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Catharine H. Esling (1812–1897), American author, poet, hymn writer; Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814–1873), Cuban novelist, playwright and poet; Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848), American poet, member of Transcendental Club; Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910), American abolitionist, social activist, and poet, author of "The Battle Hymn of ...
A Celebration of Women Writers; SAWNET: The South Asian Women's NETwork Bookshelf; Victorian Women Writers Project; Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists & Writers of Color; The Women Writers Archive: Early Modern Women Writers Online; SOPHIE: a digital library of works by German-speaking women; REBRA: a list of women writers from Brazil.
Western women writers have long been a marginalized group. 1979 was the first year an anthology on western American women writers was published. [11] The Western Literature Association was founded in the 1960's to foster the work of contemporary women writers. [ 11 ]
From Agatha Christie to Jane Austen, Rupi Kaur to J.K. Rowling, these women deserve a space on your bookshelf. 10 inspiring books by powerful female authors to read in honor of Women's History ...
See also Lists of women writers by nationality. ... United States), fiction, non-f. and poetry; Ada Buisson (1839–1866), nv. and writer of ghost stories;
This is an alphabetical list of female poets who were active in England and Wales, and the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland before approximately 1800. Nota bene: Authors of poetry are the focus of this list, though many of these writers worked in more than one genre.
[3] [5] [6] Three are poems [3] [5] [6] and three are dictionaries, [2] [4] [7] but they all list, and comment on, literary women and their accomplishments. NB: In the columns, readers can find subjects' names or pseudonyms as presented in the text. A number in front of a name indicates the relative position of that name in the text.
Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly (c. 1753 – December 5, 1784) was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Born in West Africa , she was kidnapped and subsequently sold into slavery at the age of seven or eight and transported to North America ...