In Support of Choice: The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (1921-2006)
A while back, one of my male colleagues asked me what feminist books I recommend he read, and it...
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Category: Nasty Women Writers: Activists
Five Poems and Introductory Notes about Five Famous Nasty Women by Peggy Landsman
In honor of April, National Poetry Month, here are five poems with introductory notes about five...
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From Cowboy Ballads to Cold War Battles: Margaret Larkin’s Gendered Journey of Resistance
Margaret Larkin was a poet, playwright, journalist, non-fiction author and labor activist. She was...
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Nervous: Essays on Heritage and Healing by Jen Soriano
Drawn to memoirs and engaged in my own ancestral research, Jen Soriano’s book Nervous: Essays on...
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Clarina Nichols (1810-1885): Tireless Fighter for Mothers and Women’s Rights
Numerous American women fought all of their lives for women’s rights, many of them around the time...
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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 Activists Left Out of U.S. History Books by journalist Nina...
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Meridel Le Sueur: An Unrelenting Voice of the People
In Poet Warrior, Joy Harjo names several women who have mentored and supported her throughout her...
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We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People by Nemonte Nenquimo
She didn’t know what the United States was. She didn’t know where it was, she called it “the...
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Wild Woman Carol Ruckdeschel, the “Jane Goodall of sea turtles” and more.
In honor of Earth Day, April 22, 2025, we share a post about the amazing environmental activist,...
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