Women writers of twentieth century history: women who have made an impact through their fiction or journalism or poetry.
Edna St. Vincent Millay biography - profile of Edna St. Vincent Millay, popular poet of the first half of the 20th century.
Quotes by Barbara De Angelis - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Diane Ackerman - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
A profile of folklorist Francesca Alexander, who published Tuscan folk songs.
Biography and list of Net and print resources about and by Isabel Allende, Chile-born writer and educator who has worked and lived in the United States.
Quotes by Isabel Allende - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Information on Sylvia Woodbridge Beach, owner of the Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris, 1919-1941, and publisher of James Joyce's
Ulysses.
A profile of Maeve Binchy, Irish writer
Quotes by Rita Mae Brown - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Pearl S. Buck - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Biography and Net resources for the pioneer environmentalist, Rachel Carson, and her books including
Silent Spring.Novelist of the early 20th century, her novels of the west are still well-read today.
Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn was a 20th century woman poet from Vermont whose poems often highlighted social injustices.
Quotes by Colette - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Alice Dunbar-Nelson -- who also wrote as Alice Ruth Moore, Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, and Alice Dunbar Nelson -- was an African American woman writer at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. Her life and writing provide insight into the culture in which she lived. Here are some recommended books by or about Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
A profile of Alice Morse Earle, whose writings on colonial life and the Puritans focus on domestic life and foreshadow the discipline of women's history.
Quotes by Zelda Fitzgerald, author who was married to F. Scott Fitzgerald and whose works were little appreciated until well after her death.
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, pioneer in women's history and women's studies, moved in her career from leftist to conservative.
Quotes by Marilyn French - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Doris Kearns Godwin biography - profile of writer Doris Kearns Goodwin, biographer of the Kennedys, Roosevelts, Lyndon Johnson, and Abraham Lincoln.
Quotes by Doris Kearns Goodwin - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Edith Hamilton - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
From the roots to the blossoming to the neglect to the rediscovery of this important literary movement.
A biography of Lillian Hellman, woman writer and playwright whose plays often included anti-fascist themes.
Quotes by Lillian Hellman - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
A profile of Fannie Hurst, writer, part of a collection of profiles on notable women in history.
Quotes by Fannie Hurst - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Anthropologist and folklorist, this Harlem Renaissance writer died virtually forgotten. Fortunately, Alice Walker has brought her back to public attention.
Quotes by Molly Ivins - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Wendy Kaminer, a writer and social critic who is also an egalitarian feminist, has written on a wide variety of subjects. Here are some of her more readable books on American culture and politics.
Quotes by Wendy Kaminer - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Who was the real author of the Nancy Drew books? A relative of the creators weighs in with her argument.
A biography of Caroline Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg, daughter of Jackie and John Kennedy, and herself a writer and lawyer.
Quotes by Jean Kerr - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Madeleine L'Engle - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
A biographical sketch of Muna Lee, author, feminist, and Pan-Americanist.
Quotes by Ursula LeGuin - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Doris Lessing profile, with the basics of the life and career of Doris Lessing, British woman writer.
Quotes by Doris Lessing - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Denise Levertov - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Amy Lowell biography, bibliography, and selected links to more information.
Poetry by women: index for Amy Lowell - part of a larger collection of poetry written by women, much of it before the twentieth century. Gives insight into the lives and expectations of women in history.
Edna St. Vincent Millay biography - profile of Edna St. Vincent Millay, popular poet of the first half of the 20th century.
Quotes by Edna St. Vincent Villay - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Biography of Toni Morrison, Nobel winning writer and explorer of human experience through the experiences of black women.
About Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and political activist, a key part of Gandhi's independence movement.
Quotes by Camille Paglia - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Dorothy Parker - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Sylvia Plath - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
A biography of Rand, with links to more information on the Net. From Jone Lewis, About.com Guide to Women's History.
Quotes by Ayn Rand - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Nelly Sachs, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966, was a German Jew who took refuge in Sweden in 1940 and wrote of the Holocaust and Jewish experience.
Anita Shreve chat, January 26, 2000, 7 pm EST
Quotes by Susan Sontag - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Ruth Stout - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Dorothy Thompson - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Probably best known for her novel
The Color Purple, Walker is also an unabashed activist for causes she believes in.
A major poet, but often thought to be a bad one, she catered to popular tastes. One poem, represented here among many others, was a conversation between the old century and the new -- the 19th and the 20th. Another is an answer to a male critic who said "Woman is man's enemy, rival and competitor."
The history of the series of books which has fascinated several generations of young female readers.
A suggested book list for reading groups on women's history, focused on women writers on the art of writing.
Atwood's novel, Alias Grace, satirizes Victorian life from a servant's point of view, illustrating the class tensions of that era in a creative form. This is an interview with the author.
Gale biography of Julia de Burgos, 20th century poet and Puerto Rican nationalist.
Gale biography of an American poet and writer. Among her books is
The House on Mango Street.
Basic information on Cortez, a jazz-inspired poet.
Virginian poet Rita Dove's poem to freedom, with images, mpegs, audio and text.
Etext of the 1920 translation includes color illustrations and Amy Lowell's introduction. An excellent history of women's writing in Japan.
Poem by Christina Rossetti. An excerpt was used by Willa Cather as a metaphor for women's writing.
The author of Like Water for Chocolate and The Law of Love in a Salon Magazine interview talks of love, tradition, destiny in her writing.
1991 Nobel Prize for Literature winner Gordimer talks of her country's racial history and current racial climate.
A biography of screenwriter Francis Marion, whose 1926 film version of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" surprised the critics, and who went on to contribute to many film classics of the 30s and 40s.
Feminist and author from New Zealand. She's written on women's intellectual history.
The author of three novels (as of 1995) talks of her novels highlighting Chinese and Chinese-American culture, and her status as an Asian-American writer.
A history of literature in Texas, highlighting the contributions of women both in culture and as writers.
Articles about Woolf, plus contemporary reviews of her books, from the Archives of the
New York Times.
New York Times profile of Woolf by Claudia Roth Pierpont.
Article on inventing identities in Virginia Woolf and other women writers, by Zelia Gregoriou.
