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Alexander, Leni
[1924-2005] Chile
Amacher, Maryanne
[1938-2009] USA
Anderson, Beth
[1950] USA
Anderson, Laurie
[1947] USA
Angulo, Layla
[20th cent.] USA
Avram, Ana-Maria
[20th cent.] Rumania
Ayers, Lydia
[20th cent.] USA
Azarova, Svitlana
[1976] Ukraine
Bakke, Ruth
[1947] Norway
Ballio, Emanuela
[1968] Italy
Barret, Natasha
[1972] England
Bebe Barron
[1925-2008] USA
Bartley, Wende
[1951] Canada
Beat, Janet
[1937] United Kingdom
Beecroft, Norma
[1934] Canada
Beglarian, Eve
[20th cent.] USA
Benary, Barbara
[194?] USA
Benedetti, Josefina
[1953] Venezuela
Berberian, Cathy
[1925-1983] USA
Bergmannova, Sandra
[1974] Czech Republic
Beyer, Johanna Magdelena
[1888-1944] Germany
Bittova, Iva
[1958] Czech Republic
Blaustein, Susan
[1953] USA
Bokanowski, Michèle
[1943] France
Bouchard, Linda
[1957] Canada
Cameron, Allison
[1963] Canada
Campodonico, Beatrice
[1958] Italy
Canat de Chizy, Edith
[1950] France
Capers, Valerie
[20th cent.] USA
Carlos, Wendy
[20th cent.] USA
Carwithen, Doreen
[1922-2003] England
Chambers, Wendy Mae
[1957] USA
Chen Chin-Chin
[1964] Taiwan
Childs, Mary Ellen
[1957] USA
Chin, Unsuk
[1961] Korea
Ciobanu, Maia
[1952] Romania
Clarke, Zana
[1965] Australia
Coleman, Lisa
[20th cent.] USA
Couper, Mildred
[1887-1974] USA
Czernowin, Chaya
[1957] Israel
Davis, Katherine
[1892-1980] USA
Davis, Marion B.
[1888-1970] USA
DeGaetani, Jan
[1933-1989] USA
Delitala, Silvia
[1960] Italy
Derbyshire, Delia
[1937-2001] United Kingdom
Diehl, Paula
[20th cent.] USA
Dlugoszewski, Lucia
[1931-2000] USA
Dominique, Monica
[1940] Sweden
Dudley, Anne
[1957] United Kingdom
Dusman, Linda
[20th cent.] USA
Dvorakova, Marketa
[1977] Czech Republic
Eichelberger-Ivey, Jean
[1923] USA
Eiriksdottir, Karolina
[1951] Iceland
Eremiasova, Michaela
[1974] Czech Republic
Eriksson, Anna
[1963] Sweden
Ferreyra, Beatriz
[1937] Argentina
Figueroa, Adriana
[1966] Argentina
Finsterer, Mary
[1962] Australia
Foltynova, Lenka
[1971] Czech Republic
Fort, Anat
[1970] Israel
Fournier, Marie-Helène
[1963] France
Frykberg, Susan
[1954] New Zealand
Fuchs, Christina
[1963] Germany
Fullman, Ellen
[1957] USA
Gardner, Alexandra
[196?] USA
Gardner, Key
[1941-2002] USA
Gavlasova, Petra
[20th cent.] Czechoslovakia
Gayner, Jessie Love
[1863-19?] USA
Giles, Imogene
[late 19th cent.] USA
Gomelskaya, Julia
[20th cent.] Ukraine
Gosfield, Annie
[1960] USA
Grigsby, Beverly
[1928] USA
Groult, Christine
[20th cent.] France
Hartman, Hanna
[20th cent.] Sweden
Hasler, Gabriele
[1957] Germany [
official website in German
]
Hays, Sorrel
[195?] USA
Hedås, Kim
[1965] Sweden
Henderson, Moya
[1941] Australia
Hirs, Rozalie
[1965] Holland
Hoffman, Elizabeth
[1961] USA
Hinkle-Turner, Elisabeth
[1964] USA
Hui, Melissa
[1966] Hong Kong
Hurley, Susan
[1946] USA
Hutchinson, Brenda
[195?] USA
Jean, Monique
[1960] Canada
Jordanova, Victoria
[196?] Yugoslavia
Justel, Elsa
[1944] Argentina
Kalaniemi, Maria
[1964] Finland
Karaindrou, Eleni
[20th cent.] Greece
Karpman, Laura
[20th cent.] USA
Kats-Chernin, Elena
[1957] Uzbekistan
Keiko, Abe
[1937] Japan
Klement, Katharina
[20th cent.] Austria
