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Hurston was able to write feminist pieces that included novels, short stories, journals, and letters. This was more accessible and approachable for women. [6] Hurston describes that women were denied equal opportunities and abused by men in "Sweat". The story portrays Delia as being as strong and as independent as a woman can be in her ...
Eithne Strong (née O'Connell; 1923–1999) [1] was a bilingual Irish poet and writer who wrote in both Irish and English. Her first poems in Irish were published in Combhar and An Glor 1943–44 under the name Eithne Ni Chonaill.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a new breed of women started to emerge from the depths of circus tents around the world: the strong-woman. These women quickly drew large crowds of circus lovers ...
Roar is a 2018 short story collection written by Cecelia Ahern.Each story is a fable wherein Ahern pulls from contemporary gender dynamics to introduce a struggling woman and literalizes common clichés with magical realism, and by the end of the tale, the protagonist is empowered by a lesson or realization that allows them to overcome her oppression.
Good Women, by Halle Hill. In these edgy stories set in Appalachia and the Deep South, Black women face the full monty of modern life—weirdo predators, bogus jobs, ill-fated pregnancies, the ...
Three Strong Women (French: Trois Femmes puissantes) is a 2009 novel by French writer Marie NDiaye. It won the 2009 Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award. [1] The English translation by John Fletcher was published in April, 2012, in the UK by MacLehose Press, and in August, 2012, by Knopf in the USA.
Dana Marton is an American author of over fifty novels that have been translated into over a dozen languages and sold more than two million copies worldwide. [citation needed] A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, she writes fast-paced stories about strong women and honorable men who fight side by side for justice and survival.
Brenda Strong remembers the exact moment she realized Desperate Housewives was a hit. “I was standing in my local Starbucks on my way to work one day, and someone near me who wasn't really ...