Women in Science Fiction

Although the novel Frankenstein, written in 1818by Mary Shelley has been called the first science fiction novel, there is a persistent but false belief that women did not enter the field of science fiction writing until the 1960's and 1970's.

Other notable women in the science fiction field include:

• [Leigh Brackett]?
• [Marion Zimmer Bradley]?
• [Judy-Lynn Del Rey]?
• [Zenna Henderson]?
• Ursula K. LeGuin
• [Judith Merril]?
• [C. L. Moore]?
• [Andre Norton]? (Born Alice Mary Norton, changed her name to Andre Alice Norton)
• Joanna Russ
• [Margaret St. Clair]?
• James Tiptree, Junior (Pen name of Alice Sheldon)