Zora Neale Hurston: Hiding Places
In 1942, writer, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston rented a room on the second...
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Tag: women-and-ambition
Untamed by Woman Writer Glennon Doyle (Published in 2020)
Reading Glennon Doyle’s latest book, Untamed, is a like attending a protest. A protest where we...
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Women, Ambition and Recognition: Acknowledging the Work of Women Writers and Artists
I knew when I set out to write about #nastywomenwriters from Herstory that I wished to restore the...
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Visibility Matters: A Statue for Mary Wollstonecraft
The VERY-soon-to-be-erected sculpture honoring Mary Wollstonecraft is highly captivating and holds...
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Finding Dorothy by Woman Writer Elizabeth Letts (Published in 2019)
Although we came to discover Matilda Joslyn Gage from different angles, I’m grateful that my...
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Ich bin Ich (I am Me) Paula Modersohn-Becker: The Self-Portraits
“I am Me, and hope to become this more and more.” Paula Modersohn-Becker(1876-1907) to Rainer...
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Frankenstein by Woman Writer Mary Shelley (First published in 1818.)
I finally read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, considered one of the greatest horror stories ever...
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Mary Wollstonecraft: A Wild Wish, English Woman Writer and Activist (1759-1797)
In March of 2013 a stencil silhouette of a woman many refer to as the ‘mother of feminism’...
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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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