Gertrude Bell, English archeologist, writer & traveler
Brief overview of Gertrude Bell, English archeologist, writer, traveler, and translator who advocated for Arab nationalism.| Literary Ladies Guide
Brief overview of Gertrude Bell, English archeologist, writer, traveler, and translator who advocated for Arab nationalism.| Literary Ladies Guide
20th-century women novelists worth rediscovering, who deserve to be read and enjoyed just today as much as they were in their time.| Literary Ladies Guide
This essay is excerpted from “An Unreasonably Deep Analysis of Goodnight Moon: On Finding (or Creating) Meaning in Dreams” by Eponynonymous. My daughter used to fight sleep like grim death. Every night as she was dozing off, she would suddenly recoil, bouncing back from that hypnagogic state with flailing arms and banshee screams. It was as if she saw what lay on the other side of sleep and what she saw was death. Oblivion. I don’t think the analogy is too dramatic. To a baby, bedtime r...| Literary Ladies Guide
Overview of the work of Mary Louise Booth (1831–1889), American writer and a prominent translator from French to English.| Literary Ladies Guide
Brief biography of Toni Cade Bambara, author, editor, professor, screenwriter, documentarian, and civil rights activist.| Literary Ladies Guide
This roundup of intriguing personal essays celebrates Jane Austen’s life and legacy, and the unique place she holds in literary history. In 2025, the year of Jane Austen‘s 250th birthday, her influence and talent have been recognized far and wide. Unusually for a woman of her time (she was born in 1775) her talent was recognized early on and taken seriously by her entire family. Despite the popular portrayal of her as all charm and modesty, Jane was a writer and observer in full mastery...| Literary Ladies Guide
In 1838, Sarah and Angelina Grimké were likely the best-known — and most hated — women in the United States. Both published extensively, including essays and pamphlets promoting abolition and women’s rights. Arm in Arm: The Grimké Sisters’ Fight for Abolition and Women’s Rights by Angelica Shirley Carpenter (Zest Books, 2025), introduces these fascinating figures to middle grade through high school readers, but can be enjoyed by all ages. Sarah Grimké(1792 – 1873), the more res...| Literary Ladies Guide
Presented here is a collection of documentaries and biopics exploring the lives of iconic women poets: Maya Angelou, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Julia de Burgos, Emily Dickinson, Ingrid Jonker, and Sylvia Plath. On the surface, it wouldn’t seem like a full-length film about a poet would be anything to write home about, so to speak. But behind their deep, soulful lines were complex lives, not always spent at a desk. Best of all, most of the films in this roundup can be viewed gratis on YouT...| Literary Ladies Guide
An overview of the life of Palestinian poet Fadwa Tuqan (1917 - 2003), who wrote of love and resistance in her prolific career.| Literary Ladies Guide
An archive dedicated to classic women authors and their work| Literary Ladies Guide
Full text of Renascence and Other Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1917), the first published collection by the eminent American poet.| Literary Ladies Guide
Full text of The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay, (1922) for which won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1923.| Literary Ladies Guide
Full text of Second April by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1921), published in the same year as A Few Figs from Thistles.| Literary Ladies Guide
Presented here is the full text of A Few Figs from Thistles: Poems and Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 – 1950).| Literary Ladies Guide
A small sampling of love poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay reflecting cynicism, sorrow, or a women in full charge of her sexuality.| Literary Ladies Guide
A selection of 12 poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay, noted American poet, from some of her earlier collections.| Literary Ladies Guide
Biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 – 1950), American poet regarded as a major figure in twentieth-century literature| Literary Ladies Guide
Insightful nalyses of classic works by women authors of the past, mainly novels, but also some nonfiction, essays, and poetry.| Literary Ladies Guide
Content about accomplished women of the past who don't fit neatly into our literary categories — artists, editors, publishers, and the like.| Literary Ladies Guide
Facts about 17th-18th century portraitist Louise-Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, from from the 2025 biography by historian Judith Lissauer Cromwell.| Literary Ladies Guide
Women writers of the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1920s, including poets, playwrights, essayists, novelists, and editors.| Literary Ladies Guide
Biography of Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1959), American novelist, essayist, and ethnographer best best known for Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937).| Literary Ladies Guide
The effects of nature on well-being through the symbolism and imagery of nature in Heidi (Spyri) and The Secret Garden (Burnett).| Literary Ladies Guide
