Inez Haynes Gillmore

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1873 and educated in the Boston area, she became known as an American author, journalist, and feminist whose books appeared both under the name Inez Haynes Gillmore and, later, Inez Haynes Irwin.

She helped found the College Equal Suffrage League while she was connected with Radcliffe, and she remained deeply involved in the suffrage movement. Alongside that activism, she built a remarkably wide-ranging writing career that included novels, short fiction, children's books, and nonfiction.

She wrote more than 40 books, and her work ranged from popular juvenile stories to politically engaged writing and speculative fiction, including Angel Island. She later served as president of the Authors Guild, a fitting role for a writer whose career joined literary ambition with public purpose.