Women Writers Through History | Frances (Franny) Burney | British Novelist, Diarist and Playwright
In Burney’s world, class distinctions and strict social codes bound society with iron constraints. She use humor and satire to expose them.
Susan Stoderl
Oct 9, 20242 min read
Women Writers Through History | Phillis Wheatley Peters | First African-American Woman Poet
Phillis Wheatley Peters, the first African-American woman poet and only the third American woman to publish a book of poems.
Susan Stoderl
Sep 25, 20242 min read
Women Writers Through History | Mlle. Archambault (1724 - ?) French Feminist Essayist
French Feminist Woman Writer.
Susan Stoderl
Jul 3, 20242 min read
Women Writers Through History | Margaret Calderwood | A Very Witty Scottish Diarist
Margaret Calderwood (1715–1774) was a Scottish diarist who wrote about her journeys through England to Brussels after the Jacobite rising .
Susan Stoderl
Jun 26, 20242 min read
Women Writers Through History | Lady Eglantine Wallace
Lady Eglantine Wallace, 18th-century playwright and political commentator.
Susan Stoderl
May 22, 20242 min read
Women Writers Writers Through History | Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), an 18th-century British woman writer and early feminist, wrote about the place of women within society.
Susan Stoderl
Jun 2, 20232 min read