborne
Barbara Grimes (1941-1956)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Barbara Jordan (1936-1996)/Playwright: Linda Britt
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992)/Playwright: Judith Pratt
Bebe Moore Campbell (1950-2006)/Playwright: Meredith L. King
Bella Abzug (1920-1998)/Playwright: Thea Iberall
Berta Cáceres: 20th-21st Century (1971-2015)/Playwright: Sarah Tuft (2016)
Beryl Mills (1907 – 1977)/Playwright: Ian Low
Bette Davis (1908-1989)/Playwright: Talia Pura
Bettina Aptheker (1944-present) Playwright: Roberta D’Alois
Betty Friedan (1921-2006)/Playwright: Thea Iberall
Beverly Cleary (1916-)/Playwright: Matthew Weaver
Billie Allen (1/13/1925 – 12/29/2015)/Playwright: Jean Hartley Sidden
Billie Holiday (1915-1959)/Playwright: Julie English-Dixon
Bonnie Stoll (1900s)/Playwright: Lolly Ward
Boski Markus Antheil (1900s)/Playwright: Lolly Ward
Bridget Moran (1923-1999)/Playwright: Sheree Bradford-Lea
Butterfly McQueen (1911-1955)/Playwright: Barbara Kahn
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)/Playwright: C.J. Ehrlich
Camille (1917-2012)/Playwright: Lisa Nicoll
Candace Lyle Hogan (1900s)/Playwright: Lolly Ward
Carlota O’Neill (1905-2000)/Playwright: Inmaculada Alvear
Carlotta Monti (1907-1993)/Playwright: Jennifer O’Grady
Carmen Miranda (1909-1955)/Playwright: camila le-bert
Carlett Angianlee Brown (1927 – unknown death) /Playwright: Kat Mustatea
Carol Burnett (1933 – ) / Playwright: Kim Kelly
Carrie Buck (1906-1983)/Playwright: Gina Stevensen
Carrie Fisher (1900s)/Playwright: D. Lee Miller
Carson McCullers (1917-1967)/Playwright: John Barrow
Catharine MacKinnon (b. 1946)/Playwright: Katherine Glover
Cecilia Payne (1900-1979)/Playwright: Lisa Heydenreich Jayne
Celia Cruz (1925-2003)/Playwright: Yani Perez
Charlotte Delbo (1913 – 1985)/Playwright: Susan Hansell
Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943)/Playwright: Charlotte Ostrow
Christiana Figueres (Born 1956 -)/Playwright: Nancy Hopps
Clara Joseph (1917-????)/Playwright: Jennifer O’Grady
Clare Hollingworth (1911-2017)/Playwright: J.Lois Diamond
Claudette Colvin (b. 1929)/Playwright: Jennifer O’Grady
Claudette Osborne-Tyo (1987 – 2008?)/Playwright:Trish Ayers
Concepcion’Connie’Picciott(1936-2016)/Playwright:J.Sanders-Nelson
Connie St Louis (1957 – still living)/Playwright: Sarah Tuft
Coreen Thomas (1955 -1976)/Playwright: Sheree Bradford-Lea
Corita Kent (1918 – 1986) / Playwright: Amy Gijsbers van Wijk
Debbie Reynolds (1900s)/Playwright: D. Lee Miller
Deborah Feldman (1986- )/Playwright: Susan Shafer
Deborah “Debbie” Harry (1945-living)/ Playwright: KT Parker
Deborah Lacks (1959-2009)/Playwright: Jessie Salsbury
Denise Bloch (1916 – 1945)/Playwright: Libby Mitchell
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)/Playwright: Gloria Schramm
Diana Nyad (born August 22, 1949)/Playwright: Lolly Ward
Diane Warren (1956- )/Playwright: Erin Moughon
Digna Ochoa (1964-2001) /Playwright:Patricia Davis
Dini Von Mueffling (1900s- )/Playwright: Sarah Tuft
Dora Maar (1907-1997)/Playwright: Robin Baron
Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)/Playwright: Lylanne Musselman
Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965)/ Playwright: Laurel A. Lockhart
Dolores Huerta (1930)/Playwright: Jennie Webb
Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996)/Playwright: Karen Rousso
Edith Skinner (1902-1981)/Playwright: Jennifer Schaupp
Edna Lewis (1916-2006)/Playwright: Claudia I. Haas
Eileen Nearne (1921-2010)/Playwright: Danielle Wirsansky
Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989)/Playwright: Glenda Frank
Elisabeth Kubler Ross (1926-2004)/Playwright: Joyce Fontana
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)/Playwright: Catherine Weingarten
Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)/Playwright: Chelsea Sutton
Ella Baker (1903-1986)/Playwright: Sandra de Helen
Ella Fitzgerald- (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)/ Playwright- Julie English-Dixon
Ellen van der Ploeg (1923-2013)”Comfort Women”(79 pages)/Playwright: Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen
Eloise Williams (?-2007)/Playwright: Amissa Miller
Elsie Ott-(1913-2006)/Playwright: Danielle Wirsansky
Elsie Parmann (1921-2016)/Playwright: Rachael Carnes
Emily Hahn (1905-1997) Playwright: Christine Emmert
Emma González (1999 – )/Playwright: Connie Bennett
Ethel Payne (1911-1991)/Playwright: Lolly Ward
Ethel Rosenberg (1915-1953) Playwright: Edward Morris
Ethel Waters (1900s )/Playwright: Mary Fridley
Etta James (1938-2012)/Playwright: Gina Scanlon
Eva Braun (1912-1945)/ Playwright: James Colgan
Eva Daube (1924-2012) Playwright: Julia Pascal
Eva Peron (1919-1952)/Playwright: Begonya Plaza
Eva Pryor (1900s)/Playwright: Elliot Huxtable
Eva TOREN (born 1928)/Playwright: Luiza Carol
Ewa Rechtman (20th century)/Playwright: Heather L. Lee
Fabulous Moolah (1923-2007)/Playwright: Olga Humphrey
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977)/Playwright: Shellen Lubin
Fanny Brennan (1921-2001)/Playwright: D Lee Miller
Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964)/Playwright: Sue Yocum
Flora Danziger (1927- present)/Playwright: Catherine Frid
Florence Alexander (1900s)/Playwright: K.A. Brokaw
Florynce “Flo” Kennedy (1916-2000)/Playwright: Peggy Jones
Fran Allison (1907-1989)/Playwright: Sheree Bradford-Lea
Frances Kelsey (1914-)/Playwright: Carolyn Gage
Frances Smith (1900s)/Playwright: Elliot Huxtable
Francois Gilot (1921- )/Playwright: Lylanne Musselman
Freddie Oversteegen (1925-)/Playwright: Mora V. Harris
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)/Playwright: Lylanne Musselman
Frieda Belinfante (1904-1995)/Playwright: Barbara Kahn
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978)/Playwright: Peggy Jones
Galya Tchaikovskaya (1900s?)/Playwright: Danielle Wirsansky
Gerda Taro (August 1, 1910 – July 26, 1937)/Playwright: Susan Hansell
Gertrude Bell (1900)/Playwright: David Marrs
Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003)/Playwright: Cynthia L. Cooper
Gioconda Belli (1948) / Playwright: Sara Moros
Gisa Peiper Konopka (1910-2003)/Playwright: Cynthia L. Cooper
Gloria Monty (1921-2006)/Playwright: Matthew Weaver
Grace Hartigan (1922-2008)/Playwright: Rita Kniess Barkey
Grace Hopper (1906-1992)/Playwright: Jennifer O’Grady
Grace Kelly (April 18, 1956 – September 14, 1982)/Playwright: Erin Moughon
Grace Ogot (1930-2015)/Playwright: Jo Hull Brisbane
Grandmother of Grace Ogot (1900s)/Playwright: Jo Hull Brisbane
Greta Garbo (1905-1990)/Playwright: Jaime Mire
Guangkun Liming (1928-?)/Playwright: Glenda Frank
