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Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre’s Righteous Anger, British Woman Writer (1816-1855)
Jane is plain. Jane is fiery. Jane is passionate. She is outspoken. She will not be controlled....
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Ada Lovelace: Math, Vision, and Ambition in a Woman Meets Certain Death in Victorian England – Women Writing Code
When I think of Ada Lovelace 1815-1852, widely recognized as the first computer programmer, I...
Nasty Women Writers: Breaking the Bronze Ceiling - Statues of Real Women in Public Spaces
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Woman Writer, Educator and Activist Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955): Standing Tall in the Hall!
The crack in the bronze ceiling continued to widen when the 11-foot marble sculpture of Mary...
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Woman Writer and Activist Alicia Garza: The Dynamics of Power
Let’s begin by saying that movements are not started with hashtags and there is a lot more to...
Nasty Women Writers: Artists
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Faith Ringgold’s Children’s Books: Bringing Hope and History to Life
Faith Ringgold’s children’s books arose out of her story quilts, one in particular: Tar Beach. A...
Nasty Women Writers: Revealing the Web of Women Writers - Connections that Nurture and Inspire
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Poet Warrior by Joy Harjo: Healing Hearts and Nations
“My innate impulse is healing, which is also standing up for justice, which can heal hearts and...
Nasty Women Writers: Women and Ambition
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The Most Successful Pirate in History Was a Woman
Her birth and childhood This story begins more than 200 years ago with a woman named Shi Yang, who...
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Nasty Women Writers Project: A Lasting Labor of love
For years I’ve wrestled with this time of year. Not anything directly to do with the holidays, but...
Nasty Women Writers: Feminist Booklist
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Wildly Different: How five women reclaimed nature in a man’s world
I never tire of learning about women who defy the constraints of patriarchy. Sarah Lonsdale’s...
Woman Writer Willa Cather: A Forever View of the Mountain
A couple of years back, my sister Theresa and I visited the grave of novelist Willa Cather and her...
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“I Would Prefer Not To”: Why The Bride! Is a Writerly Movie about (and by) a Nasty Woman Writer
The title of the 2026 feature film, The Bride!, indeed includes the exclamation point, and that is...
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- Nasty Women Writers: Breaking the Bronze Ceiling - Statues of Real Women in Public Spaces
- Nasty Women Writers: Revealing the Web of Women Writers - Connections that Nurture and Inspire
Woman Writer Willa Cather: A Forever View of the Mountain
A couple of years back, my sister Theresa and I visited the grave of novelist Willa Cather and her...
Five Women Scientists Few People Know by Jessy Randall
When I was about ten years old, my elementary school library had a section for biographies. They...
Judy Chicago: Feminist Art, Collaborative Works and ChangeMaker
In the summer of 2021, I went to an exhibit by George Fok titled Passing Through at the...
In Support of Choice: The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (1921-2006)
A while back, one of my male colleagues asked me what feminist books I recommend he read, and it...
The Most Successful Pirate in History Was a Woman
Her birth and childhood This story begins more than 200 years ago with a woman named Shi Yang, who...
Nasty Women Writers Project: A Lasting Labor of love
For years I’ve wrestled with this time of year. Not anything directly to do with the holidays, but...
Wildly Different: How five women reclaimed nature in a man’s world
I never tire of learning about women who defy the constraints of patriarchy. Sarah Lonsdale’s...
Visibility Matters : Where are the Women?
Out of forty monuments along the National Mall in Washington, DC, none celebrate women and their...
Toni Morrison’s Powerful Network within the Web of Women Writers
The web of women writers revealed itself to me and my sister, Maria Dintino, after we had been...
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