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Elizabeth Laura Adams -- Hermine Pinson -- Albert, Octavia Victoria Rogers -- Allen, Clarissa Minnie Thompson -- Allen, Sarah A. -- Anderson, Mignon Holland -- Angelou, Maya -- Ansa, Tina McElroy -- Austin, Doris Jean -- Baker, Nikki -- Bambara, Toni Cade -- Bennett, Gwendolyn -- Bonner, Marita -- Boyd, Candy Dawson -- Braxton, Joanne -- Brooks, Gwendolyn -- Brown, Linda Beatrice -- Burton, Annie -- Bush-Banks, Olivia Ward -- Butler, Octavia -- Caines, Jeannette Franklin -- Campbell, Bebe Moore -- Chase-Riboud, Barbara -- Childress, Alice -- Christian, Barbara T. -- Cleage, Pearl T. -- Cliff, Michelle -- Clifton, Lucille -- Coleman, Wanda -- Collier, Eugenia W. -- Collins, Kathleen Conwell -- Cooper, Anna Julia Hayward -- Cooper, J. California -- Cortez, Jayne -- Danner, Margaret Esse -- Danticat, Edwidge -- Davenport, Doris -- Davis, Angela Y. -- Delaney, Lucy -- Derricote, Toi(nette) Marie -- De Veaux, Alexis -- Dixon, Edwina Streeter -- Dove, Rita -- Drumgoold, Kate -- Du Bois, Shirley Graham -- Dunbar-Nelson, Alice -- Edwards-Yearwood, Grace -- Elaw, Zilpha -- Evans, Mari -- Fabio, Sarah Webster -- Fauset, Jessie Redmon -- Ferrell, Carolyn -- Fields, Julia -- Foote, Julia A. J. -- Gaines, Patrice -- Gibson, Patricia Joann -- Gilbert, Mercedes -- Giovanni, Nikki -- Golden, Marita -- Gomez, Jewelle -- Greenfield, Eloise -- Grimké, Angelina Weld -- Guy, Rosa -- Guy-Sheftall, Beverly -- Hackley, Madame Emma Azalia Smith -- Hamilton, Virginia -- Hansberry, Lorraine -- Hansen, Joyce -- Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins -- Harrison, Juanita -- Henderson-Holmes, Safiya -- Herron, Carolivia -- Hodges, Frenchy Jolene -- Hooks, Bell -- Hopkins, Pauline Elizabeth -- Hurston, Zora Neale -- Jackson, Angela -- Jackson, Elaine -- Jackson, Mae -- Jackson, Mattie Jane -- Jacobs, Harriet Ann -- Johnson, Amelia E. -- Johnson, Georgia Douglas -- Johnson, Helen -- Jones, Gayl -- Jordan, June -- Keckley, Elizabeth Hobbs -- Kennedy, Adrienne -- Kincaid, Jamaica -- Lane, Pinkie Gordon -- Larsen, Nella -- Lattany, Kristin Hunter -- Lee, Andrea -- Lee, Helen Elaine -- Lee, Jarena -- Lorde, Audra Geraldine -- Madgett, Naomi Long -- Marshall, Paule -- Mathis, Sharon Bell -- Matthews, Victoria Earle -- McElroy, Colleen J. -- McKissack, Patricia -- Meriwether, Louise -- Miller, May -- Millican, Arthenia J. Bates -- Monroe, Mary -- Moody, Anne -- Moore, Opal J. -- Morrison, Toni -- Mossell, Gertrude Bustill -- Mullen, Harryette -- Murphy, Beatrice -- Murray, Pauli -- Naylor, Gloria -- Neely, Barbara -- Oliver, Diane -- Osbey, Brenda Marie -- Parker, Pat -- Parks, Suzan-Lori -- Plato, Ann -- Porter, Connie -- Potter, Eliza -- Prince, Mary -- Prince, Nancy -- Rahman, Aishah -- Randall, Alice -- Ray, Henrietta Cordelia -- Rhodes, Jewell Parker -- Rodgers, Carolyn Marie -- Saloy, Mona Lisa -- Sanchez, Sonia -- Sanders, Dori -- Seacole, Mary -- Shaik, Fatima -- Shange, Ntozake -- Shockley, Ann Allen -- Smith, Amanda Berry -- Southerland, Ellease -- Stewart, Maria W. -- Summers, Barbara -- Tarry, Ellen -- Tate, Claudia -- Taylor, Mildred D. -- Taylor, Susie King -- Teasley, Lisa -- Terry, Lucy -- Thomas, Joyce Carol -- Thomas, Era Bell -- Tillman, Katherine Davis Chapman -- Todd, Ruth D. -- Vroman, Mary Elizabeth -- Wade-Gayles, Gloria -- Waniek, Marilyn Nelson -- Walker, Alice -- Walker, Margaret -- Walter, Mildred Pitts -- Wells-Barnett, Ida B. -- West, Dorothy -- Wheatley, Phyllis -- White, Paulette Childress -- Wilkinson, Brenda -- Williams, Fannie Barrier -- Williams, Sherley Anne -- Wilson, Harriet E. -- Wright, Sarah Elizabeth --Youngblood, Shay.