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Akhmatova, Anna (1889 - 1966) Russia
Andal (9th Century) India
Angelou, Maya (1928 - 2014) US
Avaiyar (14th Century) India
  Barker, Elsa (1869 - 1954) US
Bhawani, Rupa (1621 - 1721) Kashmir (India/Pakistan)
  Bradstreet, Anne (1612 - 1672) US
  Bronte, Emily (1818 - 1848) England
Catherine of Siena (1347 - 1380) Italy
  Chikako, Jusammi (14th Century) Japan
Chiyo-ni, Fukuda (1703 - 1775) Japan
Clare of Assisi (1193? - 1254) Italy
Dickinson, Emily (1830 - 1886) US
Ganjavi, Mahsati (12th Century) Azerbaijan
Gascoigne, Dame Catherine (1600 - 1676) England
  Govindasvami (7th Century) India
Griffiths, Ann (1776 - 1805) Wales
Hadewijch (13th Century) Belgium
  Hatun, Zeynep (15th Century) Turkey
Hawkes, Patricia (Contemporary) Canada
  Hayati, Bibi (19th Century) Iran/Persia
Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179) Germany
Hirshfield, Jane (Contemporary) US
Howe, Marie (1950 - ) US
  Janabai (1298 - 1350?) India
Kanaka'ole, Edith (1913 - 1979) US, Hawaii
Kuzminsky, Irina (1959 - ) Australia
Lalla (14th Century) Kashmir (India/Pakistan)
Levertov, Denise (1923 - 1997) US
Lowitz, Leza (1962 - ) US
Macy, Joanna (Contemporary) US
Mahadevi, Akka (12th Century) India
Malloy, Merrit (1950 - ) US
Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207 - 1297) Germany
Mirabai (1498 - 1565?) India
Mistral, Gabriela (1889 - 1957) Chile
Mueller, Lisel (1924 - ) US & Germany
Muktabai (13th Century) India
O'Brian, Ellen Grace (Contemporary) US
Oliver, Mary (1935 - 2019) US
  Porete, Marguerite (1260? - 1310) France
  Rabia al-Basri (Adawiyya, Rabia al-) (717 - 801) Iraq
Raphael Reed, Sabah (1953 - ) UK
  Reninger, Elizabeth (1963 - ) US
Sarton, May (1912 - 1995) US
Schneider, Pat (Contemporary) US
  Shikibu, Izumi (974? - 1034?) Japan
Shore, Laura Jan (Contemporary) UK, US & Australia
Stein, Edith (1891 - 1942) Germany
Sun Buer (1124? - 1182?) China
Swir, Anna (1909 - 1984) Poland
Szymborska, Wislawa (1923 - 2012) Poland
Teasdale, Sara (1884 - 1933) US
Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582) Spain
Therese of Lisieux (1873 - 1897) France
Tsogyel, Yeshe (8th Century) Tibet
Tsvetaeva, Marina (1892 - 1941) Russia
Twichell, Chase (1950 - ) US
Underhill, Evelyn (1875 - 1941) England
Ungar, Lynn (Contemporary) US
Walters, Dorothy (1928 - ) US
  Wu Cailan (9th Century) China

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