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Bathsua Makin, chalcography of William Marshall, 1640–1648 Bathsua Reginald Makin (/ ˈ m æ k ɪ n /; c. 1600 – c. 1675) was a teacher who contributed to the emerging criticism of woman's position in the domestic and public spheres in 17th-century England.
Lilla Day Monroe (November 11, 1858 – March 2, 1929) was a lawyer, pioneer, and suffragette who spent the majority of her life in Topeka, Kansas. She contributed significantly to the women's suffrage movement in Kansas. She also compiled the stories of over 800 women pioneers, which her great-granddaughter published as a book in 1982.
Sur les femmes (Essay on Women) is an essay by Denis Diderot published in Correspondance littéraire in 1772. [1] It contains a response to Antoine Léonard Thomas 's Essay on the Character, Morals, and Mind of Women in Different Centuries , which was also published in 1772, and includes Diderot's own views on the subject.
Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (German: Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau) is a 1927 novella by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. [1] It was filmed in 1931, 1944, 1952, 1968, and 2002. [2] [3] A television movie, Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life, was telecast in 1961, starring Ingrid Bergman and Rip Torn. [4]
Recently, however, feminist literary critics have identified a number of texts written by women which, they argue, deserve to be considered epics, as they have many of the required qualities: emphasis on heroism, nation building, religious authority, a strong quest motif, and significant length. [2]
The woman question was raised in many different social areas. For example, in the second half of the 19th century, in the context of religion, extensive discussion within the United States took place on the participation of women in church. In the Methodist Episcopal Church, the woman question was the most pressing issue in the 1896 conference ...
The Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 4, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel Couples , by John Updike Aqua Erotica: 18 Erotic Stories for a Steamy Bath , by Mary Anne Mohanraj
In her book Yesterday's Children, Cockell discusses what she describes as past life memories of life as Mary Sutton in early-20th century Ireland.The book chronicles Cockell's research into Sutton's life and her subsequent reunion with Sutton's children, some of whom accepted Cockell as the reincarnation of their mother and all of whom accepted her memories as being those of their mother.