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)/Playwright: Liza Case
Han Suyin (1916?-2012)/Playwright: Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin
Hannie Schaft (1920-1945)/Playwright: Mora V. Harris
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975)/Playwright: Jenny Lyn Bader
Hannah Stochel (1920-2007)/Playwright: Amy Oestreicher
Hannah Szenes (Senesh) (1921-1944)/Playwright: Danielle Wirsansky
Hao Yuelian (1900s)”Comfort Women”(79 pages)/Playwright: Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen
Hayden Panettiere (1989-)/Playwright: Scott Mullen
Hazel Ying Lee (1912-1944)/Playwright: Annette Lee
Hedy Kiesler (1914 – 2000) Playwright David Belke
Hedy Lamarr (1914 – 2000)/Playwright: Sarah Tuft
Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)/Playwright: Lylanne Musselman
Helen Humes (1913-1981)/Playwright: Sharai Bohannon
Helen Jones (1934-1988)/Playwright: Sheree Bradford-Lea
Henrietta Lacks (1920-1951)/Playwright: Jessie Salsbury
Huang Youliang(1926-2017)”Comfort Women”(79 pages)/Playwright: Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen
Huma Abedin (1976- present 2018)/Playwright: Robert Brophy
Ibaado (1920-90)/Playwright: Robert Brophy
Ida Lupino (1918-1995)/Playwright: Danielle Winston
Ida Nudel (1931-)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Ilona Royce Smithkin (1900s)/Playwright: Elliot Huxtable
Imelda Marcos (1929- )/Playwright: Marina Castiñeira Ezquerra
Ina Ray Hutton (1916-1984)/Playwright: Melissa Ritz
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) Playwright:J.Lois Diamond
Irena Sendler (1910-2008)/Playwright: Heather L. Lee
Irene Mayer Selznick (1907-1990)/Playwright: Pam Munter
Irma Grese (1923 – 1945)/Playwright: Ian Low
Irna Phillps (1901-1973)/Playwright: Matthew Weaver
Iva Toguri D’Aquino (1916-2006)/Playwright: Emily Brauer Rogers
Jackie Mitchell (1913-1987) / Playwright: Carol M. Rice
Jackie Ormes (1911-1985)/Playwright: Sheree Bradford-Lea
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis(1929-1994)/Playwright: Jennifer O’Grady
Jan Ruth O’Herne January (1923-) “Comfort Women” (79 pages)/Playwright: Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen
Jane Goodall (1934- )/Playwright: Erin Moughon
Jane Mooney (19?-?)/Playwright: Robin Rice
Jane White (10/30/1922 – 7/24/2011) Playwright: Jean Hartley Sidden
Janina Grabowska (20th century)/Playwright: Heather L. Lee
Janis Joplin (1943-1970)/Playwright: Sarah Tuft
Jean Alexander (1900s)/Playwright: K.A. Brokaw
Jean Devente(1900s)/Playwright:Carol Polcovar
Jean Marian Purdy (1945–1985) / Playwright: Carol M. Rice
Jiang Qing- (Madame Mao) (1914-1991)/Playwright: Laura Rohrman
Joan Ganz Cooney (1929 – )/Playwright: Susan Shafer
Joan Mitchell (1925-1992)/Playwright: Rita Kniess Barkey
Joanne Kittel (1900s- )/Playwright: Connie Bennett
Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943- )/Playwright: Allie Costa
Josephine Baker (African American, entertainer, activist)/Playwright: Asia Nichols
Judy Blume (1938-)/Playwright: Scott Mullen
Judy Garland (1922-1969)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Julia McWilliams Child (1912-2004)/Playwright: Carol M. Rice
Juliane Koepcke (1954- )/Playwright: Rita Anderson
Juliette Hampton Morgan (1914-1957) Playwright: J.Lois Diamond
