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Hace 1 día · Mary Wollstonecraft ( / ˈwʊlstənkræft /, also UK: /- krɑːft /; [1] 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. [2] [3] Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships at the time, received more attention than her ...
Hace 20 horas · Conception, research, and publication. After publishing his first novel, The Virgin Suicides, in 1993, Jeffrey Eugenides started on his next project Middlesex. He was inspired by having read Herculine Barbin, the diary of a 19th-century French convent schoolgirl who was intersex. Eugenides had first read the memoir a decade earlier and believed it evaded discussion about the anatomy and ...
15 de abr. de 2024 · There is no shortage of incredible travel memoirs written by women. Here are 23 of our favourite authors, as recommended by our readers.
22 de abr. de 2024 · Viterbo University Conservatory for the Performing Arts - Senior Showcase 2024. "A Natural Woman" as performed by Aretha Franklin / Music by Carole King and ...
Hace 3 días · The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper. The female African-American emergency-room physician – a profession that is largely male and white – writes a poignant reflection on self-healing, predominantly discovered via her patients.
20 de abr. de 2024 · Journeywoman: Swinging a Hammer in a Man’s World – Kate Braid. “Since women started working in the trades in the 1970s, very little has been published about their experiences. In this provocative and important book, Kate Braid tells the story of how she learned the carpentry trade in the face of skepticism and discouragement.
3 de may. de 2024 · On opening night, 30,000 people showed up to watch Manhattan Cocktail, a film by Hollywood’s only female director at the time, ... “spoke to me and for me” in her memoir, A Natural Woman. ...
