• #Scribblewits

    A secret history of funny women
    From back in time and around the world

    Illuminated by Bizzy Coy

  • Meet the Witty Women of History

    "The wit of women has been almost utterly ignored and unrecognized." –Kate Sanborn

    Lady Gregory: The Irish Playwright
    Cha-U-Kao: The Clownesse
    Kate Sanborn: The Woman of Wit
    Alda Garrido: The Big Personality
    Vincenza Armani: The Bricoleuse
    Nazhūn bint al-Qulā’iya al-Gharnātiya: The Insult Poet
    Julia the Elder: The Socialite with Bite
    Jackie Ormes: The Comic Strip Pioneer
    Katherine-Lisa: The Influential Jester
    Susie Edwards: The Comedy Wife
    Begum Rokeya: The Sci-Fi Satirist
    Sor Juana de la Cruz: The Funny Nun
    Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: The Mama of Dada
    Mathurine de Vallois: The Lifesaving Jestress
    Florence Hines: The Drag King
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