Sarah L. Delany (1889–1999)

Help LibraryThing improve these recommendations by rating them below. As members add ratings, they move recommendations up and down, on and off the list. Be sure to rate the recommendation, not just the author recommended. All things being equal, more than three stars sends it up, less than three stars sends it down.

1. Sarah L. Delany

   Author of Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, The Delany Sisters' Book of Everyday Wisdom, On My Own at 107: Reflections on Life Without Bessie

2. Maya Angelou

   Author of The Heart of a Woman, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now, Even the Stars Look Lonesome

3. Jill Ker Conway

   Author of The Road from Coorain

4. Gloria Naylor

   Author of The Women of Brewster Place, Mama Day

5. Tom Brokaw

   Author of The Greatest Generation, The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections

6. Katharine Hepburn

   Author of Me: Stories of My Life

7. Sandra Martz

   Author of When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

8. Edward Ball

   Author of Slaves in the Family

9. James McBride

   Author of The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

10. Helen Hooven Santmyer

    Author of And Ladies of the Club

11. John Howard Griffin

    Author of Black Like Me

12. Jane Smiley

    Author of The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton

13. Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr.

    Author of Cheaper by the Dozen

14. Richard Paul Evans

    Author of Timepiece, The Locket, The Letter

15. Beryl Markham

    Author of West With the Night

16. Terry McMillan

    Author of Waiting to Exhale

17. Katharine Graham

    Author of Personal History

18. Olive Ann Burns

    Author of Cold Sassy Tree

19. Bailey White

    Author of Mama Makes Up Her Mind : and Other Dangers of Southern Living

20. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    Author of Gift from the Sea