2 Sylvia Plath(Famous for Her Books 'The Bell Jar' and 'Ariel')
Sylvia Plath was an American short-story writer, novelist, and poet. Plath is credited with popularizing confessional poetry and won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Sylvia Plath achieved popularity and critical acclaim despite suffering from clinical depression for the most part of her adult life. Her story inspired the 2003 film Sylvia in which she was portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow.
3 Emily Dickinson(Poet)
4 Alice Walker(The First African-American Woman to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
5 Dorothy Parker(Poet)
Poet and author Dorothy Parker rose to fame with her published works in The New Yorker. She later formed the Algonquin Round Table. She also wrote for Hollywood films such as A Star Is Born and earned two Academy Award nominations. However, her association with left-wing politics got her blacklisted.
6 Edna St. Vincent Millay(Poet)
7 Phillis Wheatley(Writer)
8 Chirlane McCray(Writer, Social Activist)
9 Jewel(Singer-Songwriter)

10 Mary Oliver(Poet, Writer)

11 Sue Grafton(American author)

12 Anne Sexton(Poet)
13 Angela Marie DiFranco(Singer)

14 Rita Mae Brown(Writer)

15 Adrienne Rich(American poet)
16 Elizabeth Bishop(Poet)
17 Banks(Singer)

18 Louise Glück(Poet)
19 Betty Aberlin(Actress)
20 Carson McCullers(American novelist)
21 Joyce Carol Oates(Writer)
22 Julia Cameron(Screenwriter, Film director, Novelist, Poet)

23 Emma Lazarus(Poet, Writer, Journalist)

24 Fanny Crosby(Poet)

25 Noname(Rapper)

26 Gwendolyn Brooks(Poet)
27 Mary Karr(Poet)

28 Madeleine L'Engle(Author)

Madeleine L'Engle soared to fame with her Newbery Medal-winning bestselling young adult novel A Wrinkle in Time, which was made into a Disney film later. Born to a writer father and a pianist mother, L’Engle had penned her first story at age 5 and had also tried her luck in theater.
29 Sara Teasdale(Poet, Writer)

30 Margaret Truman(actor, novelist, writer, biographer)

31 Amber Tamblyn(Actress)

32 Nikki Giovanni(Poet, Writer)

33 Barbara Kingsolver(Novelist, Poet, Essayist)
34 Louise Erdrich(Author)

35 Emilie Autumn(Singer, Poet, Violinist, Pianist)

36 Ruth Benedict(Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher, Poet, Sociologist, Biographer)

Ruth Benedict was an American folklorist and anthropologist. Benedict, who played an important role in the American Folklore Society, also served as the American Anthropological Association's president; the association gives away an annual prize named after Ruth Benedict. In 2005, she was made an inductee of the National Women's Hall of Fame.
37 Dory Previn(Singer)

38 Terry McMillan(American author)

39 Erica Jong(Novelist)

40 Ntozake Shange(Playwright)

41 Natalie Clifford Barney(Playwright)

42 Julia Ward Howe(Known for Writing the ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’)

43 Katharine Lee Bates(poet, writer, university teacher, songwriter)

44 Adah Isaacs Menken(Actress)

45 Exene Cervenka(Punk and Folk Singer & Member of the California Punk Rock Band 'X')
Exene Cervenka soared to fame as a singer of the punk rock band X. She has also held exhibitions for her mixed media art, published books, and released a spoken word album. She has also expressed her views as a conspiracy theorist named Christine Notmyrealname, on social media.
46 Ella Wheeler Wilcox(Poet and Mystic Rosicrucian)
47 Hilda Doolittle(Poet)

48 Joy Harjo(Poet)

49 Eileen Myles(poet)

50 Helen Gurley Brown(American author)
