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A member of a distinguished literary family, Lady Wroth was among the first female English writers to have achieved an enduring reputation. Mary Wroth was niece to Mary Herbert née Sidney (Countess of Pembroke and one of the most distinguished women writers and patrons of the 16th century), and to Sir Philip Sidney , a famous Elizabethan poet ...
Aphra Behn (1640–1689), dramatist of the English Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers; Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672), New England's first published poet; Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730), Swedish writer, poet, feminist and salon hostess; Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1654–1724), French ...
For Love or Money, a Pictorial History of Women and Work in Australia, Megan McMurchy, Margot Oliver and Jeni Thornley (1983) Home Girls, various authors (1983) How to Suppress Women's Writing, Joanna Russ (1983) In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose, Alice Walker (1983) "I've Had Nothing Yet, So I Can't Take More", Rachel Adler (1983)
These famous quotes about marriage range from sweet and romantic quotes about love to funny and honest quotes that will make you and your spouse laugh.
Mary Hays (1759–1843) was an autodidact intellectual who published essays, poetry, novels and several works on famous (and infamous) women. She is remembered for her early feminism, and her close relations to dissenting and radical thinkers of her time including Robert Robinson, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and William Frend. [1]
“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” — Franklin P. Jones “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same ...
Robinson was born in Bristol, England to Nicholas Darby, a naval captain, and his wife Hester (née Vanacott) who had married at Donyatt, Somerset, in 1749, and was baptised 'Polle(y)' ("Spelt 'Polle' in the official register and 'Polly' in the Bishop's Transcript") at St Augustine's Church, Bristol, 19 July 1758, [3] the entry noting that she was born on 27 November 1756. [4]
The poet longs for love that is the result of her loneliness and frustration. The poem "A Hot Noon in Malabar" is about climate, surrounding in a town in Malabar. The people may be annoyed by the heat, dust and noise but she likes it. She longs for the hot noon in Malabar because she associates it with the wild men, wild thoughts and wild love.