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Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), English poet, first woman to receive Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, in 1955; Esther Raab (1894–1981), Palestinian/Israeli poet and prose writer; Elsa Rautee (1897–1987), Finnish poet; Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), Jewish German poet and playwright; Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962), English writer, poet and gardener
Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women is a book of poems by Maya Angelou, published in 1995. [1] The poems in this short volume were published in Angelou's previous volumes of poetry. "Phenomenal Woman," "Still I Rise," and "Our Grandmothers" appeared in And Still I Rise (1978) and "Weekend Glory" appeared in Shaker, Why Don't You Sing ...
"River of Words – Art and Poetry". River of Words – Home. 2011. She was listed here as a poetry contest judge. It also explains a little bit about herself. Savage, John. "Deafhood Monologues at CSUN". vblogs on presentations that Ella has done. "Sustainability | Saint Mary's College". 1928. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07.
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. [1] [2] This list focuses on poets who take explicitly feminist approaches to their poetry.
Bibliography of Early Modern Women Writers That Are In Print; 17th Century Women Poets - biographical and bibliographical information on selected poets; British Women Romantic Poets - an electronic collection of texts for the period (1789–1832). The Brown University Women Writers Project Emphasis is on pre-Victorian women writers.
The first woman to practice the ancient Iranian art of epic storytelling, Gordafarid inspires the Iranian diaspora as women fight for their rights back home.
Other anthologies created new canons of women's writing from the past, such as Black sister: poetry by black American women, 1746-1980 (1981) edited by Erlene Stetson; or Writing Red: An Anthology of American Women Writers, 1930-1940 (1987) edited by Paula Rabinowitz and Charlotte Nekola. Such anthologies "established solid ground for the ...
Angelou was the first African-American woman and living poet selected by Sterling Publishing, who placed 25 of her poems in a volume of their Poetry for Young People series in 2004. [23] In 2009, Angelou wrote " We Had Him ", a poem about Michael Jackson , which was read by Queen Latifah at his funeral. [ 24 ]