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The interest of American feminist poets in the rights of minorities have often put them in conflict with American institutions like the American Academy of Poets. [2] One of the strategies of feminist poets is to demonstrate "their opposition to a dominant poetry culture that does not recognize the primacy of gender and other oppressions". [2]
This is a list of feminist poets. Historically, literature has been a male-dominated sphere, and any poetry written by a woman could be seen as feminist . Often, feminist poetry refers to that which was composed after the 1960s and the second wave of the feminist movement.
Adrienne Cecile Rich (/ ˈ æ d r i ə n / AD-ree-ən; May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist.She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", [1] [2] and was credited with bringing "the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse". [3]
2020 - Sahitya Akademi Award for her poetry Tokri Mein Digant 'Their Gatha': 2014 [4] She is the first and only female poet to have won the prize in the award's 65-year history. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] References
An American anthem for women's voting rights, the lyrics were written by Reverend C. C. Harrah, sung to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner". The second verse mentions the evil of "License", referring to alcohol abuse by men, a central issue for women in the Temperance movement. [1] 1891 (text) c.1890s (music) Lyricist: David Edelstadt
Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015.
Taylor Swift lyrics about feminism and friendship “Here’s a toast to my real friends. They don’t care about the he said, she said.” — “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things”
Her first volume of feminist poetry, Freedom's in Sight, was published in 1969, [11] and some of her poems were anthologized in such collections as From Feminism to Liberation (Philip G. Altbach and Edith S. Hoshino, eds, 1971). [12] Her 1980 collected works The Shameless Hussy (Crossing Press) won the American Book Award in 1981. [7] [13]