Though popular Modernist works that have endured to this day tend to gravitate toward male writers, there is no shortage of Modernist women writers who were well known in their day.

Their names appeared regularly on bestseller lists in the early 20th century, as readers embraced their works. Some of their work has fallen into a literary abyss, with little attention given to their work a century later. At right, May Sinclair.

Most of these women listed here were connected to one another in some way, either through schooling, a crossing of literary paths, or in reviewing another’s work. Read More→