1920
- Rolande Falcinelli (1920–2006)
- Dorothea Anne Franchi (1920–2003)
- Chaya Arbel (1921–2007)
- Adrienne Clostre (born 1921)
- Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
- Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
- Nazife Güran (1921–1993)
- Mara Petrova (1921–1997)
- Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991)
- Dorothea Austin (born 1922)
- Margaret Buechner (1922–1998)
- Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003)
- Odette Gartenlaub (fr) (born 1922)
- Ester Mägi (born 1922)
- Sylvia Rexach (1922–1961)
- Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999)
- Doris Akers (1923–1995)
- Teresa Borràs i Fornell (1923–2010)
- Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)
- Jean Eichelberger Ivey (1923–2010)
- Ursula Mamlok (born 1923)
- Dika Newlin (born 1923)
- Elena Romero (born 1923)
- Ludmila Ulehla (1923–2009)
- Leni Alexander (1924–2005)
- Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (born 1924)
- Heimo Erbse (born 1924)
- Zhivka Klinkova (born 1924)
- Angela Morley (1924–2009)
- Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar (born 1924)
- Tatyana Nikolayeva (1924–1993)
- Gladys Nordenstrom (born 1924)
- Else Marie Pade (born 1924)
- Julia Perry (1924–1979)
- Ruth Schonthal (1924–2006)
- Jitka Snížková (1924–1989)
- Erzsébet Szőnyi (born 1924)
- Tui St. George Tucker (1924–2004)
- Consuelo Velázquez (1924–2005)
- Cathy Berberian (1925–1983)
- Edith Borroff (born 1925)
- Hilda Dianda (born 1925)
- Ginette Keller (born 1925)
- Lyudmila Lyadova (born 1925)
- Nelly Moretto (1925–1978)
- Daphne Oram (1925–2003)
- Alice Parker (born 1925)
- Amado Santos Ocampo (born 1925)
- Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000)
- Ruth White (born 1925)
- Puchi Balseiro (1926–2007)
- Modesta Bor (1926–1998)
- Janine Charbonnier (born 1926)
- Irina Elcheva (born 1926)
- Zhun Huang (born 1926)
- Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
- Melinda Kistétényi (born 1926)
- Maria de Lourdes Martins (born 1926)
- Carmen Petra-Basacopol (born 1926)
- Claire Polin (1926–1995)
- Marga Richter (born 1926)
- Esther Scliar (1926–1978)
- Natela Svanidze (born 1926)
- Irina Yel'cheva (born 1926)
- Ruth Zechlin (born 1926)
- Marilyn J Ziffrin (born 1926)
- Bebe Barron (born 1927)
- Dolores Claman (born 1927)
- Emma Lou Diemer (born 1927)
- Judith Dvorkin (born c. 1927)
- Elaine Hugh-Jones (born 1927)
- Eva Schorr (born 1927)
- Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn (born 1927)
- Gaziza Zhubanova (born 1927)
- Margrit Zimmermann (born 1927)
- Luna Alcalay (1928–2012)
- Ruth Anderson (born 1928)
- Sarah Feigin (born 1928)
- Beverly Grigsby (born 1928)
- Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz (born 1928)
- Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928)
- Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
- Adelaide Pereira da Silva (born 1928)
- Zlata Tcaci (born 1928)
- Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
- Nini Bulterijs (1929–1989)
- Geghuni Hovannesi Chitchian (born 1929)
- Siegrid Ernst (born 1929)
- Nada Ludvig-Pečar (1929–2008)
- Aleksandra Pakhmutova (born 1929)
- Elena Petrová (born 1929)
- Irma Urteaga (born 1929)
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