SP11 10.2 - Women's History Month

[Sam]

Note: This is not a comprehensive list of the authors and works mentioned in Showalter's A Jury of Her Peers. This list is based solely on authors and works she discusses in detail. (I've read something by just about all of them...you really can't go wrong with any of them.)

Anne Bradstreet – Poems
Mary Rowlandson – A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of…
Mercy Otis Warren – Poems and Plays
Phillis Wheatley – Poems
Judith Sargent Murray – Essay and Plays, The Story of Margaretta
Susanna Rowson – Charlotte Temple
Catharine Maria Sedgwick – A New-England Tale, Hope Leslie
Lydia Maria Child – Hobomok
Caroline Kirkland – A New Home, Who’ll Follow?
Margaret Fuller – Woman in the Nineteenth Century
Lydia Huntley Sigourney – Letters of Life, Letters to Young Ladies, Traits of the Aborigines of America
Anna Cora Mowatt – Fashion, Autobiography of an Actress
Julia Ward Howe – Passion-Flowers
Augusta Jane Evans – A Tale of the Alamo, Beulah, The Inner Life, Macaria, St. Elmo
Susan Warner – The Wide, Wide World
Fanny Fern – Ruth Hall
Harriet Beecher Stowe – Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Dred, The Minister’s Wooing
Harriet Jacobs – Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Harriet Wilson – Our Nig
Hannah Crafts – Black House
Rebecca Harding Davis – Waiting for the Verdict
Louisa May Alcott – Little Women
Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard – Poems
Emily Dickinson – Poems
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps – The Gates Ajar, The Gates Between, Beyond the Gates, The Story of Avis
Sherwood Bonner – Like unto Like
Emma Lazarus – Poems
Rose Terry Cooke – Stories
Sarah Orne Jewett – Stories, The Country of Pointed Firs
Mary Wilkins Freeman – Stories
Mary Noailles Murfree – Stories
Helen Hunt Jackson – Ramona
Constance Fenimore Woolson – For the Major, Stories
Charlotte Perkins Gilman – Stories, Herland
Gertrude Atherton – Daughter of the Vine
Grace King – Stories
Kate Chopin – Stories, The Awakening
Alice Dunbar-Nelson – Stories
Mary Austin – Stories
Gertrude Stein – Stories
Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) – Poems
Amy Lowell – Poems
Zitkala-Sa – Memoirs
Susan Glaspell – Novels, Plays
Edith Wharton – The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, The Custom of the Country, Summer, The Age of Innocence, Stories
Willa Cather – O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, My Antonia
Ellen Glasgow – Barren Ground
Edith Summers Kelly – Weeds
Sara Teasdale – Poems
Elinor Wylie – Poems
Edna St. Vincent Millay – Poems
Genevieve Taggard – Poems
Dorothy Parker – Poems
Dorothy Canfield Fisher – The Home-Maker
Anzia Yezierska – Stories
Nella Larsen – Passing
Meridel Le Sueur – The Girl
Tess Slesinger – The Unpossessed
Tillie Olsen – Stories
Katherine Anne Porter – Stories
Zora Neale Hurston – Their Eyes Were Watching God
Lillian Hellman – Plays
Carson McCullers – The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Member of the Wedding
Jean Stafford – The Mountain Lion
Eudora Welty – Stories
Ann Petry – The Street
Dorothy West – The Living Was Easy
Flannery O’Connor – Stories
Shirley Jackson – Stories, We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Grace Metalious – Peyton Place
Elizabeth Bishop – Poems
Syliva Plath – Poems, The Bell Jar
Adrienne Rich – Poems
Loraine Hansberry – Plays
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird
Joyce Carol Oates – A Garden of Earthly Delights, Expensive People, Them, Wonderland
Anne Sexton – Poems
Tony Morrison – The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved
Alice Walker – Stories, The Color Purple
James Tiptree – Stories
Marilyn Robinson – Housekeeping
Lorrie Moore – Self-Help
Bobbie Ann Mason – In Country
Gloria Naylor – Mama Day
Jane Smiley – A Thousand Acres
Annie Proulx - Stories

[Liz M]

10.2 - Women's History Month
To honor Women's History Month, read a book discussed in Elaine Showalter's history of American women writers, A Jury of Her Peers.

