Helen Barolini’s Umbertina – Focus on the Women’s Quest
The lens is on the women. It zooms in and pans out, capturing their life trajectories. Beginning...
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A New Narrative: It’s Hester’s Turn
When a great novel is penned and the author passes on, that story doesn’t change much if at all,...
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Women Writers on Writing: Virginia Woolf’s “Angel in the House” and what it takes to be a #NastyWoman
In 1931 Virginia Woolf was asked to give a speech to the London/National Society for Women’s...
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Temple Grandin: “I Can Picture It Perfectly”(American b. 1947)
Admittedly, I’m obsessed with recording our progress at breaking the bronze ceiling....
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Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: Elizabeth Bennet is a #Nastywoman and Her #Nastiness Changes the World in this 18th Century Woman Writer’s Novel.
If Donald Trump met Elizabeth Bennet he for sure would have called her a #nastywoman. Why? Because...
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May Sarton: Leaping the Waterfalls (1912-1995 American Woman Writer)
Spending summer 2021 in New Hampshire, I drive through Nelson quite often these days. Each time I...
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Willa Cather’s My Ántonia: An Unusually Beautiful Read
I thoroughly enjoyed my recent reading of Willa Cather’s 1918 novel My Ántonia. There is something...
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Happy 100th Birthday to Betty Friedan!
On February 4, 2021, Betty Friedan would have turned 100 years old. Although she passed away 15...
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Welcome, Controversy. We’ve been expecting you.
We’ve been waiting months for the delayed unveiling of Maggi Hambling’s sculpture honoring Mary...
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