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Poll: Inspirational Women's History Writer Biopics
Which of these select writers* inspires you the most, or alternatively their biopic does? * Authors, Non-Fiction Writers, Novelists, Poets, Journalists, Screenwriters, Biographers, Editors, Etc.
Women's History Month Companion Polls: Leader Biopics : Trailblazer Biopics : Humanitarian Biopics : Sports Biopics : Writer Biopics : Singer/Musician Biopics : Visual Artist Biopics : Performance Artist Biopics
Make Your Choice
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Jane Austen: Novelist
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The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Anne Frank: Diarist -
Jackie (2016)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: Book Editor, Author and Journalist -
A Private War (2018)
Marie Colvin: Journalist and War Correspondent -
To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters (2016)
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Testament of Youth (2014)
Vera Brittain: Journalist, Writer, Author and Memoirist -
The Post (2017)
Katharine Graham: Journalist and Newspaper Publisher -
Julie & Julia (2009)
Julia Child: Cook Book AuthorJulie Powell: Blogger and Author
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Persepolis (2007)
Marjane Satrapi: Graphic Novelist -
Queen of the Desert (2015)
Gertrude Bell: Travel Writer and Cartographer -
A Quiet Passion (2016)
Emily Dickinson: Poet -
Out of Africa (1985)
Karen Blixen: Author -
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Susanna Kaysen: Author and Memoirist -
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
Kim Baker: Journalist and War Correspondent -
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
P.L. Travers: Children's Book Author -
Shadowlands (1993)
Joy Gresham-Davidman: Author and Poet -
Wild (2014)
Cheryl Strayed: Memoirist -
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Harper Lee: NovelistTruman Capote claims the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird's main character to be semi-autobiographical (Harper Lee as basis for Jean Louise 'Scout' Finch) * or chose from the more direct dual Capote-Lee biopics: Catherine Keener's Capote (2005) or Sandra Bullock's Infamous (2006)
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Reds (1981)
Louise Bryant: Journalist -
Miss Potter (2006)
Beatrix Potter: Children's Book Author -
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
Beverly Donofrio: Memoirist -
Mary Shelley (2017)
Mary Shelley: Novelist, Short-Story Writer, Dramatist, Essayist, Biographer, and Travel Writer -
A Mighty Heart (2007)
Mariane Pearl: Columnist and Journalist -
Iris (2001)
Iris Murdoch: Novelist -
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
Lee Israel: Celebrity Biographer -
Colette (2018)
Colette aka Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette: Author and Journalist -
Henry & June (1990)
Anaïs Nin: Diarist, Essayist, Novelist, Short-Story Writer and Erotica Writer -
Sylvia (2003)
Sylvia Plath: Poet, Novelist, and Short-Story Writer -
Brain on Fire (2016)
Susannah Cahalan: Journalist, Author and Memoirist -
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Martha Gellhorn: Novelist, Travel Writer, Journalist and War Correspondent -
The Sound of Music (1965)
Maria Von Trapp: Memoiristadded 21 March 2019
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The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
Antonina Żabińska: Short Story Writer, Children's Book Author and Diaristadded 21 March 2019
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Vita & Virginia (2018)
Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, Novelist(s)added 25 January 2022
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The Glorias (2020)
Gloria Steinem, Writer-Journalist-Publisheradded 25 January 2022
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Shirley (2020)
Another Female Writer and Their Biopic Not ListedShirley Jackson, Writer-Author (pictured example)
added 05 Febuary 2023