Woman Writer Willa Cather: A Forever View of the Mountain
A couple of years back, my sister Theresa and I visited the grave of novelist Willa Cather and her...
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Tag: women writers
An Uprush of Flight: Woman Writer May Sarton’s Grave
Each summer I return to New Hampshire and often drive through Nelson where May Sarton lived for...
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Celebrating Trailblazer Margaret Fuller (1810-1850)
Happy Birthday to Margaret Fuller, born on May 23, 1810. Our collective gifts to Margaret are the...
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In Support of Choice: The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (1921-2006)
A while back, one of my male colleagues asked me what feminist books I recommend he read, and it...
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Five Poems and Introductory Notes about Five Famous Nasty Women by Peggy Landsman
In honor of April, National Poetry Month, here are five poems with introductory notes about five...
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Ursula K. Le Guin: Women, Writing and Motherhood, American (1929-2018)
When I was in my late twenties, there was one essay I read in the New York Times Book Review that...
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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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Being Poor While Female in 19th Century Woman Writer Charlotte Brontë’s Villette (1853)
Nearly eighty years after the publication of woman writer Charlotte Brontë’s novel, Villette,...
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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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