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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Margaret Larkin’s Gendered Journey of Resistance Part 2: Cold War Battles
If you haven’t already, read Part 1: From Cowboy Ballads to Cold War Battles: Margaret...
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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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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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The Dream Book: Italian American Woman Writer Helen Barolini
Helen Barolini discovered a void and set out to do something about it. The result of her decision...
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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 Most Successful Pirate in History Was a Woman
Her birth and childhood This story begins more than 200 years ago with a woman named Shi Yang, who...
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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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