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Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.
Both collections' poems vary in content, but are similar in structure. Generally, each poem features a lighthearted tone with punchline jokes and a dry, compressed wit. The punchline is often "centered on men from the point of view of the single heterosexual woman". [16]
Una Maud Victoria Marson (6 February 1905 – 6 May 1965) [1] was a Jamaican feminist, activist and writer, producing poems, plays and radio programmes.. She travelled to London in 1932 and became the first black woman to be employed by the BBC, during World War II. [2]
The demand for her poems became so great that her books are still selling steadily after many printings, and she has been acclaimed as "America's beloved inspirational poet laureate". [2] [3] Helen Steiner Rice's books of inspirational poetry have now sold nearly seven million copies. Her strong religious faith and the ability she had to ...
Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648–1695), Mexican poet, musician and nun, self-taught scholar and poet of Baroque school; Sarah Dixon (1671–1765), English poet; Elżbieta Drużbacka (1695 or 1698–1765), Polish poet; Dorothe Engelbretsdotter (1634–1716), Norway's first recognized female author; Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720 ...
[15] While it is difficult to ascertain from these oral traditions whether the authors of early texts were male or female, precolonial native poetry certainly addresses issues relevant to women in a sensitive and positive way, for example the Seminole poem, 'Song for Bringing a Child Into the World.' [16] In fact, native poetry is a separate ...
During the late 1920s, she established her reputation by publishing in journals, magazines and anthologies. She did not publish her own collection of poetry until her book We Lift Our Voices: And Other Poems (1936), and was one of the few African-American women poets in the first half of the 20th century to publish a book of her work. "It was ...
She could sing, dance, and write poetry at an early age. Due to her upbringing she could speak fluent English, Creole, and Fante (the language of her father). She had her primary and secondary school education in Gold Coast [ 4 ] but for medical reasons was taken to England, and was then educated in Europe, [ 5 ] including at Penrhos College ...