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.
Fran Drescher30 September 1957, American
Actress
Mara Wilson24 July 1987, American
Writer, Actress
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927, American
Singer
Gertrude Bell14 July 1868, British
Writer, Diplomat
Caroline Kennedy27 November 1957, American
Author
Hoda Kotb09 August 1964, Egyptian, American
Journalist, Author, TV Anchor
Geri Halliwell06 August 1972, British
Singer
Cilla Black27 May 1943, British
Singer
Doris Roberts04 November 1925, American
Actress
Mackenzie Phillips10 November 1959, American
Actress
Carice van Houten05 September 1976, Dutch
Actress
Padma Lakshmi01 September 1970, Indian
Model
Delta Burke30 July 1956, American
Actress
Sela Ward11 July 1956, American
Actress
Jill Ireland24 April 1936, British, American
Actress
Amelia Warren Tyagi02 September 1971, American
Elizabeth Warren's Daughter
Assata Shakur16 July 1947, Cuban, American
Murder Convict
Michelle McNamara14 April 1970, American
Freelance Writer, Blogger
Taya Kyle04 September 1974, American
Activist, Author
Valerie Harper22 August 1939, American
Actress
Katie Pavlich10 July 1988, American
Commentator
Loretta Swit04 November 1937, American
Actress
Jill St. John19 August 1940, American
Actress
Christina Crawford11 June 1939, American
Author, Actress
Princess Michael of Kent15 January 1945, British
Author
Jane Asher05 April 1946, British
Actress
Julie Nixon Eisenhower05 July 1948, American
Author
Lana Wood01 March 1946, American
Actress
Mariette Hartley21 June 1940, American
Actress
Andrea Tantaros30 December 1978, American
Political Analyst
Rachel Carson27 May 1907, American
Marine biologist
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Mamie Van Doren06 February 1931, American
Actress
Betty DeGeneres20 May 1930, American
Speech Therapist
Mary McLeod Bethune10 July 1875, American
Educator
Gemma Collins31 January 1981, British
Businesswoman
Betty Ford08 April 1918, American
Former First Lady of the United States
Naomi Klein08 May 1970, Canadian
Author
Paula Poundstone29 December 1959, American
Comedian
Glennon Doyle Melton20 March 1976, American
Author, Activist, Public Speaker
Mary Soames15 September 1922, British
Youngest Child of Winston Churchill
Hedda Hopper02 May 1885, American
Actress
Nancy Kwan19 May 1939, Hong Konger, American
Actress
Michelle Malkin20 October 1970, American
Blogger
Margaret Hoover11 December 1977, American
Media Personality, Author, Activist
Liza Tarbuck21 November 1964, British
Actress
Martha Gellhorn08 November 1908, American
Journalist & Writer
Catherine Hickland11 February 1956, American
Actress, Businesswoman, Author
Dorothy Bush Koch18 August 1959, American
Author
Adrienne Rich16 May 1929, American
American poet
Svetlana Alexievich31 May 1948, Belarusian
Write and Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
Brooke Hayward05 July 1937, American
Actress
Vera Brittain29 December 1893, British
Writer
Carol McGiffin18 February 1960, British
Radio Broadcaster
Hunter Tylo03 July 1962, American
Actress
Radia Perlman18 December 1951, American
Computer Network Engineer
Isabella Beeton12 March 1836, British
Author
Alva Myrdal31 January 1902, Swedish
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Robin McGraw28 December 1953, American
Author, Entrepreneur, Television Personality
Rose Macaulay01 August 1881, British
Writer
Anna Julia Cooper10 August 1858, American
Author, Educator
Kennedy Montgomery08 September 1972, American
Commentator
Kim Sears10 December 1987, British
Artist
Cybill Lynne Shepherd18 February 1950, American
Actress
Carol S. Dweck17 October 1976, American
Physiologists
Olivia Munn03 July 1980, American
Actress
Kayden Kross15 September 1985, American
Actress
Amy Fisher21 August 1974, American
Actress
Suzanne Somers16 October 1946, American
Actress
Kirsten Gillibrand09 December 1966, American
Politician
Anita Hill30 July 1956, American
Attorney
Andrea Martin15 January 1947, Canadian, American
Actress
Chrystia Freeland02 August 1968, Canadian
Politician
Norma McCorvey22 September 1947, American
Actress
Patti Davis21 October 1952, American
Actress
Julie Powell20 April 1973, American
Writer
Taylor Armstrong31 May 1971, American
Reality TV Personalities
Jeannette Walls21 April 1960, American
Writer
Coleen Nolan12 March 1965, British
Singer
Ann Rule22 October 1935, American
Writer
Ann Rule22 October 1931, American
Writer
Stephanie Adams24 July 1970, American
Model
Joyce Maynard05 November 1953, American
Novelists
Patricia Cornwell09 June 1956, American
Novelist
Judith Miller16 September 1951, British, Scottish
Journalist
Ingrid Pitt21 November 1937, Polish, British
Actress
Susan Hill05 February 1942, British
Novelist
Joy Adamson20 January 1910, Austrian, Czech, British
Naturalist
Amy Chua26 October 1962, American
Lawyer
Kathrine Switzer05 January 1947, American
Journalist, Athletics competitor, Non-fiction
Marjory Stoneman Douglas07 April 1890, American
Journalist
Rona Barrett08 October 1936, American
Journalist
Kate O'Mara10 August 1939, British
Actress
Anne Applebaum25 July 1964, Polish, American
Columnist, Historian, Writer, Non-fiction writer,
Kate Millett14 September 1934, American
Writer