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Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (May 23, 1859 – August 13, 1930) was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor.She is considered a pioneer in her use of the romantic novel to explore social and racial themes, as demonstrated in her first major novel Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South.
"Progress of the American Woman" from the North American Review, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1900) [78] "Votes for Women", Mark Twain (1901) [79] Woman, Kate Austin (1901) [80] "Declaration of Principles", by the National American Woman Suffrage Association (1904) [81] The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton (1905) Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1909 ...
Margaret Marty Mann (October 15, 1904 – July 22, 1980) was an American writer who is considered by some to be the first woman to achieve longterm sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous. [ 1 ] There were several remarkable women in the early days of AA including but not limited to: Florence R. of New York, Sylvia K. of Chicago, Ethel M. of Akron, Ohio.
She then co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus, was the first Black woman to serve on the House Rules Committee, and spent her life championing equality, pacifism, and ending poverty ...
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (April 22, 1873 – November 21, 1945) was an American novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1942 for her novel In This Our Life. [1] She published 20 novels, as well as short stories, to critical acclaim.
From 1910 to the 1930s, Harlem was in the "golden period" or the "Roaring 20's" [8] and was shaping the path for many African Americans to display their art of music, dance, literature, and much more. Many famous artists still known today were born in the Harlem Renaissance – for example, writer Langston Hughes, poet Countee Cullen, jazz ...
Imitation of Life is a popular 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst that was adapted into two successful films for Universal Pictures: a 1934 film, and a 1959 remake. The novel, which deals with issues of race, class and gender, was originally serialized in 1932 in the magazine Pictorial Review under the title "Sugar House".
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. American author and activist (born 1944) For other people named Alice Walker, see Alice Walker (disambiguation). Alice Walker Walker in 2007 Born Alice Malsenior Walker (1944-02-09) February 9, 1944 (age 81) Eatonton, Georgia, U.S. Occupation Novelist short story writer poet political ...