Women Writers of America By: Minnie White and Alli Crow

Rosa Parks Specialized in autobiographies Works - Rosa Parks: My Story, I am Rosa Parks Literary Period: Post-Modernism

Flannery O’Conner Specialized in Short Stories with heavy symbolism and irony Works – Wise Blood, A Good Man is Hard to Find Literary Period: Modernism

Eudora Welty Specialized in stories with complex human relationships and perception of character Works – The Optimist’s Daughter, The Collected Stories Literary Period: Post-Modernism

Anne Bradstreet Specialized in Spiritual Poetry that related to events in her life Works – “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, “Upon the Burning of Our House” Literary Period: Colonialism First Women Writer to be published in America

Zora Neale Hurston Specialized in African American Folktales and Short Stories Works – Mules and Men, How it Feels to be Colored Me, Their Eyes Were Watching God Literary Period: Harlem Renaissance

Toni Morrison Specialized in stories with epic themes, vivid dialogue, and detailed African American characters Works - Song of Soloman, Beloved, The Bluest Eye Literary Period: Post-Modernism

Sylvia Plath Specialized in Poetry and works delving into the human psyche Works – The Bell Jar, The Colossus, Ariel Literary Period: Modernism

Charlotte Gilman Specialized in Poetry with themes of oppression, Short Stories, and Nonfiction Works – The Yellow Wallpaper, Herland, Women and Economics Literary Period: Natarulism

Emily Dickinson Specialized in Poetry about death and birds Works – “This is My Letter to the World”, “Hope is the Thing With Feathers”, “Success is Counted Sweetest”, “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” Literary Period: Dark Romanticism

Kate Chopin Specialized in stories about slavery and women’s rights Works – The Awakening, The Story of an Hour Literary Period: Naturalism

Characteristics Most of these writers implement one or more of these characteristics Strong and fleshed out relationships Stories featuring themes of oppression and/or suffering Detailed symbolism Stories delving into the workings of the human psyche

Foundational Texts Anne Bradstreet – Upon the Burning of Our House Poem – Emily Dickinson – Because I Could Not Stop for Death Short Story – Flannery O’Conner – Wise Blood Novel – Charlotte Gilman – The Yellow Wallpaper Nonfiction – Rosa Parks – My Story: Rosa Parks