In Her Name: Matilda Joslyn Gage, Woman Writer and Activist (1826-1898)
A while back, I came upon a term I had not heard before, the Matilda Effect. It’s defined as a...
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The Awakened Woman: Remembering and Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams by Woman Writer Dr. Tererai Trent
In celebration of Black History Month, here’s an update on the woman Oprah Winfrey says was...
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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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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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Lorraine Hansberry: A Black Woman Writer’s Voice we need NOW! American(1930-1965) By Theresa C. Dintino
Lorraine Hansberry is a National Treasure. We need her voice. Especially now when, as a country we...
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The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton (2019)
This is remarkable: the stories of over 130 courageous women and their contributions in one book!...
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Zora Neale Hurston: Hiding Places
In 1942, writer, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston rented a room on the second...
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Staceyann Chin: She Stirs Me Up, Jamaican/American Woman Writer (1972)
I was in the second grade the first time someone called me the “n” word. As my...
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