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	Jael Jael , in the Bible, heroine of the time of Deborah. She murdered Sisera, her guest.... Read more
	Alcestis Alcestis , in Greek mythology, daughter of Pelias . She was won in marriage by Admetus, who fulfilled her father's condition that her suitor come for her in a chariot pulled by a wild boar and a lion. So great was her devotion that when Admetus was granted life by the gods if someone would die in... Read more
	Adelaide Crapsey Crapsey, Adelaide (1878–1914), author of a slender volume, Verse (1915), written in the last year of her brief life. Of her fastidious poetry, the best‐known pieces are her cinquains, a stark metrical form of her own invention, resembling the Japanese haiku. The cinquain is a precise... Read more
	Althea Gibson Althea Gibson 1927- American tennis player Althea Gibson once characterized herself as a "Harlem street rebel," referring to her adolescence in New York City, when she was often without direction and—more often—in various trouble. Yet the world's first African-American tennis... Read more
	Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer DIX, DOROTHY 1861-1951 A DVICE COLUMNIST "Mother Confessor to Millions." Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer started her column "Dorothy Dix Talks" in New Orleans in 1896. It lasted until her death in 1951, making her probably the best-known woman writer of her era. William... Read more
	Rumer Godden Rumer Godden (Margaret Rumer Godden) , 1907-98, English novelist. Godden was highly praised for the subtlety of her characterization (particularly of children), the charm of her style, and her unflinching focus on characters usually considered marginal. Many of her novels reflect her deep... Read more
	Greta Garbo Greta Garbo 1905-90, American film actress, b. Stockholm, Sweden, as Greta Gustafsson. Garbo's success in the Swedish film The Atonement of Gösta Berling (1923) brought her to Hollywood. Possessing classic beauty and a husky, alluring voice, she was known in her early films for her... Read more
	Elizabeth Barry Elizabeth Barry 1658-1713, English actress. She gained entrance to the stage through the patronage of the earl of Rochester. From the time of her appearances at the Theatre Royal (1682-95) until her last performance at the Haymarket in 1710, she was Betterton's leading lady and reigned as the... Read more
	Margaret Corbin Margaret Corbin , 1751-1800, American Revolutionary heroine, b. Franklin co., Pa. Upon the death of her husband in the attack on Fort Washington (Nov. 16, 1776), she commanded his cannon until she was seriously wounded. She was the first woman to be pensioned (1779) by the government. In 1916 her... Read more
	Molly Pitcher Molly Pitcher 1744-1832, American Revolutionary heroine whose real name was Mary Ludwig Hays or Heis, b. near Trenton, N.J. As the wife of John Hays or Heis, she carried water for her husband and other soldiers in the battle of Monmouth (1778) and earned her nickname. The legend that she manned her... Read more