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This is a list of female poets with a Wikipedia page, ... devotional and children's poems; Ellen Sergeant Rude (1838–1916), American poet, writer, and temperance ...
Lola Ridge (1873–1941), anarchist poet and editor of avant-garde, feminist, and Marxist publications; Ethel Rolt-Wheeler (1869–1958), English poet, author and journalist; Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems; Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980), American poet and political activist
The poets represented in Poems by Eminent Ladies are diverse in terms of literary reputation and degree of critical and commercial success, literary school or style, and social, economic, and cultural background. Together, they help the editors make a case for including women writers in the national literary tradition: "The Ladies, whose pieces ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. American poet (1830–1886) Emily Dickinson Daguerreotype taken at Mount Holyoke, December 1846 or early 1847; the only authenticated portrait of Dickinson after early childhood Born (1830-12-10) December 10, 1830 Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S. Died May 15, 1886 (1886-05-15) (aged 55 ...
Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Millay was a renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond.
Rabia Balkhi (10th c.), Persian poet, She is the first known female poet to write in Persian; Jean Racine (1639–1699), French dramatist; Branko Radičević (1824–1853), Serbian lyric poet; Leetile Disang Raditladi (1910–1971), poet from Botswana; Sam Ragan (1915–1996), US poet, journalist and writer
A prodigy as a child, Wheatley was the first black person to publish a book of poems in the American colony, and though her poems are sometimes thought of as expressing "meek submission," she is also what Camille Dungy describes as "a foremother," and a role model for black women poets as "part of the fabric" of American poetry. [21]
Adrienne Cecile Rich (/ ˈ æ d r i ə n / AD-ree-ən; May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist.She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", [1] [2] and was credited with bringing "the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse". [3]