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In 1980, Clifton published "homage to my hips" in her book of poems, Two-Headed Woman. Two-Headed Woman won the 1980 Juniper Prize and was characterized by its "dramatic tautness, simple language … tributes to blackness, [and] celebrations of women", which are all traits reflected in the poem "homage to my hips". [15]
Lydia Huntley Sigourney (September 1, 1791 – June 10, 1865), née Lydia Howard Huntley, was an American poet, author, and publisher during the early and mid 19th century.
[29] She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015. [30] In 2016, Gorman founded the nonprofit organization One Pen One Page, a youth writing and leadership program. [31] [32] In 2017, she became the first author to be featured on XQ Institute's Book of the Month, a monthly giveaway to share inspiring Gen Z's ...
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]
Marjorie Evasco at the International Poetry Festival of Medellín, 2008.. Marjorie Evasco (born September 21, 1953) is a Filipina poet.She writes in two languages: English and Cebuano-Visayan and is a supporter of women's rights, especially of women writers.
Kathy Galloway is an ordained Church of Scotland minister and was, in 2002 the first woman to be elected leader of the Iona Community. Kathy Galloway has worked for Christian Aid and Church Action on Poverty. Along with John Saxbee and Michael Taylor, is a patron [citation needed] of the Student Christian Movement.
Qiu Jin was known as an eloquent orator [17] who spoke out for women's rights, such as the freedom to marry, freedom of education, and abolishment of the practice of foot binding. In 1906 she founded China Women's News (Zhongguo nü bao), a radical women's journal with another female poet, Xu Zihua in Shanghai. [18]
Leona Josefa Florentino (19 April 1849 – 4 October 1884) was a Filipina foundational poet, [1] dramatist, satirist, and playwright who wrote and poetically spoke in Ilocano, her mother tongue, and Spanish, the lingua franca of her era.