Muriel Rukeyser
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Muriel Rukeyser (December 15, 1913 - February 12, 1980) was an American poet and political activist. In regards to her personal life, she was born the older of two siblings, in New York City. She was fairly private about her sexual identity.
Her literary work shows her concern for issues of equality, especially feminism and class struggle. One of her most famous and most powerful pieces was published in 1938, a group of poems titled The Book of the Dead. It documents the details of the Hawk's Nest incident, an industrial disaster where hundreds of miners died of silicosis.