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.

Notable women in the science fiction field include:

• [Leigh Brackett]?

• [Margaret St. Clair]?

• Joanna Russ

• Ursula K. LeGuin

• James Tiptree, Junior (Pen name of Alice Sheldon)

• [Judy-Lynn DelRey]?

Science fiction

Feminist science fiction