Do you know any famous females that committed suicide?

Question

I'm writing a paper about suicide and how it connects to women's lives in history. This is from a feminist perspective and is for a Women's Lit. class. My thesis is basically that that these women liberate themselves from a life with no choices through suicide. I have a few examples already but I'm just burning out on them I need a fresh perspective. Here are the women I have already, can you think of any more?

Virginia Woolf
Maxine Hong Kingston's No Name Woman
Ophelia from Hamlet
Thelma and Louise
Edna from Kate Chopin's the Awakening

Answer 1

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marilyn monroe

Answer 2

Marilyn Monroe died due to overdose of sleeping pills but her death generate many theories, including that of murder which would implicated John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert.

Answer 3

sylvia plath
diana churchill
edie sedgwick
jean seberg
anne sexton

after racking my brain these are all i can think of...hope that helps!

Answer 4

Marlyn Monroe allegedly

Answer 5

The poet Sylvia Plath

Answer 6

freddie mercury, he was a queen haha u like that play on wordss huhh