Elizabeth Anne Ford, President Gerald Ford's wife, served as the United States' first lady from 1974 to 1977. As first l... View More

Elizabeth Anne Ford, President Gerald Ford's wife, served as the United States' first lady from 1974 to 1977. As first lady, she was involved in social policies and established a precedent for a politically active presidential spouse. She was also the second lady of the United States from 1973 to 1974, while her husband was vice president. View Less

Judith Pamela Butler is an American feminist philosopher and gender studies scholar whose work has had an impact on poli... View More

Judith Pamela Butler is an American feminist philosopher and gender studies scholar whose work has had an impact on political philosophy, ethics, third-wave feminism, queer theory, and literary theory. View Less

Andrea Rita Dworkin was an American radical feminist author and activist renowned for her critique of pornography. Her f... View More

Andrea Rita Dworkin was an American radical feminist author and activist renowned for her critique of pornography. Her feminist work, starting in 1974, covers three decades. They are present in twelve individual works: nine non-fiction books, two novels, and a short story collection. Three additional volumes were co-authored or co-edited alongside US constitutional law professor and feminist activist Catharine A. MacKinnon. View Less

Bret Easton Ellis is an author and screenwriter from the United States. At the age of 21, Ellis saw the publication of h... View More

Bret Easton Ellis is an author and screenwriter from the United States. At the age of 21, Ellis saw the publication of his debut novel, the controversial hit Less than Zero (1985), by Simon & Schuster. His third book, American Psycho (1991), was his most successful work. View Less

Donna Louise Tartt is a novelist and essayist from the United States. She authored the books The Secret History (1992), ... View More

Donna Louise Tartt is a novelist and essayist from the United States. She authored the books The Secret History (1992), The Little Friend (2002), and The Goldfinch (2013), which was made into a film in 2019 sharing the same title. She was featured in Time magazine's 2014 list of "100 Most Influential People." View Less

Jonathan Allen Lethem is a novelist, essayist, and short story author from the United States. His debut novel, Gun, with... View More

Jonathan Allen Lethem is a novelist, essayist, and short story author from the United States. His debut novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre piece that combined aspects of science fiction and detective fiction, was released in 1994. In 1999, Lethem released Motherless Brooklyn, a novel that won the National Book Critics Circle Award and became widely successful. In 2003, he released The Fortress of Solitude, which attained New York Times Best Seller status. In 2005, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. He has been teaching creative writing at Pomona College since 2011. View Less

Holland Taylor is an American actress. She won the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Dra... View More

Holland Taylor is an American actress. She won the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Judge Roberta Kittleson on ABC's The Practice (1998-2003), and she was nominated four times for her role as Evelyn Harper on Two and a Half Men (2003-15). View Less

Peter Hayden Dinklage is an American actor. Dinklage, who played Tyrion Lannister on HBO's Game of Thrones (2011-2019), ... View More

Peter Hayden Dinklage is an American actor. Dinklage, who played Tyrion Lannister on HBO's Game of Thrones (2011-2019), received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times. He also won a Golden Globe in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for his performance. View Less

Justin Paul Theroux is an actor and filmmaker from the United States. He received acclaim for his collaboration with dir... View More

Justin Paul Theroux is an actor and filmmaker from the United States. He received acclaim for his collaboration with director David Lynch in the mystery movie Mulholland Drive (2001) and the thriller Inland Empire (2006). Theroux played the role of Kevin Garvey in the HBO mystery drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017), earning significant acclaim and receiving a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. View Less

Joan Hinton was a nuclear physicist and among the scarce female scientists involved in the Manhattan Project at Los Alam... View More

Joan Hinton was a nuclear physicist and among the scarce female scientists involved in the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos. Disheartened by the deployment of the atomic bomb on Japan, she moved to China for work, remaining there following the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. View Less