1870s
Harriet Averill Haas (17 oct 1874 – after 1951 | Virginia City NV – Piedmont CA) attorney, politician, public speaker, civic activist, community school board member
Anne Henrietta Martin (30 sep 1875 – 15 apr 1951 | Reno NV – Carmel CA) author, pacifist, suffragist, aka Anne O’Hara, first woman candidate for US Senate, aka Little Governor Anne
Marion Jones Farquhar (02 nov 1879 – 14 mar 1965 | Gold Hill NV – Los Angeles CA) editor, pianist, author, voice coach, tennis champion, opera libretto translator, short-term head of New York Chamber Opera
1880s
1890s
Edith Posener Head (28 oct 1897 – 24 oct 1981 | Searchlight NV – Los Angeles CA) multi-award-winning costume designer
1900s
Florence Millner Arnold (16 sep 1900 – 02 mar 1994 | Reno NV – Orange CA) painter, art / music professor
Carmelita Maracci (17 jul 1908 – 26 jul 1987 | Goldfield NV – Hollywood CA) dancer, choreographer, dance teacher
1910s
Velma Bronn Johnston (05 mar 1912 – 27 jun 1977 | Reno NV – Reno NV) animal rights activist, aka Wild Horse Annie
Thelma Catherine Ryan [Pat] Nixon (16 mar 1912 – 22 jun 1993 | Ely NV – Park Ridge NJ) US Presidential First Lady, volunteerism activist, aka Madame Ambassador
1920s
Emogene Hurd Turtle (21 dec 1921 – 13 aug 2012) Carlin NV – Citrus Heights CA | operatic mezzo-soprano
1930s
Tey Diana Rebolledo (29 apr 1937 – Las Vegas NV) author, editor, literary critic, specialist in Spanish and Chicana literature
1940s
Eleanor Spiess-Ferris (03 jul 1941 – Las Vegas NV) novelist, co-author, symbolist / surrealist painter, figurative feminist artist
Ariel Bybee (09 jan 1943 – 20 mar 2018 | Reno NV – Salt Lake City UT) author, mezzo-soprano soloist, voice teacher, university opera director, active LDS church member
Cecelia Holland (31 dec 1943 – Henderson NV) historical novelist / nonfiction writer, children’s book author
1950s
Nancy Elise Howell Etchemendy (19 feb 1952 – Reno NV) poet, novelist, speculative short story writer
Nevada Barr (01 mar 1952 – Yerington NV) author, mystery novelist
Nancy Angelo (08 oct 1953 – Carson City NV) organizational psychologist, feminist video / performance artist
Jodie Evans (22 sep 1954 – Las Vegas NV) author, peace / political activist, documentary film producer, women’s media activist / advocate