Fowler Public Library

Introduces the lives and literary accomplishments of such women writers as Maya Angelou, Judy Blume, Astrid Lindgren, Jean Little, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Beatrix Potter.

Features critical summaries and descriptions of the greatest works of literature by women authors.

The ten brilliant women who are the focus of Sharp came from different backgrounds and had vastly divergent political and artistic opinions. But they all made a significant contribution to the cultural and intellectual history of America and ultimately changed the course of the twentieth century, in spite of the men who often undervalued or dismissed their work. Sharp is a vibrant depiction of the intellectual beau monde of twentieth-century New York,...

This volume presents feminism in literature from antiquity through the 18th century.

This volume covers authors C-Z in the nineteenth century.

This volume covers authors A-G in the twentieth century.

In a narrative of immense scope and fascination--spanning nearly 400 years and brimming with Showalter's characteristic wit and incisive opinions--readers are introduced to more than 250 female writers, both famous and little known.

"An account of extraordinary artists and activists whose determination to live - and to create - with courage and conviction took them as far as the Spanish Civil War"-- An attempted insurrection, a country divided, a democracy threatened. It was the Spanish Civil War of 1936, surprisingly, that Sarah Watling found herself drawn to when confounded by the tumultuous politics of our present day. This was a conflict that galvanized tens of thousands...