an archive of notable childfree women
PEERAGE
H.H. Richardson
Author
b. 1870 d. 1946
Nancy Mitford
Author
b. 1904 d. 1973
Jane Lynch
Actor
b. 1960
Lillian Hellman
Author
b. 1905 d. 1984
Lynn Fontaine
Actor
b. 1887 d. 1983
Zoe Cassavetes
Filmmaker
b.1970
Linda Rodin
Entrepreneur
b. 1948
Gertrude Abercrombie
Artist
b. 1909 d. 1977
Dolly Parton
Icon
b. 1946
“When I was a girl and fooling around I was scared to death I'd get pregnant, and then when I got married and wanted to have children I couldn't have any. But I don't miss it. I did for awhile, but I realize that I am everybody's mother”
Kamala Harris
United States Vice President
b. 1964
Vivian Vance
Actor
d. 1909 d. 1979
Madeline Kahn
Actor
b. 1942 d. 1999
Thelma Golden
Curator b. 1965
“The privilege I've had as a curator is not just the discovery of new works... but what I've discovered about myself and what I can offer in the space of an exhibition - to talk about beauty, to talk about power, to talk about ourselves, and to talk and speak to each other.”
Anna May Wong
Actor
b. 1905 d. 1961
Hilma af Klint
Artist
b. 1862 d. 1944
Anh Duong
Artist
b. 1965
Shirley Chisholm
Pioneer
b. 1924 d. 2005
“It is not female egotism to say that the future of mankind may very well be ours to determine. It is a fact. The warmth, gentleness, and compassion that are part of the female stereo- type are positive human values, values that are becoming more and more important as the values of our world begin to shatter and fall from our grasp.”
Fleur Cowles
Editor
b. 1908 d. 2009
" A flair for something–I don’t care what it is, but whatever it is, have elegance in it, even if it’s shining shoes. And knowledge–whatever you do, learn more about what you’re doing."
Marilyn McCoo
Singer
b. 1943
George Eliot
Author
b. 1819 d. 1880