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This is a list of feminist poets. Historically, literature has been a male-dominated sphere, and any poetry written by a woman could be seen as feminist . Often, feminist poetry refers to that which was composed after the 1960s and the second wave of the feminist movement.
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]
The interest of American feminist poets in the rights of minorities have often put them in conflict with American institutions like the American Academy of Poets. [2] One of the strategies of feminist poets is to demonstrate "their opposition to a dominant poetry culture that does not recognize the primacy of gender and other oppressions". [2]
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.
Alicia Ostriker (born 1937), American poet and scholar writing Jewish feminist poetry; Atena Pashko (1931–2012), Ukrainian chemical engineer, poet, and social activist; Amelia Blossom Pegram (1935–2022), South African poet; Marge Piercy (born 1936), American poet, novelist and social activist; Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972), Argentine poet
Whether you're looking to brush up on the early days of the movement or simply be astounded at how far we've come, these are the perfect feminist reads for WHM. The Essential Women's History Month ...
Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Select Prose (1979–1985), Adrienne Rich (1986) Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World, Kumari Jayawardena (1986) Feminist Studies, Critical Studies, Teresa de Lauretis (1986) "Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis", Joan Wallach Scott (1986) [501] Ice and Fire, Andrea Dworkin (1986)
Feminist literature is fiction or nonfiction which supports the feminist goals of defining, establishing and defending equal civil, political, economic and social rights for women. It often identifies women's roles as unequal to those of men – particularly as regards status, privilege and power – and generally portrays the consequences to ...