And now, the list in something closer to alphabetical order:

Gertrude Atherton – Daughter of the Vine 
Mary Austin – Stories 
Elizabeth Bishop – Poems 
Sherwood Bonner – Like unto Like 
Anne Bradstreet – Poems 
Willa Cather – O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, My Antonia 
Kate Chopin – Stories, The Awakening 
Rose Terry Cooke – Stories 
Hannah Crafts – Black House 
Rebecca Harding Davis – Waiting for the Verdict 
Emily Dickinson – Poems 
Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) – Poems 
Alice Dunbar-Nelson – Stories 
Augusta Jane Evans – A Tale of the Alamo, Beulah, The Inner Life, Macaria, St. Elmo 
Fanny Fern – Ruth Hall 
Dorothy Canfield Fisher – The Home-Maker 
Mary Wilkins Freeman – Stories 
Margaret Fuller – Woman in the Nineteenth Century 
Charlotte Perkins Gilman – Stories, Herland 
Ellen Glasgow – Barren Ground 
Susan Glaspell – Novels, Plays 
Loraine Hansberry – Plays 
Lillian Hellman – Plays 
Julia Ward Howe – Passion-Flowers 
Zora Neale Hurston – Their Eyes Were Watching God 
Helen Hunt Jackson – Ramona 
Shirley Jackson – Stories, We Have Always Lived in the Castle 
Harriet Jacobs – Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 
Sarah Orne Jewett – Stories, The Country of Pointed Firs 
Edith Summers Kelly – Weeds 
Grace King – Stories 
Caroline Kirkland – A New Home, Who’ll Follow? 
Nella Larsen – Passing 
Emma Lazarus – Poems 
Meridel Le Sueur – The Girl 
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird 
Amy Lowell – Poems 
Lydia Maria Child – Hobomok 
Bobbie Ann Mason – In Country 
Louisa May Alcott – Little Women 
Carson McCullers – The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Member of the Wedding 
Grace Metalious – Peyton Place 
Edna St. Vincent Millay – Poems 
Lorrie Moore – Self-Help 
Tony Morrison – The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved 
Anna Cora Mowatt – Fashion, Autobiography of an Actress 
Mary Noailles Murfree – Stories 
Judith Sargent Murray – Essay and Plays, The Story of Margaretta 
Gloria Naylor – Mama Day 
Flannery O’Connor – Stories 
Joyce Carol Oates – A Garden of Earthly Delights, Expensive People, Them, Wonderland 
Tillie Olsen – Stories 
Dorothy Parker – Poems 
Ann Petry – The Street 
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps – The Gates Ajar, The Gates Between, Beyond the Gates, The Story of Avis 
Syliva Plath – Poems, The Bell Jar 
Katherine Anne Porter – Stories 
Annie Proulx – Stories 
Adrienne Rich – Poems 
Marilyn Robinson – Housekeeping 
Mary Rowlandson – A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of… 
Susanna Rowson – Charlotte Temple 
Catharine Maria Sedgwick – A New-England Tale, Hope Leslie 
Anne Sexton – Poems 
Lydia Huntley Sigourney – Letters of Life, Letters to Young Ladies, Traits of the Aborigines of America 
Tess Slesinger – The Unpossessed 
Jane Smiley – A Thousand Acres 
Jean Stafford – The Mountain Lion 
Gertrude Stein – Stories 
Elizabeth Barstow Stoddard – Poems 
Harriet Beecher Stowe – Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Dred, The Minister’s Wooing 
Genevieve Taggard – Poems 
Sara Teasdale – Poems 
James Tiptree – Stories 
Alice Walker – Stories, The Color Purple 
Susan Warner – The Wide, Wide World 
Mercy Otis Warren – Poems and Plays 
Eudora Welty – Stories 
Dorothy West – The Living Was Easy 
Edith Wharton – The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, The Custom of the Country, Summer, The Age of Innocence, Stories 
Phillis Wheatley – Poems 
Harriet Wilson – Our Nig 
Constance Fenimore Woolson – For the Major, Stories 
Elinor Wylie – Poems 
Anzia Yezierska – Stories 
Zitkala-Sa – Memoirs 

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

So, the Annie Proulx "Stories" above, is Close Range: Wyoming Stories?

[Joanna]

So for this task, we can only read the books listed on this list?

[Cait]

The list says Flannery O'Connor: Stories. Does that mean only her short stories, or do her two short novels The Violent Bear It Away and Wise Blood count?

[Sam]

Only the books that are on the list are acceptable...however, if the list says stories (novels are okay) or poems, any collections will do.

[Cait]

Thanks, Sam!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Sam wrote: "Only the books that are on the list are acceptable...however, if the list says stories (novels are okay) or poems, any collections will do."

I'm sorry. Do you mean by this that the entry

Annie Proulx - Stories

could mean novels by Annie Proulx as well as any of her collections of stories?

[Rebekah]

Would we get combo points for reading one of the poets on this list?

[Sam]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Sam wrote: "Only the books that are on the list are acceptable...however, if the list says stories (novels are okay) or poems, any collections will do."

I'm sorry. Do you mean by this that the e..."

That's fine.

[Sam]

Rebekah wrote: "Would we get combo points for reading one of the poets on this list?"

Yes!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Thanks, Sam.