Sara Teasdale was not only the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her poetry, but also the first Prize recipient in that category. She was awarded the Pulitzer in 1918 for her collection, Love Songs. The Poetry Society provided a grant to support the this category in 1918-1920.
Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African-American (not just a woman!) to win the Pulitzer Prize. She was awarded it in the category of Poetry for her collection Annie Alien.
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) was the first African-American, first African-American Poet, and first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize. She was awarded the 1950 Pulitzer for Poetry for her acclaimed collection, Annie Allen.
Alice Walker was the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Color Purple.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Color Purple (1983) (first black woman).
In 1983, Alice Walker became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her acclaimed novel, The Color Purple.
In 1983, Alice Walker became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her acclaimed novel, The Color Purple.
Author Edith Wharton became the first woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize for a Novel (the category name was changed to "Fiction" in 1948) in 1921 for her classic work, The Age of Innocence.
Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with her play, Topdog/Underdog. Parks was the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer for Drama.
yes, she was the first African American woman to ever receive the prize for a fiction novel
Edith Wharton wrote a number of novels during her lifetime. Edith Wharton won the Pulitzer Prize in 1921 for her novel 'The Age of Innocence'. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize.
Edith Wharton won the Pulitzer Prize.
She was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama. She was born in Portage, Wisconsin.