studio photo of Lorraine Hansberry. She is a Black woman with short hair.
#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, is the first play by a Black woman to debut on Broadway.
#WomensHistoryMonth #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
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cover of the book with the name 'Victoria Lucas' at the top. It's illustrated with a silhouette of a woman in a chair, within a bell jar.
#OnThisDay, 14 Jan 1963, Sylvia Plath's only novel, 'The Bell Jar' is published in the UK under the name Victoria Lucas. It’s republished in her own name in 1967.
#LiteraryWomen #ReadMoreWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
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Press photo of Lorraine Hansberry in her New York apartment. She is a black woman with short hair, leaning on a heavy typewriter.
#OnThisDay, 2 Jan 1969, Lorraine Hansberry's posthumous autobiographical play 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' opens off-Broadway in New York City.
#LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
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painting of Mary Shelley by Rothwell. It shows a white woman with sloping shoulders, dark hair and gold glasses.
Frontispiece of Frankenstein’s first edition without any author’s name on it.
It's ALIVE!
#OnThisDay, 1 Jan 1818, Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' was published anonymously. Her gothic novel was also one of the first science-fiction novels.
uk.bookshop.org/a/15... (affiliate link)
#ReadMoreWomen #LiteraryWomen
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
photo of Hilary Mantel holding a copy of Bring Up the Bodies after winning the prize. She is a white woman with light hair.
#OnThisDay, 16 Oct 2012, Hilary Mantel becomes the first person to win the Booker prize twice when 'Bring Up the Bodies' wins.
#ReadMoreWomen #LiteraryWomen
Hilary Mantel after winning the prize, and holding a copy of the book. She is a white woman with blond hair.
#OnThisDay, 6 Oct 2009, Hilary Mantel wins the Booker prize for the first time with her historical novel 'Wolf Hall'. She was one of five people to have won the award twice.
#LiteraryWomen
Madeline Miller at the award ceremony, holding up a copy of her book. She is a white woman with dark hair.
#OnThisDay, 30 May 2012, Madeline Miller wins the Orange Prize (now the Baileys Prize) with her debut novel The Song of Achilles. It is a retelling of the Iliad from the perspective of Patroclus.
#ReadMoreWomen #LiteraryWomen #ClassicsRetold
A Spanish bank note which includes a drawing of María Rosalía Rita de Castro.
17 May is Día das Letras Galegas (Galician Literature Day).
#OnThisDay, 17 May 1863, María Rosalía Rita de Castro's poetry is published: the first publication by a single author in Galician for 400 years.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Galicia #LiteraryWomen 🗃️📚
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The cover of the first edition of Mrs Dalloway. It has a yellow and black illustration of some flowers on a window sill, and is by Woolf's sister, Vanessa Bell
Virginia Woolf. She is a white woman with dark hair and a brocade shawl over her shoulders
“Mrs Dalloway is always giving parties to cover the silence.”
#OnThisDay, 14 May 1925, Virginia Woolf publishes Mrs Dalloway.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #LiteraryWomen 🗃️
(Affiliate link: uk.bookshop.org/a/15...)
Mae West around the time of her trial. She is a white woman with blonde hair tucked under a dark hat.
“I expect this will be the making of me.”
#OnThisDay, 19 Apr 1927, Mae West is convicted on obscenity charges for her play 'sex', and starts a ten day jail sentence.
She's released two days early for good behaviour.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory 🗃️
Minna Canth. She's a white woman with grey hair.
Happy Minna Canth day, Finland!
Born #OnThisDay, 19 Mar 1844, Minna Canth was a Finnish playwright and social activist. Public buildings will fly the national flag to celebrate.
#LiteraryWomen #ReadMoreWomen
studio photo of Lorraine Hansberry. She is a Black woman with short hair.
#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, is the first play by a Black woman to debut on Broadway.
#WomensHistoryMonth #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
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#OnThisDay, 20 Jan 1993, Maya Angelou reads her poem ‘On the Pulse of Morning’ at Bill Clinton’s inauguration as President of the USA. She becomes the first woman and the first African-American poet to read at the event.
#LiteraryWomen #WomenInHistory #BookSky 🗃️
Video: youtu.be/OQQThtav41o
cover of the book with the name 'Victoria Lucas' at the top. It's illustrated with a silhouette of a woman in a chair, within a bell jar.
#OnThisDay, 14 Jan 1963, Sylvia Plath's only novel, 'The Bell Jar' is published in the UK under the name Victoria Lucas. It’s republished in her own name in 1967.
#LiteraryWomen #ReadMoreWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
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Press photo of Lorraine Hansberry in her New York apartment. She is a black woman with short hair, leaning on a heavy typewriter.
