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Women Writers Posters & Prints, “G-H-I-J-K” pg 5/10
for the language arts, social studies, history, art and science classrooms and home schoolers.
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literature > Women Writers Posters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 < famous women alphabetical list < social studies
Notable women writers, authors, novelists, journalists, dramatists, poets list "g-k" with posters, prints, books, short bio info, links: Elizaberth Cleghorn Gaskell, Emma Goldman, Marie-Olympe de Gouges, Sarah Josepha Hale, Edith Hamilton, Lorraine Hansberry, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Frances Ridley Havergal, Fannie Hurst, Zora Neale Hurston, Harriet Jacobs, Henrietta Keddie, Helen Keller, Frances Anne Kemble, Mary Henrietta Kingsley, and Maxine Hong Kingston.
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Emma Goldman
b. 6-27-1869; Lithuania
d. 5-19-1940; Canada
“The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.”
• more Emma Goldman posters
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Lorraine Hansberry
b. 5-19-1930; Chicago, IL
d. 1-12-1965; New York City
Lorraine Hansberry's best known work, A Raisin in the Sun, was inspired by her family's fight against racially segregated housing laws. She was the youngest person, and only the 5th woman, to receive the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best play of the year; she died at age 35 from cancer.
FYI - the title A Raisin in the Sun is from the poem “A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes.
• Black History posters
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Felicia Hemans
née Browne
b. 9-25-1793; Liverpool, England
d. 5-16-1835; Dublin, Ireland (dropsy/edema)
Poet Felicia Hemans was widely respected during her lifetime. As a y
Dorothy Height quote -
• “We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.”
• “No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. . . . We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.”
• “Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.”
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Fannie Hurst
b. 10-19-1885; Hamilton, OH
d. 2-23-1968; Wales
Fannie Hurst, a popular novelist and playwright in her day, is now best remembered as the author of Imiation of Life which has been made into a movie twice (1934 and 1959).
The 1934 movie was named one of “The 25 Most Important Films on Race”. |
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Zora Neale Hurston
b. 1-7-1891; AL (raised in FL)
d. 1-28-1960
“Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men.” Their Eyes Were Watching God
• more Zora Neale Hurston posters
• more Voices of Diversity Posters
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Harriet Jacobs
b. 1813; Edenton, NC
d. 3-7-1897; Washington, DC
Harriet Jacobs spent seven years hiding in a crawl space to avoid the advances of her owner and still be close enough to hear the voices of her children, before escaping North. She wrote her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of A Slave Girl, to awaken Northern women to the abuses done to female slaves.
Quote Appearing on This Print:
“The bill of sale!? Those words struck me like a blow. So I was sold at last! A human being sold in the free city of New York!... I well know the value of that bit of paper, but much as I love freedom, I do not like to look upon it. I am deeply grateful to the generous friend who procured it, but I despise the miscreant who demanded payment for what never rightfully belonged to him or his.”
The quote refers to Cornelia Willis, her employer and friend, buying her freedom for $300 in 1852.
• more History Through Literature Posters
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Erica Jong
b. 3-26-1942; NYC
Erica Jong is usually remembered for her first novel, Fear of Flying (1973).
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Mary Kingsley
b. 10-13-1862; England
d. 6-3-1900; South Africa
Mary Kingsley took care of her bedridden mother for years, serving as housekeeper, handyman, nursemaid, and servant; educating herself. In 1893 Mary broke free and traveled to West Africa, enduring the heat and hardships in her high-necked blouse, long skirt, and Victorian boots, to write of her travel adventures that could not have been predicted from her humble beginnings.
• Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa
• more explorer posters
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Maxine Hong Kingston
b. 10-27-1940; Stockton, CA
Poster Text: ... Maxine Hong Kingston believes that words have the power to change the world for the better. Through her books, she has enabled millions of people to better understand the Chinese culture, and she has brought people of all beliefs and backgounds a little closer together.
• more Maxine Hong Kingston posters
• more Great Asian Americans posters
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