See also 樋口 一葉. Pen name of poet and writer Natsu Higuchi. She studied at the Haginosha school of poetry run by Utako Nakajima and showed talent from early on. After her father’s death in 1889, she began writing novels to make a living, but she also had a sideline business, a general merchandise store, because she could not survive on income from writing alone. In less than a year from the end of 1894, she successively published such masterpieces as Otsugumori (The Last Day of the Year), Take Kurabe (Comparing Heights), Nigorie (Troubled Waters), and Jusanya (13th Night). She died at the young age of 24 from tuberculosis. Her image currently appears on the Japanese 5000-yen banknote.

Julia Frankau, née Julia Davis, was a successful novelist under the name of Frank Danby. She was the sister of Owen Hall, Harrie Davis (1857–1920) and Eliza Davis. She was home-schooled by Laura Lafargue, the daughter of Karl Marx. She married the poet Arthur Frankau. With him, she became the mother of the author Gilbert Frankau and the actor Ronald Frankau. She is thus grandparent of Pamela Frankau. During the 1890s, she focused on engraving and wrote about this topic. She returned to writing fiction in 1902.

(1819 – 1905) Fatemeh Farahani (a.k.a. Shahein Farahani) was an Iranian poet who wrote under a male pseudonym.

Frances Anne Rollin Whipper (1845? – 1901) was a political activist, teacher, and author. She was born in Charleston, South Carolina, United States to married and free blacks. Her father was a well-to-do lumber merchant. She lived her early life as a part of the free black society in Charleston and was well educated. After the Civil War and the loss of her father’s business her life changed significantly. She eventually researched and wrote The Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany. It was published under the name Frank A. Rollin . Source: Wikipedia

Ann Eliza Smith (pen name Mrs. J. Gregory Smith ; October 7, 1819 – January 6, 1905) was an American author. Source: Wikipedia