#OnThisDay, 2 Jan 1969, Lorraine Hansberry's posthumous autobiographical play 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' opens off-Broadway in New York City.
#LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
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painting of Mary Shelley by Rothwell. It shows a white woman with sloping shoulders, dark hair and gold glasses
Frontispiece of Frankenstein’s first edition without any author’s name on it.
It's ALIVE!
#OnThisDay, 1 Jan 1818, Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' was published anonymously. Her gothic novel was also one of the first science-fiction novels.
#ReadMoreWomen #LiteraryWomen
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
I just signed a contract with the University of Nebraska Press to publish my next book, Ravellings: Essays on Love, Loss, and Wonder. It's forthcoming in the spring of 2026. Woo-hoo!
#CreativeNonfiction #WritingCommunity #Essays #NebraskaLiterature #LiteraryWomen
Infamous Woman: The Life of George Sand by Joseph Amber Barry
#Books #BookSky #BioMemoir 💙📚
#LiteraryWomen Infamous Woman: The Life of George Sand by Joseph Amber Barry 1964 - this was eye-opening when I read it as a young teen.
photo of Hilary Mantel holding a copy of Bring Up the Bodies after winning the prize. She is a white woman with light hair.
#OnThisDay, 16 Oct 2012, Hilary Mantel becomes the first person to win the Booker prize twice when 'Bring Up the Bodies' wins.
#ReadMoreWomen #LiteraryWomen
A Spanish bank note which includes a drawing of María Rosalía Rita de Castro.
17 May is Día das Letras Galegas (Galician Literature Day).
#OnThisDay, 17 May 1863, María Rosalía Rita de Castro's poetry is published: the first publication by a single author in Galician for 400 years.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Galicia #LiteraryWomen #FlashbackFriday
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The cover of the first edition of Mrs Dalloway. It has a yellow and black illustration of some flowers on a window sill, and is by Woolf's sister, Vanessa Bell
Virginia Woolf. She is a white woman with dark hair and a brocade shawl over her shoulders
“Mrs Dalloway is always giving parties to cover the silence”
#OnThisDay, 14 May 1925, Virginia Woolf publishes Mrs Dalloway.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #LiteraryWomen
Audrey Wurdemann. She is a white woman with dark hair.
#OnThisDay, 6 May 1935, Audrey Wurdemann wins the Pulitzer prize for poetry for her collection 'Bright Ambush'.
#LiteraryWomen #Poetry #PulitzerPrize #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory
photo of Edna Ferber looking over a balcony. She is a white woman in a cloche hat with a grim fur on her shoulders
#OnThisDay, 27 April 1925, Edna Ferber wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her novel 'So Big'.
She donates the prize money to the Authors League to support sick and elderly authors.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory
Mae West around the time of her trial. She is a white woman with blonde hair tucked under a dark hat.
“I expect this will be the making of me.”
#OnThisDay, 19 Apr 1927, Mae West is convicted on obscenity charges for her play 'sex', and starts a ten day jail sentence.
She's released two days early for good behaviour.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory
Photo of Minna Canth. She is a white woman with grey or white hair.
Happy Minna Canth day, Finland!
Born #OnThisDay, 19 Mar 1844, Minna Canth was a Finnish playwright and social activist. Public buildings will fly the national flag to celebrate.
#LiteraryWomen
studio photo of Lorraine Hansberry. She is a Black woman with short hair.
#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, is the first play by a Black woman to debut on Broadway.
#WomensHistoryMonth
#LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #History
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cover of the book with the name 'Victoria Lucas' at the top. It's illustrated with a silhouette of a woman in a chair, within a bell jar
#OnThisDay, 14 Jan 1963, Sylvia Plath's only novel, 'The Bell Jar', is published in the UK under the name Victoria Lucas. It’s republished in her own name in 1967.
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#WomenInHistory #LiteraryWomen #BookSky 🗃️
Press photo of Lorraine Hansberry in her New York apartment. She is a black woman with short hair, leaning on a heavy typewriter.
#OnThisDay, 2 Jan 1969, Lorraine Hansberry's posthumous autobiographical play 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' opens off-Broadway in New York City.
It inspires her friend Nina Simone to write the song of the same name.
#WomenInHistory #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory
Frontispiece of Frankenstein’s first edition without any author’s name on it.
painting of Mary Shelley by Rothwell. It shows a white woman with sloping shoulders, dark hair and gold glasses
It's ALIVE! #OnThisDay, 1 Jan 1818, Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' is published anonymously. Her gothic novel is also one of the first science-fiction novels.
#WomenInSFF #WomenWriters #WomenInHistory #History #LiteraryWomen
