Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue (1969 -     )

Irish Canadian novelist, screenwriter, playwright and literary historian;

her best-known novels include Room (2010) and Slammerkin (2000),

winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction (2002);

her new novel is The Paris Express (2025).

Lux Pascal

Lux Pascal (1992 -     )

American-Chilean actress and transgender activist.

Demi Moore

Demi Moore (1962 -     )

American model and actor in TV and films;

recently nominated for a Golden Globe and Oscar

for her performance as an aging celebrity

in the body horror film The Substance (2024);

just named as People's "World's Most Beautiful" of 2025.

The Reader

I'm starting a new blog category of photos

sinply called "She Walks In Beauty"

after Lord Byron's poem.

This category is for women whose name, identity,

or other details of life are unknown to me,

but who nevertheless deserve to be a 

Beautiful Woman of the Day!

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama (1964 -     )

American lawyer, author and 

former First Lady of the United States (2009 - 2017)

Dame Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976)

English mystery writer and playwright

known as the "Queen of Crime;"

best-selling fiction writer of all time;

creator of notable detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple;

her works have been widely and repeatedly adapted

for the movies and television.

Grace Jones

Grace Jones (1948 -     )

Jamaican singer, songwriter, model and actor;

known for her extreme and often controversial avant-garde style;

often cited as an inspiration by and for multiple artists.

Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig (1983 -     )

American actor, screenwriter, and film director;

known for writing and directing films of feminist significance

such as Lady Bird (2017), Little Women (2019), and Barbie (2023).

Joanna Powell Colbert

Joanna Powell Colbert (1952 -     )

American artist of the sacred, teacher, writer, soul guide;

her work is grounded in earth-­centered spirituality,

seasonal contemplative practices, creativity as a devotional path,

and using the tarot for inner guidance and self­-exploration;

creator of several tarot decks, including the Gaian Tarot.

Chantal Hébert

Chantal Hébert (1954 -     )

Canadian journalist, columnist, author, and political pundit

in print, radio and television media;

one of Canada's pre-eminent political commentators.

Gladys Bentley

Gladys Bentley (1907 - 1960)

American blues singer and pianist;

achieved her greatest fame as an openly lesbian crossdressed entertainer

in gay New York speakeasies during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s;

during the repressive McCarthy Era of the 1950s, she recanted her

gay identity, wore dresses and apparently wed a man although

her alleged husband denied the marriage.

Oluwunmi Mosaku

Oluwunmi Mosaku (1986 -     )

Nigerian-British actor;

Best known role is Hunter B-15 in

the Marvel series Loki (2021-2023).

Elaine Pagels

Elaine Pagels (1943 -     )

American professor, scholar and historian of religion;

expert in early Christianity and Gnosticism;

her best-selling book The Gnostic Gospels (1979)

examines the divisions in the early Christian church,

and the way in which women have been viewed

throughout Jewish and Christian history.

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996)

American singer, songwriter and composer

called the "First Lady of Song" and the "Queen of Jazz";

first African-American woman to win a Grammy Award;

her accolades included 14 Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts,

the NAACP's inaugural President's Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Veronica Tennant

Veronica Tennant (1946 -     )

Canadian producer, director, filmmaker and

former principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada for 25 years;

recipient of the Governor-General's Performing Arts Award

for Lifetime Artistic Achievement (2004), Canada's highest honour

in the performing arts.

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman (1967 -     )

Australian-American actor and producer;

her many awards include 2 Primetime Emmies and 6 Golden Globes

and an Academy Award for Best Actress in The Hours (2002);

much philanthropy work for women's and children's causes.

Karen Carpenter

Karen Carpenter (1950 - 1983)

American singer and drummer;

achieved stardom in the pop duo The Carpenters;

celebrated for her distinctive three-octave contralto range;

her untimely death brought media attention to anorexia nervosa and

other eating disorders not yet widely understood.

Sharbat Gula

Sharbat Gula (1972 -     )

Afghan refugee, child bride, widow and mother;

became internationally famous as the unidentified subject of the

1985 National Geographic cover photo Afghan Girl;

in 2002 she was identified, located, photographed

a second time, and financially compensated by National Geographic;

a refugee from the Soviet-Afghan War, she lived in Pakistan

from early 1980s to 2016, was deported to Afghanistan in 2017,

and granted asylum in Italy in 2021.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947 -     )

American politician, lawyer and diplomat;

served as Secretary of State in the Obama administration (2009-2013), 

Senator for New York (2001-2009),

and First Lady of the United States (1993-2001);

Democratic nominee for President in 2016;

first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party

and the only woman to win the popular vote for U.S. president.

Jean Butler

Jean Butler (1971 -     )

American stepdancer, Irish dancer, choreographer, and actor;

originator of the principal female role in the Irish dance

theatrical production and international sensation, Riverdance (1994-1997).

Serena Williams

Serena Williams (1981 -     )

American former professional tennis star;

holder of 39 major titles — 23 in singles,

14 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles;

winner of Olympic singles gold at the 2012 London Olympics;

with her sister Venus, winner of 3 Olympic gold medals

in women's doubles (2000, 2008, and 2012)

regarded as one of the best female tennis players of all time;

involved in many business interests, including fashion.

Venus Williams

Venus Williams (1980 -     )

American inactive professional tennis star;

holder of 73 major titles — 49 in singles,

22 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles;

winner of Olympic singles gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics;

with her sister Serena, winner of 3 Olympic gold medals

in women's doubles (2000, 2008, and 2012);

winner of 2 Olympic silver medals in mixed doubles (2015 and 2016;

leader of the successful fight for equal prize money at Wimbledon;

regarded as one of the best female tennis players of all time;

involved in many business interests, including fashion.

Peach Momoko

Peach Momoko

Japanese comic book artist and writer;

exclusively under contract with Marvel Comics

to produce comics for Momoko-verse and Ultimate X-Men.

Colette

Colette (1873 - 1954)

French author, woman of letters, actor, journalist;

best known novels include the Claudine novels (1900-1903),

La Vagabonde (1910), Chéri (1920) and Gigi (1944);

infamous for her sexually liberated lifestyle with women and younger men.

Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek (1949 -     )

American actor;

winner of an Oscar and a Golden Globe 

as Best Actress for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

Starhawk

Starhawk (1951 -     )

American writer who is a leading theorist of

feminist neopaganism and ecofeminism;

activist for social, economic and environmental justice;

author of The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the

Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess (1979).

Lizzo

Lizzo (1988 -     )

American singer, rapper, musician, actor, reality TV host;

awards include 4 Grammies and a Primetime Emmy;

Time magazine's 2019 "Entertainer of the Year;"

Lizzo will portray Sister Rosetta Tharpe in

an upcoming biopic by Amazon MGM Studios.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915 - 1973)

American singer (gospel, rhythm-and-blues,

rock-and-roll), songwriter and electric guitar pioneer;

known as "the original soul sister" and 

"the Godmother of rock and roll;"

posthumous inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

as an "Early Influence" (2018).

Tate McRae

Tate McRae (2003 -     )

Canadian dancer and singer-songwriter

Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers (1933 - 2014)

American comedian, actor, producer, writer, and television host;

a pioneer of women in comedy;

recipient of an Emmy and a Grammy;

inductee of the Television Academy Hall of Fame (2017).