HELEN HUNT JACKSON (1830-1885).
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
LILLIAN HELLMAN (1905-1984). American playwright. Photographed c1941.
DOROTHEA L. DIX (1802-1887).
EMILY DICKINSON (1830-1886).
HELEN ADAMS KELLER
HELEN STUART CAMPBELL (1839-1918).
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
EDITH NEWBOLD WHARTON
EDITH WHARTON (1862-1937).
JOHN COOKE (1830-1886).
CATHERINE ESTHER BEECHER
MARTHA GELLHORN
MATHILDE FIBIGER (1830-1872).
HELEN HAYES (1900-1993).
ROSA VERTNER JEFFREY
FRANCES HARPER (1825-1911).
SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
WASHINGTON IRVING
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
AMELIA A. B. EDWARDS
ISAK DINESEN (1885-1962).
JESSIE ANN FREMONT (1824-1902).
CLARENCE DAY (1874-1935).
ANTHONY TROLLOPE
LUCY LARCOM (1824-1893).
GERTRUDE SIMMONS BONNIN
FRANCES COURTENAY BAYLOR
HELEN KELLER (1880-1968).
FRANCES TROLLOPE (1780-1863).
JOSEPH KIRKLAND (1830-1894).
FRANCIS HODGSON BURNETT
EMMA (1836-1885).
HENRY WARD BEECHER
GIULIA GRISI (1811-1869).
MARY HUNTER AUSTIN
JULIA WARD HOWE (1819-1910).
CONSTANCE F. WOOLSON
LUCY THOMPSON (1856-1932).
JULIA MAGRUDER (1854-1907).
AUGUSTA JANE EVANS
FRANCES E. WATKINS HARPER
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832-1888)
LYDIA MARIA CHILD (1802-1880).
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832-1888).
KATE O'FLAHERTY CHOPIN
KATHARINE LEE BATES
MABEL DODGE LUHAN
SARAH JOSEPHA HALE
SARAH J. HALE (1877-1879).
MARY ELIZABETH DODGE (1831-1905).
JESSIE ANN FREMONT
ANNIE JOHNSTON (1863-1931).
ZONA GALE (1874-1938).
STEPHEN CRANE (1871-1900).
WASHINGTON ALLSTON
SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS
NATHANIEL HAWHTORNE
ESLANDA GOODE ROBESON
JAMES PAYN (1830-1898).
CHARLOTTE BRONT
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
GEORGE ELIOT (1819-1880). Pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans Cross. English writer. Chalk drawing, 1865, by Sir Frederick William Burton.
GEORGE SAND (1804-1876).
SINCLAIR LEWIS (1885-1951).
RING LARDNER (1885-1933).
MOSS HART (1904-1961).
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
EDMOND & JULES GONCOURT.
GEORGE W.P. CUSTIS
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790).
IGNATIUS DONNELLY
WILLA SIBERT CATHER
SUSANNA MOODIE (1803-1885).
LOUSIA MAY ALCOTT
JULIAN HAWTHORNE (1846-1934).
EDWARD ZANE CARROLL JUDSON
HENRY JAMES (1843-1916).
STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER (1826-1864).
STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER/n(1826-1864).
F.O.C. DARLEY (1822-1888).
RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936).
LILLIAN HELLMAN (1905-1984).
ABRAHAM GOLDFADEN
DOROTHEA DIX (1802-1887).
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN
MADELEINE de SCUDERY
AUGUSTINE EUGENE SCRIB
LAURA INGALLS WILDER.
CLAIRE de DURAS (1777-1828).
MAXWELL ANDERSON
STEPHEN VINCENT BENET
SAMUEL GOODMAN HOFFENSTEIN
WILLY LEY (1906-1969).
SUSIE BAKER KING TAYLOR
HANNAH ADAMS (1755-1831).
POPE PIUS IX (1792-1878).
COMTESSE DE GENLIS (1746-1830).
SYLVIA PLATH (1932-1963).
CLARE BOOTHE LUCE
SARAH BERNHARDT (1844-1923).
ANNE KILLEGREW (1660-1685).
WILLIAM GWIN (1805-1885).
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
JESSIE REDMON FAUSET (1882-1961).
JACK LONDON (1876-1916).
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
BRANDER MATTHEWS
FRANCIS BRETT HARTE
RAY STANNARD BAKER
SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS,