Summary
Throughout history and around the world, women have been putting pen to paper, often communicating unique sentiments in their writings not found in great literary works written by men. Women Writers presents lively, engrossing biographies of remarkable female novelists, poets, and playwrights, including Maya Angelou, Margaret Atwood, Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki), and Sappho. Each entry focuses readers' attention on the women themselves and their accomplishments, linking their formative experiences with their later achievements.
About the Author(s)
Erika Kuhlman, Ph.D., is director of the Women's Studies Program at Idaho State University. She is the author of several books, including Of Little Comfort: War Widows, Fallen Soldiers, and the Remaking of the Nation after the Great War; Petticoats and White Feathers: Gender Conformity, Race, and the Progressive Peace Movement, and the Debate Over War, 1895–1919; and Reconstructing Patriarchy After the Great War: Women, Gender, and Postwar Reconciliation between Nations as well as numerous scholarly articles.