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American Feminist Literature

American Feminist Literature. Greta Ertzgard , Katie Kloos , And Laura Hungerford . The Importance of American Feminist Writers…. Books added to reform movements…like that of women’s suffrage and independence Shed light on subjects like abuse, tolerance, individuality, equality, etc.

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American Feminist Literature

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  1. American Feminist Literature Greta Ertzgard, Katie Kloos, And Laura Hungerford

  2. The Importance of American Feminist Writers… • Books added to reform movements…like that of women’s suffrage and independence • Shed light on subjects like abuse, tolerance, individuality, equality, etc. • Influenced other women to write

  3. Feminist Writers… • Maya Angelou • Lorraine Hansberry • Harriet Beecher Stowe • Louisa May Alcott

  4. Maya Angelou • Born: April 4, 1928 • Parents divorced when she was 3 and she and her brother were sent to live with her grandmother in Arkansas. • Visiting her mother and her boyfriend • High School (scholarship, dropped out, pregnant) • Guy • At age 16 she left home with her son and worked as a waitress to raise her son. • She still had a passion for dance, music, and drama.

  5. Maya Angelou (cont.) • Married Tosh Angelou, the marriage did not last long. • Maya Angelou was the name she used when she started singing at a nightclub. • First album in 1957 • Moved to New York to work on writing • Very involved with Civil Right Movements (Martin Luther King Jr.) • I Know why the Caged Bird Sings: Arkansas- Guy • National Figure

  6. Lorraine Hansberry • May 19, 1930- January 12, 1965 • Parents active in civil rights • 1938 move to new neighborhood • University of Wisconsin • Freedom the newspaper • Robert Nemiroff

  7. Lorraine Hansberry (cont.) • Writing • The Raisin in the Sun • Cancer • divorce

  8. Harriet Beecher Stowe • 1811-1896 • Most famous work: Uncle Tom’s Cabin

  9. What People Influenced Her Life • Harriet’s family of abolitionists definitely influenced her • Her father was a minister, president of Lane Theological Seminary, was strong in his faith and believed in education • Youngest sister, Isabella, was involved in the suffrage movement • Catharine Beecher (sister) had a huge impact. She founded schools for young women and was an author

  10. Who influenced Harriet (cont.) • Husband Calvin Stowe supported her writing (unusual for her time). He was also a minister. • “God has written in His book that you must be a literary woman, and who are we to go against God?” -Calvin Stowe

  11. Events that inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Civil War tension • Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 • Death of Harriet’s son, Charley, in 1850

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