Throughout history, there have been many women non-fiction writers who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female non-fiction writers such as Svetlana Alexievich, Caroline Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Martha Gellhorn, Princess Michael of Kent.The women non-fiction writers featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.
Rashida Jones25 February 1976, American
Actress
Carice van Houten05 September 1976, Dutch
Actress
Geri Halliwell06 August 1972, British
Singer
Hoda Kotb09 August 1964, Egyptian, American
Journalist, Author, TV Anchor
Mara Wilson24 July 1987, American
Writer, Actress
Gertrude Bell14 July 1868, British
Writer, Diplomat
Caroline Kennedy27 November 1957, American
Author
Fran Drescher30 September 1957, American
Actress
Doris Roberts04 November 1925, American
Actress
Padma Lakshmi01 September 1970, Indian
Model
Sela Ward11 July 1956, American
Actress
Mackenzie Phillips10 November 1959, American
Actress
Jill Ireland24 April 1936, British, American
Actress
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927, American
Singer
Michelle McNamara14 April 1970, American
Freelance Writer, Blogger
Princess Michael of Kent15 January 1945, British
Author
Taya Kyle04 September 1974, American
Activist, Author
Rachel Carson27 May 1907, American
Marine biologist
Valerie Harper22 August 1939, American
Actress
Delta Burke30 July 1956, American
Actress
Jill St. John19 August 1940, American
Actress
Jane Asher05 April 1946, British
Actress
Christina Crawford11 June 1939, American
Author, Actress
Cilla Black27 May 1943, British
Singer
Julie Nixon Eisenhower05 July 1948, American
Author
Mariette Hartley21 June 1940, American
Actress
Amelia Warren Tyagi1961 AD, American
Elizabeth Warren's Daughter
Svetlana Alexievich31 May 1948, Belarusian
Write and Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
Glennon Doyle Melton20 March 1976, American
Author, Activist, Public Speaker
Martha Gellhorn08 November 1908, American
Journalist & Writer
Gemma Collins31 January 1981, British
Businesswoman
Katie Pavlich10 July 1988, American
Commentator
Margaret Hoover11 December 1977, American
Media Personality, Author, Activist
Hedda Hopper02 May 1885, American
Actress
Naomi Klein08 May 1970, Canadian
Author
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Paula Poundstone29 December 1959, American
Comedian
Nancy Kwan19 May 1939, Hong Konger, American
Actress
Mary Soames15 September 1922, British
Youngest Child of Winston Churchill
Catherine Hickland11 February 1956, American
Actress, Businesswoman, Author
Dorothy Bush Koch18 August 1959, American
Author
Adrienne Rich16 May 1929, American
American poet
Carol McGiffin18 February 1960, British
Radio Broadcaster
Brooke Hayward05 July 1937, American
Actress
Isabella Beeton12 March 1836, British
Author
Alva Myrdal31 January 1902, Swedish
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Rose Macaulay01 August 1881, British
Writer
Anna Julia Cooper10 August 1858, American
Author, Educator
Robin McGraw28 December 1953, American
Author, Entrepreneur, Television Personality
Kim Sears10 December 1987, British
Artist
Kennedy Montgomery08 September 1972, American
Commentator
Stephanie Adams24 July 1970, American
Model
Kathrine Switzer05 January 1947, American
Journalist, Athletics competitor, Non-fiction
Anne Applebaum25 July 1964, Polish, American
Columnist, Historian, Writer, Non-fiction writer,
Carol Gilligan28 November 1936, American
Psychologist, Philosopher, Non-fiction writer,
Gertrude Jekyll29 November 1843, British
Horticulturist, Painter, Gardener, Non-fiction
Grace Lee Boggs27 June 1915, American
Writer, Civil rights advocate, Non-fiction writer
Sahra Wagenknecht16 July 1969, German
Politician, Economist, Non-fiction writer,
Han Suyin12 September 1917, British
Midwife, Writer, Non-fiction writer
Lisa Jardine12 April 1944, British
Historian, Professor, Non-fiction writer
Jennifer Shahade31 December 1980, American
Chess player, Non-fiction writer, Journalist