Kalpana Chawla (1962-2003)/Playwright: Natalie Osborne
Kamala Nehru (1899-1936) Playwright:J.Lois Diamond
Karen Carpenter (1950-1983)/Playwright: Claire McCracken
Kate Bush (1958-) / Playwright: Claire McCracken
Kate Millett (1934-2017) Playwright: Roberta D’Alois
Katerina Witt – (1965- )/Playwright: Deanne Stillman
Katharine Graham (1917-2001)/Playwright: Susan Shafer
Katherine Dunham (1909-2006)/Playwright: Irene Donnelly
Kathleen Change (1950-1996)/Playwright: Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro
Kathleen Neal Cleaver (1945-Present)/Playwright: Jessie Salsbury
Kathleen Kennedy (1920-1948)/Playwright: James O’Connor
Kathleen Nickerson (1900s)/Playwright: Elliot Huxtable
Kathryn Kuhlman (1907-1976)/ Playwright: Lyndol Michael
Katoucha Niane (1960-2008)/Playwright: LuLu LoLo
Kim Hak-sun (1924 -1997)/Playwright: Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen
Ladybird Johnson (1912 – 2007)/Playwright: Toni Press-Coffman
Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990) Playwright:J.Lois Diamond
Laura Pitter (? b. late 20th century)/Playwright: Glenda Frank
Lavern Baker (1929–1997)/Playwright: Lynda Crawford
Lebensborn women (1900s)/Playwright: Teresa Stankiewicz
Lee Krasner (1908-1984)/Playwright: Glenda Frank
Lee Yong-soo(1929-)”Comfort Women”(79 pages)/Playwright: Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen
Leelah Alcorn (1997-2014)/Playwright: Allie Costa
Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003)/Playwright: Zoe Mavroudi
Leonor Fini (1907-1997)/Playwright: Danielle Winston
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011)/Playwright: Ana Diaz Barriga
Leslie Jones (b. September 7, 1967)/Playwright: Jessie Salsbury
Lidia ZAMENHOF (1904-1942)/Playwright: Luiza Carol
Lilian Rolfe (1914-1945)/Playwright: Libby Mitchell
Lilly Ledbetter (April 14, 1938)/Playwright Jessica Feder-Birnbaum
Lily Parr (1905-1978) Playwright: Benjamin Peel
Linda Ronstadt(1946-?)/Playwright: Diane Burbano
Linda Tripp (1949- )/Playwright: Sarah Tuft
Lise de Baissac- (1905-2004)/Playwright: Danielle Wirsansky
Lisette Hassani (1900s)/Playwright:Elliot Huxtable
Lizzie Bell Carrithers (1901-1983)/Playwright: Pat Cheshire Jennings
Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998)/Playwright: Michael angel Johnson
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)/Playwright: C.J. Ehrlich
Louise Day Hicks (1916-2003)/Playwright: Nancy Brewka-Clark
Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901-1980)/ Playwright: Denise Hinson
Louise L. Serpa (1925-2012)/Playwright: Nikki Harmon
Lotfia El Nadi (1907-2002)/Playwright: Laura Shamas
Lucita Castañón (1900s)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Lucy Grealy (1963-2002)/Playwright: Sara Cowley
Lupe Ontiveros (1942-2012)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Lynda Carter(1951-?)/Playwright: Diane Burbano
Madeleine L’Engle (1918-2007)/Playwright: Charissa Menefee
Madres Plaza de Mayo (1977 al presente.) Siglo XX/Playwright: Nadia Rosero
Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017)/Playwright: Merridawn Duckler
Mamie ‘Peanut’ Johnson (1935 – )/Playwright: Cindy Cooper
Marcia Lewinsky (1949- )/Playwright: Sarah Tuft
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971)/Playwright: Paul Calandrino
Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)/Playwright: Rex McGregor
Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991)/Playwright: Heather Dunmore
Margot Wölk (1917- )/Playwright: Jaclyn Perlmutter
Marguerite Duras ( Gia-Dinh (Vietnan)1914 – París (Francia 1996)/Playwright: Eva Hibernia
Maria Luisa Bombal (1910-1980)/Playwright: Begoña Ugalde
María Félix (1914-2002)/Playwright: Dorothy Velasco
María Rosa Luna Henson or “Lola Rosa” (1927–1997) “Comfort Women” (79 pages)/Playwright:Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen
Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos (1909-1931)/Playwright: Julie Lyn Barber
Maria Tallchief (1925-2013)/Playwright: Merridawn Duckler
Marie Christine Chilver (aka Agent Fifi) (12 September 1920 – 5 November 2007)/Playwright: Carol M. Rice
Marie Colvin (1956-2012)/Playwright: Glenda Frank
Marie-Therese Walter – (early 1900s)/Playwright: Martha Patterson
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)/Playwright: Sandra de Helen
Marion Pritchard (1920-2016)/Playwright: Jessie Salsbury
Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992)/Playwright: Talia Pura
Marsha P Johnson (1945-1992)/Playwright: Monique Hebert
Marthe Cohn (April 13, 1920 – present)/Playwright: Susan Hansell
Martine Rothblatt (1954- )/Playwright: Kat Mustatea
Marty Mann (1904 – 1980)/Playwright: Carolyn Gage
Maruja Mallo (1902-1995)/Playwright: Vanesa Sotelo
Mary Kay Ash (1918-2001)/Playwright: Thea Iberall
Mary Louise Smith (b. 1937)/Playwright: Jennifer O’Grady
Mary Astor (1906-1987)/Playwright: Susan Shafer
Mary Marvin Breckinridge (1905-2002)/Playwright: Angelé Sionna
Mary John Sr (1913-2004)/Playwright: Sheree Bradford-Lea
Mary Lou Kownacki (born in 20th century)/Playwright: Nancy Hopps
Mary Kubicek (1900s)/Playwright: Jessie Salsbury
Mary Leakey(1913-1996)/Playwright: Connie Bennett
Mary McGee (19?-? )/Playwright: Robin Rice
Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981)/Playwright: Mora V. Harris
Mary Oliver (1935-2019)/Playwright: Micki Shelton
Marzieh (1924-2010) Playwright:J.Lois Diamond
May Sarton (1912-1955)/Playwright: Deborah Magid
Melania Trump (1969)/Playwright: Diana Burbano
Melba Liston (1926-1999)/Playwright: Jennifer L. Hayes
Melba Roy Mouton (1929-1990)/Playwright: Melody Cooper
Mercedes Cordoba Carles Matter (1913-2001)/Playwright: Glenda Frank
Merle Oberon (1911-1979)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
MFK Fisher (1908-1992)/Playwright: DS Magid
Mildred Bailey (1907-1951)/Playwright: Dorothy Velasco
Mildred Dresselhaus (1930-2017)/Playwright: C.J. Ehrlich
Misty Copeland- (1982)/Playwright: Lucy Wang
Monica Lewinsky (1973- )/Playwright: Sarah Tuft
Nadia Murad (1963–)/Playwright: Lynda Crawford
Nancy Lane Smith (1964-2005)/Playwright: Lynda Crawford
Nancy Roman (1925-2018)/ Playwright: J.Lois Diamond
Nancy Wake (1912-2011)/Playwright: Danielle Wirsansky
Natalia Peshkova (1923-)/Playwright: Danielle Wirsansky
Natalia Ponce de Leòn – (b1981)/Playwright: Diana Burbano
Natalia Revuelta (1925-2015)/Playwright: Stephanie Swirsky
Natalie Wood (1938-1981) / Playwright: Allie Costa
Natalya Meklin (1922-2005)/Playwright: Marlo Kern
NeNe Leakes (1967-present)/Playwright: Nomfanelo Moloi
Nekojiru (Chiyomi Hashiguchi) (1967-1998)/Playwright: Emmy Kuperschmid
