Keene’s Elizabeth Sadoques Mason: One of the first Native American Registered Nurses in the United States
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Wanderers: A History of Women Walking by Woman Writer Kerri Andrews (2020)
I’m what people call ‘a walker.’ There is rarely a day that passes that I do not intentionally go...
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Years of Infamy: The Untold Story of America’s Concentration Camps by Michi (Nishiura) Weglyn (American Woman Writer 1926-1999)
The article 5 Japanese-American Women Your History Book Ignored by journalist Nina Wallace piqued...
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Woman Writer Anne Brontë: To Tell the Truth (1820-1849)
It is said that Anne Brontë’s novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the most shocking of the Brontë...
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Zora Neale Hurston to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: “You are my sister”
Unlikely friendships. They’re often the best because they’re out of the ordinary and anything out...
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Making Waves: One creative endeavor at a time!
Nasty Women Writers strives to amplify the work of as many women writers, artists, scientists, and...
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Gloria Naylor: Redirecting the Spotlight, American Woman Writer (1950-2016)
I am beyond thrilled to learn of The Gloria Naylor Archive! This extensive repository of...
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‘Journey to Freedom’: Harriet Tubman Still on the Move
It’s quite fitting that the 9-foot bronze statue of Harriet Tubman, named “The Journey to Freedom”...
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Meridel Le Sueur Part II: Builder of Bridges
When I discovered woman writer Meridel Le Sueur (1900-1996) in Joy Harjo’s recent memoir, I...
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