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Lady Gregory The Irish Playwright 1852–1932, Ireland Meet Lady Gregory, a prolific writer,...
Cha-U-Kao The Clownesse c. 1890s, France Here at Scribblewits, we love a lady clown! In the...
Kate Sanborn The Woman of Wit 1839–1917, USA This Scribblewits story is… kind of personal! In...
Alda Garrido The Big Personality 1896–1970, Brazil Meet Alda Garrido, the hilarious Brazilian...
Vincenza Armani The Bricoleuse c. 1530–1569, Italy To me, one of the most delightful parts of...
Nazhūn bint al-Qulā’iya al-Gharnātiya The Insult Poet c. 1100, Granada Back in the olden days,...
Julia the Elder The Socialite with Bite (39 BCE–14 CE, Rome) Julia was the daughter of royalty...
Jackie Ormes The Comic Strip Pioneer (1911–1985, USA) Jackie Ormes has the distinction of being...
Katherine-Lisa The Influential Jester (c. 1722, Saxony) Here at Scribblewits, we’ve talked...
Susie Edwards The Comedy Wife (1894–1963) If you’re a comedy aficionado, you know all about...
Begum Rokeya The Sci-Fi Satirist (1880–1932, India) Begum Rokeya (also known as Rokeya Sakhawat...
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz The Funny Nun (1648–1695, Mexico) Sor Juana was a prolific writer of...
Baroness Elsa von Freytag-LoringhovenThe Mama of Dada (1874–1927, Germany) Friends, today I...
Mathurine de Vallois The Lifesaving Jestress (15??–1626, France) France’s King Henry IV was...
Florence Hines The Drag King (18??–1924, USA) Drag queens! You know them! You love them! I don...
CLEOBULINA The Witty Riddler (6th century BCE ,Greece) Back in the day, riddles were just the...
Marie Duval The Victorian Cartoonist (1847–1890, London) In Victorian England, satirical...
Evetta Matthews The Feminist Clown (Late 1800s–??) Before we head off to the circus… DID YOU...
Ora V. Eddleman Reed The Advice Columnist (1880–1968, Oklahoma) Ora Eddleman Reed was a...
Sei Shonagon The List-Maker (966–1017 or 1025, Japan) Long before McSweeney’s became a shining...