As far back as the 1970s you see some female giants in science fiction and fantasy
For all the asterisks you need to put on the claim, Mary Shelley was one of the pioneers of Science fiction and was so big she eclipsed her own hugely famous husband in the public conscious for most of the 1900s until now.
And Ursula Le Guin, feminist loser she is who hasn't written shit of value in decades, set a lot of the ideas for the fantasy genre as it adapted to being not carbon copies of Tolkein after the 60s.
Shit To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most American novels out there and literally anyone over the age of 15 probably knows the story. Woman writer in the 50s.
Writing has always been one of the most "women friendly" arenas out there, they just weren't churning out the vast amount of words that men as a whole were. Meaning they just weren't found as often due to sheer numerical disadvantage.
For all the asterisks you need to put on the claim, Mary Shelley was one of the pioneers of Science fiction and was so big she eclipsed her own hugely famous husband in the public conscious for most of the 1900s until now.
And Ursula Le Guin, feminist loser she is who hasn't written shit of value in decades, set a lot of the ideas for the fantasy genre as it adapted to being not carbon copies of Tolkein after the 60s.
Shit To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most American novels out there and literally anyone over the age of 15 probably knows the story. Woman writer in the 50s.
Writing has always been one of the most "women friendly" arenas out there, they just weren't churning out the vast amount of words that men as a whole were. Meaning they just weren't found as often due to sheer numerical disadvantage.