Carrie M. Shoaff (née , Gifford; April 2, 1849 – March 15, 1939) was an American artist, author, potter, playwright, as well as a correspondent and newspaper reporter. Opening a new field, in which woman's ingenuity and artistic tastes found profitable employment, she was affiliated with the Fort Wayne, Indiana "Greenwich Village" artist community. Shoaff died in 1939.