Italian American Woman Writer Helen Barolini: The Dream Book
Helen Barolini discovered a void and set out to do something about it. The result of her decision...
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Category: Nasty Women Writers
Maryse Condé: “Astute Scholar with a Mighty Pen,” French Guadaloupean Woman Writer(b.1937)
Maryse Condé’s novel Segu is set in the kingdom of Segu (1797) on the Niger river in what is...
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Michele Wallace: Grace Under Fire
Michele Wallace (b.1952) is a major force in the Black feminist movement. She is also a writer,...
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The Eventual Friendship of Margaret Fuller and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Florence, Italy 1849
Exploring the life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning while a diehard fan of Margaret Fuller, I’d be...
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“The phoenix takes its rest”: Visiting Woman Writer May Sarton’s Grave
It’s been 4 years since I wrote this original post. My daughter and her husband will...
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How the Nineteenth-Century Spiritualist Movement Gave Voice to American Women
Throughout history women have found power and position in spiritual communities. They have acted...
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The Distinction of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Part II
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s life can easily be divided in two: before she meets Robert Browning...
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Zitkála-Šá (1876-1938) a Dakota-Born Woman Writer and Activist who exposed Atrocities and saved The Sun Dance
One hundred years ago, in 1923, a 47-year-old Dakota-born woman writer-activist traveled through...
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Life with a Multi Traumatized Parent: Amy Tan’s, The Bonesetter’s Daughter
Amy Tan writes about a certain category of Americans: immigrants and refugees from the generations...
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