Epilogue: Women’s History Month 2010: Words By Women

Women’s History Month 2010 has come to a close, but I hope the women writers presented during this month will continue to be of interest and inspiration to all who have read these posts. For myself, I have been intrigued by the breadth of women writers I have read (or have planned to read) over the years. Who knew! This month’s writers are listed below, along with an additional work not mentioned in the original post. Explore these women! Explore yourself!

Joy Adamson - Joy Adamson's Africa
Margery Alllingham - The Crime at the Black Dudley (spoiler alert)
Harriette Arnow - Hunter's Horn
Jane Austen - Mansfield Park (spoiler alert)
Maeve Binchy - Scarlet Feather
Pearl S. Buck - Sons
Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair at Styles (spoiler alert)
Colette - Mitsou
Anne Fine - The Road of Bones
Noël Riley Fitch - Hemingway in Paris
Fannie Flagg - Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
Marilyn French - Shakespeare's Division of Experience
Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar - The Madwoman in the Attic
Doris Kearns Goodwin - Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Mollie Gregory - Triplets
Edith Hamilton - The Great Age of Greek Literature
Lorraine Hansberry - The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Lillian Hellman - The Autumn Garden
Katharine Hepburn - Me: Stories of My Life
P. D. James - Cover Her Face (spoiler alert)
Madeleine L'Engle - The Arm of the Starfish
Ursula K. Le Guin - Rocannon's World
Anne McCaffrey - The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
Anaïs Nin - Under a Glass Bell
Michèle Roberts - Daughters of the House
Dorothy L. Sayers - Whose Body? (spoiler alert)
Zadie Smith - On Beauty
Gloria Steinem - The Reader's Companion to U. S. Women's History
Maria Tatar - The Annotated Brothers Grimm
Fay Weldon - Down Among the Women


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Prologue: Women’s History Month 2010: Words By Women

Today, Monday 1 March 2010, begins the month-long recognition of women known as Women’s History Month. The theme of this Thirtieth anniversary is “Writing Woman Back Into History”. In celebration of this annual event, I have taken the first part of the theme and I am pleased to present women writers from my personal library. As I went through my collection, I chose the women writers with whose work I have some form of connection, whether slight or strong. The basic format will consist of an introduction, then an excerpt from the woman’s work I own, and finally source information.

Many of the authors are no longer physically living (their works live on), but a good number of them are still alive. Although fiction is the type of writing for the majority of the authors, there are a few instances of various non-fiction writing. Most of the women wrote in the Twentieth century.

From these words by women, readers may discover women writers previously unknown to them, rediscover women they may have forgotten, and find inspiration to delve into specific writers and their works. While reading these posts, I do hope most of the words will resonate on many levels for you. And along the way you may learn some things about me, but more importantly, insight into different writing women.

Commentary is welcome. Which authors here do you like? Don’t like? Why? Who are your favorite authors? Which pieces of writing inspire or influence you? Enjoy the words! Celebrate Women’s History Month!

Today's Writer - Joy Adamson

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