Renaissance woman

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Rachel Kessler, she’s a poet, storyteller, artist — a cool Renaissance woman.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Laurie Anderson could be considered a modern Renaissance woman but she would humbly say that she's "just a dabbler and a tinkerer".

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2021

Though mercurial, Marble was clearly a true Renaissance woman, a survivor of car crashes and illnesses, who possessed “The Will to Win.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2020

Pitting one of the world’s most famous universities against a self-described Renaissance woman and princess by marriage, the 20-year lawsuit could finally come to a head later this year.

From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2015

Ms. Angelou’s papers are a window on 40 years of the times and the work of a Renaissance woman who became known as a “people’s poet.”

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2010