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Beatrice Campbell, "Writer's Room With a View," The Guardian, 21 February 1989, image 35 (assembly of women writers from the USSR, the United States, and France" The Persephone Book of Short Stories," Persephone Books Ltd. 2012, ISBN 978-1903-155-905 is a collection of short stories written by women 1909-1986.
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia is a 16-volume reference work of biographies of notable women. It includes biographies of around 10,000 women, and also includes genealogical charts of noble families and some joint entries about multiple women (such as "Astronauts: Women in Space").
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by the American white nationalist author Michael H. Hart. Published by his father's publishing house, it was his first book and was reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced human history.
Protofeminist writer of Jane Anger her Protection for Women [14] 1500–1599: Marie de Gournay: France: 1565: 1645: Protofeminist writer of Egalité des hommes et des femmes (The equality of men and women) [15] 1500–1599: Modesta di Pozzo di Forzi: Italy: 1501–1600: c. 1593: Protofeminist writer of The Worth of Women [16] 1500–1599 ...
De Mulieribus Claris or De Claris Mulieribus (Latin for "Concerning Famous Women") is a collection of biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio, composed in Latin prose in 1361–1362.
The Women's History of the World, Rosalind Miles (1989) A Vindication of The Rights of Whores, edited by Gail Pheterson (1989) Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics, Cynthia Enloe (1989) Dancing at the Edge of the World, Ursula K. Le Guin (1989) Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies (1989 ...
Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784), first African-American to publish a book of poetry; Ulrika Widström (1764–1841), Swedish poet and translator; Helen Maria Williams (1762–1827), English novelist and poet; Maria Petronella Woesthoven (1760–1830), Dutch poet; Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855), English poet and diarist
The book serves as her formal response to Jean de Meun's popular Roman de la Rose. [2] Pizan combats Meun's statements about women by creating an allegorical city of ladies. She defends women by collecting a wide array of famous women throughout history. These women are "housed" in the City of Ladies, which is actually the book.