Overview of Toni Morrison as editor and publisher, which was hugely influential in contemporary Black literature and the publishing world.| Literary Ladies Guide
Full texts of classic works by women authors, including short stories, poetry, and essays in the public domain.| Literary Ladies Guide
Biography of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825–1911) combined her talents as a writer, poet, and speaker with a commitment to abolition and social reform.| Literary Ladies Guide
Feminist Activists and Inspiration of India Before 1900 presents several important figures in historic Indian feminist thought.| Literary Ladies Guide
Flora Nwapa, the Nigerian-born author, poet, short story writer, and activist was known as the “Mother of African Literature.”| Literary Ladies Guide
These trailblazing ibrarians built diversity and cultural awareness into the fabric of what has evolved into the contemporary library.| Literary Ladies Guide
Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882 – 1961), influential editor, poet, essayist and novelist of the Harlem Renaissance movement.| Literary Ladies Guide
Full text of An Autumn Love Cycle, the third collection of poetry by Georgia Douglas Johnson, published in 1928.| Literary Ladies Guide
Learn about fascinating women of the past through novelizations of their lives, now widely known as the genre of biofiction.| Literary Ladies Guide
The Technique of the Love Affair (1928) sums up the attitude to men, sex and relationships of the modern woman of the late 1920s perfectly.| Literary Ladies Guide
Edna St. Vincent Millay was just nineteen when she began to compose “Renascence” some time toward the end of 1911. Written at a time of uncertainty about her future, it was a poem about herself, yet it dealt with the common human struggle to find hope when everything seems hopeless. She had been an outstanding student in her tiny Maine high school, and a star contributor to the popular children’s publication St. Nicholas Magazine. Once she had passed the age limit (eighteen) for submis...| Literary Ladies Guide
Here we present women poets of the Harlem Renaissance, some better known than others, whose words and lives should continue to be celebrated.| Literary Ladies Guide
Biography of Helene Johnson, African-American poet active during the Harlem Renaissance era, best known for her poem "Bottled."| Literary Ladies Guide
A wide array of essays musing on the works of classic women authors who wrote in the English language or who were translated.| Literary Ladies Guide
Mary Wollstonecraft's 1796 travel narrative: Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.| Literary Ladies Guide
It's incredible (and sad) that we're still grappling with the same issues presented in these five 1920s novels by women writers.| Literary Ladies Guide
Effie Lee Newsome (1885–1979), was a writer, illustrator, and librarian whose poetry for adults and children of the Harlem Renaissance.| Literary Ladies Guide
Brief biography of Willa Silbert Cather (1873-1947), American novelist and essayist best known for O Pioneers! and My Antonia.| Literary Ladies Guide
Fascinating facts about Ursula Parrott (1899 – 1957) bestselling author who was best known for her first novel, Ex-Wife (1929).| Literary Ladies Guide
Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers (1987) is a story reflecting the tapestry of life — good times and bad, heartbreak, and passion.| Literary Ladies Guide
Poetry samplings and collections by classic women writers, mainly British and American, primarily in the public domain.| Literary Ladies Guide
Full text of Poems by Frances E.W. Harper, published in 1896 by the noted 19th century novelist, poet, suffragist, and abolitionist.| Literary Ladies Guide
A selection of poems by Helene Johnson, poet of the Harlem Renaissance era, best known for the poems "Bottled" and "Ah My Race."| Literary Ladies Guide
Full text of The Heart of a Woman by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1918), poet and playwright associated with the Harlem Renaissance.| Literary Ladies Guide
Here are several poems by Alice Dunbar-Nelson, a prominent writer of the Harlem Renaissance era, selected from Violets and Other Tales (1895) as well as anthologies of the early 1920s.| Literary Ladies Guide
Biography of Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875 – 1935), American poet, essayist, journalist, and activist associated with the Harlem Renaissance.| Literary Ladies Guide
Biography of Dame Edith Sitwell (1887 – 1964) was a British poet considered one of the first of the avant-garde movement.| Literary Ladies Guide
Four American museums founded by women, including the Whitney, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, American Visionary Art Museum, & more.| Literary Ladies Guide
Full text of "Violets," a short story by Alice Dunbar-Nelson, from Violets and Other Tales (1895), her first collection of poetry and prose.| Literary Ladies Guide
Five important philosophical books by women writers — Donella Meadows, Eleanor Ostrom, Iris Murdoch, and Frances Yates.| Literary Ladies Guide
Biographies of classic women authors detailing formative years, education, how they started in publishing, major works, and more.| Literary Ladies Guide
Reviews of classic books by women authors, many of which are from when the books were published.| Literary Ladies Guide