Nieves Fernandez (circa 1906 – unknown)/Playwright: Amanda Andrei
Nina Simone (1933-2003) Playwright:J.Lois Diamond
Nina Ulyanenko (1923-2005)/Playwright: Marlo Kern (2017)
Nola Jane Gentry (1903-1993)/Playwright: Grace Ellis
Norma Lee Dean (1962- 1976)/Playwright: Catherine Frid
Norma Shearer (1902-1983) /Playwright Lee Richard Lawing
Ntozake Shange (1948-present)/Playwright: Amissa Miller
Octavia Estelle Butler (1947-2006)/Playwright: Holli Harms
Olga Watkins Gmoser (1939-2014)/Playwright: Patricia Watkins
Olga Spessitzeva (1905-1997)/Playwright: Christine Emmert
Olive Byrne (1904-1985)/Playwright: Ashley Lara
Dr. Olivia J.Hooker (1915 – present)/Playwright: Nina Howes
Ophelia DeVore (1922 – 2014)/ Playwright: Deneen Reynolds-Knott
Paola Levi-Montalcini (1909-2000)/Playwright: J. Lois Diamond
Parveen Shakir (1952-1994)/Playwright: Melissa Nussbaum Freeman
Patricia Hill Collins (1948- )/Playwright: Ivan Faute
Patsy Southgate (1928-1998)/Playwright: Lylanne Musselman
Patti Smith (1946- )/Playwright: Sarah Tuft
Patty Jenkins (b. July 24, 1971)/Playwright: Jessie Salsbury
Paula Hernandez (1920-1989)/Playwright: Melissa Nussbaum Freeman
Pauli Murray (1910-1985)/Playwright: Thea Iberall
Pearl Bailey (1918-1990)/Playwright: Sandra de Helen
Pearl Eileen Primus (1919-1994)/Playwright: Cesi Davidson
Peg Holmes (1900s)/Playwright: Lolly Ward
Peggy Lee (1920-2002)/Playwright: Lylanne Musselman
Petra Kelly- (1947-1992/Playwright: Daniel M. Kinch
Phoolan Devi (1963-2001)/Playwright: Sara K Larson
Phyllis Schlafly (1924-2016)/Playwright: Jo Brisbane
Pupul Jayakar (1915-1997) Playwright: J.Lois Diamond
Rachel Carson (1907-1964) / Playwright: Pat Montley
Reba Whittle-(1919-1981)/Playwright: Danielle Wirsansky
Reese Witherspoon (b. March 22, 1976)/Playwright: Jessie Salsbury
Remedios Varo (1908-1963)/Playwright: Estela Garcia
Reyhanah Jabbarti (1988-2014)/Playwright: Michael Tooher
Rita Hayworth (1918-1987)/Playwright: Evelyn Jean Pine
Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012)/Playwright: J. Lois Diamond
Roberta Evelyn Martin (1907-1969)/Playwright: Marina Castiñeira Ezquerra
Rosa Parks (1913-2005)/Playwright: Thea Iberall
Rosalind Franklin (1920 – 1958)/Playwright: Naomi Elster
Rosario Dawson (1979)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Rose Alexander (1900s)/Playwright: K.A. Brokaw
Rosemary Kennedy (1918-2005)/Playwright: James O’Connor
Rosetta LeNoire (8/8/1911 – 3/17/2002) Playwright: Jean Hartley Sidden
Ruby Dee (10/27/1922 – 6/11/2014) Playwright: Jean Hartley Sidden
Ruth Batson (1921-2003)/Playwright: Nancy Brewka-Clark
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933)/Playwright Jessica Feder-Birnbaum
Ruth Hurmence Green (1915-1981)/Playwright: Jo Brisbane
Ruth Handler (1916-2002)/Playwright: Ellen Davis Sullivan
Ruth Harriet Louise (1903-1940)/Playwright Lee Richard Lawing
Ruth Stone (1915-2011)/Playwright: Lylanne Musselman
Sala Garncarz (1924- )/Playwright: Arlene Hutton
Sally Ride (1951-2012)/Playwright: Ashley Lara
Samantha Power (b. 1970)/Playwright: Glenda Frank
Sameera Moussa (1917-1952)/Playwright: Evelyn Jean Pine
Sara Bareilles (born 1979) / Playwright: Allie Costa
Sarah Recktor (1902-1967)/Playwright: Asia Nichols
Selma Hortense Burke (1900-1995)/Playwright:Christine Hodak
