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
Mara Wilson24 July 1987, American
Writer, Actress
Hoda Kotb09 August 1964, Egyptian, American
Journalist, Author, TV Anchor
Eartha Kitt17 January 1927, American
Singer
Gertrude Bell14 July 1868, British
Writer, Diplomat
Caroline Kennedy27 November 1957, American
Author
Fran Drescher30 September 1957, American
Actress
Geri Halliwell06 August 1972, British
Singer
Carice van Houten05 September 1976, Dutch
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
Michelle McNamara14 April 1970, American
Freelance Writer, Blogger
Loretta Swit04 November 1937, American
Actress
Taya Kyle04 September 1974, American
Activist, Author
Valerie Harper22 August 1939, American
Actress
Assata Shakur16 July 1947, Cuban, American
Murder Convict
Delta Burke30 July 1956, American
Actress
Jill St. John19 August 1940, American
Actress
Cilla Black27 May 1943, British
Singer
Jane Asher05 April 1946, British
Actress
Christina Crawford11 June 1939, American
Author, Actress
Julie Nixon Eisenhower05 July 1948, American
Author
Lana Wood01 March 1946, American
Actress
Mariette Hartley21 June 1940, American
Actress
Naomi Klein08 May 1970, Canadian
Author
Michelle Malkin20 October 1970, American
Blogger
Rachel Carson27 May 1907, American
Marine biologist
Mamie Van Doren06 February 1931, American
Actress
Amelia Warren Tyagi02 September 1971, American
Elizabeth Warren's Daughter
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Princess Michael of Kent15 January 1945, British
Author
Andrea Tantaros30 December 1978, American
Political Analyst
Betty Ford08 April 1918, American
Former First Lady of the United States
Glennon Doyle Melton20 March 1976, American
Author, Activist, Public Speaker
Gemma Collins31 January 1981, British
Businesswoman
Katie Pavlich10 July 1988, American
Commentator
Martha Gellhorn08 November 1908, American
Journalist & Writer
Betty DeGeneres20 May 1930, American
Speech Therapist
Margaret Hoover11 December 1977, American
Media Personality, Author, Activist
Hedda Hopper02 May 1885, American
Actress
Paula Poundstone29 December 1959, American
Comedian
Liza Tarbuck21 November 1964, British
Actress
Vera Brittain29 December 1893, British
Writer
Nancy Kwan19 May 1939, Hong Konger, American
Actress
Mary Soames15 September 1922, British
Youngest Child of Winston Churchill
Adrienne Rich16 May 1929, American
American poet
Catherine Hickland11 February 1956, American
Actress, Businesswoman, Author
Svetlana Alexievich31 May 1948, Belarusian
Write and Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
Dorothy Bush Koch18 August 1959, American
Author
Mary McLeod Bethune10 July 1875, American
Educator
Hunter Tylo03 July 1962, American
Actress
Carol McGiffin18 February 1960, British
Radio Broadcaster
Brooke Hayward05 July 1937, American
Actress
Isabella Beeton12 March 1836, British
Author
Radia Perlman18 December 1951, American
Computer Network Engineer
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
Cybill Lynne Shepherd18 February 1950, American
Actress
Kim Sears10 December 1987, British
Artist
Carol S. Dweck17 October 1976, American
Physiologists
Kennedy Montgomery08 September 1972, American
Commentator
Olivia Munn03 July 1980, American
Actress
Kirsten Gillibrand09 December 1966, American
Politician
Kayden Kross15 September 1985, American
Actress
Amy Fisher21 August 1974, American
Actress
Andrea Martin15 January 1947, Canadian, American
Actress
Anita Hill30 July 1956, American
Attorney
Patti Davis21 October 1952, American
Actress
Jeannette Walls21 April 1960, American
Writer
Taylor Armstrong31 May 1971, American
Reality TV Personalities
Ann Rule22 October 1931, American
Writer
Ann Rule22 October 1935, American
Writer
Coleen Nolan12 March 1965, British
Singer
Stephanie Adams24 July 1970, American
Model
Susannah Cahalan1985 AD, American
Journalist
Patricia Cornwell09 June 1956, American
Novelist
Judith Miller02 January 1948, American
Journalists
Judith Miller16 September 1951, British, Scottish
Journalist
Allegra Huston26 August 1964, British, American
Writer
Kathrine Switzer05 January 1947, American
Journalist, Athletics competitor, Non-fiction
Sue Klebold25 March 1949, American
Author
Amy Chua26 October 1962, American
Lawyer
Joyce Maynard05 November 1953, American
Novelists
Kate Millett14 September 1934, American
Writer
Ingrid Pitt21 November 1937, Polish, British
Actress
Carol Gilligan28 November 1936, American
Psychologist, Philosopher, Non-fiction writer,
Anne Applebaum25 July 1964, Polish, American
Columnist, Historian, Writer, Non-fiction writer,
Jan Brewer26 September 1944, American
Politician
Susan Ford06 July 1957, American
Journalist
Susan Hill05 February 1942, British
Novelist
Min Jin Lee18 April 1968, American, South Korean
Novelist
Rona Barrett08 October 1936, American
Journalist