Koblenz, Babette
[1956] Germany [
bio in German
]
Kolb, Barbara
[1939] USA
Kosinova, Daniela
[1977] Czechoslovakia
La Barbara, Joan
[1947] USA
Laberge, Anne
[20th-cent.] USA
Larson, Anna
[20th-cent.] USA
Lauten, Elodie
France
Layman, Pamela
[1949] USA
Leach, Hazel
[1956] England
LeBaron, Anne
[1953] USA
Lee, Hope
[1953] Taiwan
Lillios, Elainie
[1968] USA
Lim, Liza
[1966] Australia
Lockwood, Annea
[1939] New Zealand
Lundén, Ida
[20th cent.] Sweden
Lutyens, Elisabeth
[1906-1984] England
Marshall, Kye
[1943] Canada
McLean, Priscilla
[1942] USA
McLeod, Jenny
[1941] New Zealand
McLin, Lena Johnson
[1929] USA
Meckley, Diana
[20th cent.] USA
Melvoin, Wendy
[20th cent.] USA
Mendoza, Elena
[1973] Spain
Meridan, Lissa
[1972] New Zealand
Mikova, Tatiana
[20th cent.] Czech Republic
Misurell-Mitchell, Janice
[20th cent.] USA
Miyake, Haruna
[1942] Japan
Monk, Meredith
[1943] USA
Morley, Angela
[1924] England
Muttenthaler, Adriane
[20th cent.] Canada
Neuwirth, Olga
[1968] Germany
Niebergall, Julie Lee
[1886-1968] USA
Norelius, Lise-Lotte
[20th cent.] Sweden
Norman, Katharine
[1960] United Kingdom
Oliveros, Pauline
[1932] USA
Ore, Cecilia
[1954] Norway
Pade, Else Marie
[1924] Denmark
Palmer, Juliet
[20th cent.] New Zealand
Paranosic, Milica
[20th cent.] Yugoslavia
Paraskevaidis, Graciela
[1940] Argentina
Paredes, Hilda
[20th cent.] Mexico
Payne, Maggi
[1945] USA
Peebles, Sarah
[1964] Canada
Pena Young, Sabrina
[20th cent.] USA
Peralta, Catalina
[1963] Colombia
Pomorin, Sibylle
[1956] Germany
Pook, Jocelyn
[20th cent.] United Kingdom
Portera, Rita
[1960] Italy
Portman, Rachel
[1960] United Kingdom
Prévost, Hélène
[1943] Canada
Radigue, Eliane
[193?] France
Ratkje, Maja Solveig Kjestrup
[20th cent.] Norway
Repar, Patricia Anne
[196?] Canada
Roberts, Megan
[1952] USA
Rodgers, Mary
[1931] USA
Ronchetti, Lucia
[20th cent.] Italy
Rosenbaum, Keren
[1970] Israel
Rubin, Anna
[20th cent.] USA
Rudow, Vivian Adelberg
[1936] USA
Sahlin, Iréne
[1972] Sweden
Saunders, Rebecca
[1967] England
Schiphorst, Iris ter
[1956] Germany [
official website in German
]
Schlünz, Annette
[1964] Germany
Sekacz, Ilona
[1949] United Kingdom
Semegen, Daria
[20th cent.] USA
Shapiro, Alex
[1962] USA
Shatin, Judith
[1949] USA
Shields, Alice
[1943] USA
Sikora, Elzbieta
[1943] Poland
Sonami, Laeticia
[195?] France
Soveral, Isabel
[1961] Portugal
Spektor, Mira J.
[20th cent.] USA
Spiegel, Laurie
[1945] USA
Stafford, Anna
[20th cent.] USA
Tally, Mirjam
[1976] Sweden
Thome, Diane
[1942] USA
Tulve, Helena
[1972] Estonia
Turcotte, Roxanne
[1960] Canada
Tzoumerka-Knoedler, Vicky
[1941] USA
Van Etten, Jane
[1895 - 19?] USA
Vande Gorne, Annette
[1946] Belgium
Vierk, Lois V.
[1951] USA
Vrebalov, Aleksandra
[1970] Yugoslavia
Walker, Shirley
[1945-2006] USA
Watson, Mary Baugh
[1890-1984] USA
Westerkamp, Hildegard
[1946] Germany
Williams, Mary Lou
[1910-1981] USA
Wiseman, Debbie
[1964] United Kingdom
Wolfe, Julia
[1958] USA
Woodforde-Finden, Amy
[1860-1919] England
Yarnell, Carolyn
[20th cent.] USA
Zadeh, Aziza Mustafa
[1970] Azerbaijan
Zagaykevych, Alla
[20th cent] Ukraine
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