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75 Women Empowerment Quotes from the Most Inspirational Ladies in History. ... who truly feel me, throw your hands up at me.” — “Independent Women, Part 1” by Destiny’s Child. Show comments.
Eliza Lynn Linton (10 February 1822 – 14 July 1898) was the first female salaried journalist in Britain and the author of over 20 novels. Despite her path-breaking role as an independent woman, many of her essays took a strong anti-feminist slant.
Literary discussions of the expanding potential for women in English society date back at least to Maria Edgeworth's Belinda (1801) and Elizabeth Barrett's Aurora Leigh (1856), which explored a woman's plight between conventional marriage and the radical possibility that a woman could become an independent artist.
Sibilla Aleramo (born Marta Felicina Faccio; 14 August 1876 – 13 January 1960) was an Italian feminist writer and poet known for her autobiographical depictions of life as a woman in late 19th century Italy.
An Unnecessary Woman is a 2014 novel by the Lebanese American writer Rabih Alameddine. The book was nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction . [ 1 ] The novel focuses on the experiences of an isolated 72-year-old widow, Aaliya Saleh, who is a shut-in in Beirut .
Paulina was naïve and ignorant when the novel started, but towards its end, she is an independent woman capable of standing up for what she believes in. [6] The Present Moment – a novel about seven elderly women in an old people's home, who come from various tribal backgrounds. These women share their stories, including stories of love ...
Carolina Maria de Jesus (14 March 1914 [1] – 13 February 1977 [2]) was a Brazilian outskirts memoirist who lived most of her life as a slum-dweller. She is best known for her diary, published in August 1960 as Quarto de Despejo (lit.
In 1920 she founded a monthly magazine The Independent Woman, editing it until 1921. [4] She was a contributing editor to Pictorial Review and founded its $5,000 annual award for women of achievement. [5] In 1932 her son, Haden Clarke, was a ghostwriter engaged to write the memoirs of the aviator Jessie Miller. After a relationship ensued ...