Sharon Jones (1956-2016)Playwright:J.Lois Diamond
Shellen Lubin ( 1953- )/Playwright: Shellen Lubin
Shirley Temple Black (1928-2014)/Playwright: Erin Moughon
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005)/Playwright: Olga Humphrey
Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)/Playwright: Donna Hoke
Simin Behbahani (1927-2014) Playwright:J.Lois Diamond
Simone DeBeauvoir (1908-1986)/Playwright: Rita Anderson
Simone Segouin – (1925-)/Playwright: Ian Low
Simone Weil (February 3, 1909 – August 24, 1943)/Playwright: Susan Hansell
Soeur Leonide (1900s) / Playwright: Angela J. Davis
Sonia Henie (1912-1969)/Playwright: Cynthia L. Cooper
Sophilline Cheam Shapiro (1967- ) Playwright: Stephanie Satie
Sophie Scholl (1921-1943)/Playwright: Lisa Jayne
Sophie Thomas (1917-2010)/Playwright: Sheree Bradford-Lea
Stella Adler (1901-1992)/Playwright: Shellen Lubin
Stella Stray (1900s)/Playwright: Susan Shafer
Susan Travers-(1909-2003)/Playwright: Danielle Wirsansky
Suzanne Somers (1946 – )/Playwright: Lucy Wang
Suzi Gablik (1934- )/Playwright: Rex McGregor
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)/Playwright: Kendra Augustin
Sylvie Le Bon (1941 – )/Playwright: Tara Goldstein
Talullah Bankhead (1902 – 1968)/Playwright: Kirsten Van Ritzen
Taylor Swift (1989 – )/Playwright: Lucy Wang
St. Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)/Playwright: Gloria Schramm
Tess Ashplund (1974)/Playwright: Jessie Salsbury
Tharon Musser (1925-2009)/Playwright: Shan Ayers
Tilda Swinton (1960- )/Playwright: Gina DeMarco Scanlon
Tina Mion (b. 1960) / Playwright: Micki Shelton
Toni Stone (1921-1996)/Playwright: Andrea Lepcio
Truus Oversteegen (1923-2016)/Playwright: Mora V. Harris
Valaida Snow (c.1906- 1956) Playwright: Michael angel Johnson
Vera Atkins(1908-2000)/Playwright: Libby Mitchell
Vera Bjelik (1921-1944)/Playwright: Marlo Kern
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (Nan) (1900-1990)Playwright:J.Lois Diamond
Viola Davis (1965-Present)/Playwright: Jessie Salsbury
Viola Desmond (1915-1965) Playwright: Andrea Scott
Viola Hyatt (1928-2000)/Playwright: Kelly McBurnette-Andronicos
Violeta Parra (1917-1967)/Playwright: camila le-bert
Violette Leduc (1907-1972) /Playwright: Julie English-Dixon
Violette Szabo (1921-1945) /Playwright: Libby Mitchell
Virginia Apgar (1909-1974)/Playwright: Susan Shafer
Virginia Hall (1906-1982)/Playwright: Rachel Handler
Vivian Strong (1955-1969)/Playwright: Monica Bauer
Wilhelmina Heintz (19?-?)/Playwright: Robin Rice
Wilma Mankiller (1945-2010)/Playwright: Trish Ayers
Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994)/Playwright: Cynthia L. Cooper
Yang Huanyi (1909-2004)/Playwright: Lynda Crawford
Yevdokia Bershanskaya (1913-1982)/Playwright: Marlo Kern
Yushra Mardini (1998)/Playwright: Jessie Salsbury
Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948)/Playwright: Kat Meads
Zhang Xiantu (1900s)”Comfort Women”(79 pages)/Playwright: Lucy Chau Lai-Tuen
Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1927 – 2014)/ Playwright: Allie Costa
Zilphia Horton (1910-1956)/Playwright: Shellen Lubin
Zivia Lubetkin (1914-1976)/Playwright: Jess Eisenberg
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya(1900)/Playwright: David Marrs
365 Women A Year: a playwriting project 