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Forgotten Women: The Writers
Forgotten Women: The Writers | Zing Tsjeng
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'To say this series is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces - just make sure you buy a copy for your sons, brothers, dads, uncles and nephews, too.' - Independent The women who shaped and were erased from our history. Forgotten Women is a new series of books that uncover the lost herstories of influential women who have refused over hundreds of years to accept the hand they've been dealt and, as a result, have formed, shaped and changed the course of our futures. From leaders and scientists to artists and writers, the fascinating stories of these women that time forgot are now celebrated, putting their achievements firmly back on the map. The Writers celebrates 48* unsung genius female writers from throughout history and across the world, including the Girl Stunt Reporters, who went undercover to write exposs on the ills of 1890s America; Aemilia Lanyer, the contemporary of Shakespeare whose polemical re-writing of The Bible's Passion Story is regarded as one of the earliest feminist works of literature; and Sarojini Naidu, the freedom fighter and 'Nightingale of India' whose poetry echoed her political desire for Indian independence. Including writers from across a wide spectrum of disciplines including poets, journalists, novelists, essayists and diarists, this is an alternative gynocentric history of literature that will surprise, empower, and leave you with a reading list a mile long. *The number of Nobel-prize-winning women.
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Weaponxgirl
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This book starts off with the wonderful Greek poet Sappho.
There are only fragments of her work available to us as much was destroyed in the past unfortunately.
This picture is from the book literary witches and I love it. I will link to bits and pieces in the comments

Weaponxgirl https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D5_QtWcvmzQ a bbc podcast about her I have yet to listen to but want to 5y
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Weaponxgirl This is meant to be a great translation 5y
SW-T Sappho is a wonderful poet and I wish we had more of her work to read. A nice collection of women poets that includes Sappho is 5y
BiblioLitten Sappho🧡 5y
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Weaponxgirl
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I just recently got the whole series of these books and love them! Expect to see some profiles on amazing women from these soon.

batsy Love those covers! 5y
Weaponxgirl @batsy yes! On the inside they show the actual picture they used too. 5y
MemoirsForMe Cool! 🙌🏻 5y
AKinderman This sounds awesome!
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