an archive of notable childfree women
PEERAGE

Nancy Mitford
Author
b. 1904 d. 1973

Zoe Cassavetes
Filmmaker
b.1970

Vivian Vance
Actor
d. 1909 d. 1979
Bonnie Pointer
Singer
b. 1950 d. 2020

Edith Sitwell
Eccentric
b. 1887 d. 1964
Siouxsie Sioux
Musician b. 1957
“People forget the punk thing was really good for women. It motivated them to pick up a guitar rather than be a chanteuse. It allowed us to be aggressive.”

Camille Claudel
Sculptor
b. 1864 d. 1943
Iris Murdoch
Author
b. 1919 d. 1999
“I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same.”

Parker Posey
Actor
b. 1968

Daryl Hannah
Actor
b. 1960

Pam Grier
Actor
b. 1949
Elizabeth Patterson
Actor
b. 1874 d. 1966
China Chow
Actor
b. 1974
Kim Cattrall
Actor
b. 1956

Lauren Hutton
Actor
b. 1943
Mireille Giuliano
Author
b. 1946
Meghan Mullally
Actor
b. 1958

Mavis Gallant
Author
b. 1922 d. 2014
Mary Oliver
Poet
b. 1935 d. 2019

Octavia Spencer
Actor
b. 1970