Nancy Friday

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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Periods of American Literature

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter, Harriot--from a daguerreotype 1856

Celebrating Elizabeth Cady Stanton at 200

January 21, 2017. Protesters holding signs in crowd at the Women's March in Washington DC. feminism

Feminism: From Ancient Rome to the Women’s March

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The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950

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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

Periods of American Literature

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Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

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Born	August 27, 1933 • Pittsburgh • Pennsylvania
Died	November 5, 2017 (aged 84) • New York City • New York
Notable Works	“My Mother/My Self: The Daughter’s Search for Identity” • “My Secret Garden: Women’s Sexual Fantasies”
Subjects Of Study	psychology • personal identity
Role In	women’s rights movement

Tom Lea

American artist and writer

Camille Paglia

American academic

Kate Millett

American feminist, author, and artist

Anne Roiphe

American feminist and author

Annette Kolodny

American literary critic

Esther Forbes

American author

John Martin

American dance critic

Anna Bartlett Warner

American writer

Jim Backus

American actor

Norman Maclean

American author and teacher

Quentin Reynolds

American journalist and writer

Jonathan Safran Foer

American author

Marchette Chute

American author

Ezra Pound

American poet

Tillie Olsen

American author

Pauli Murray

American civil rights activist, lawyer, and writer

Vladimir Nabokov

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Michael Lewis

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Carl Hiaasen

American journalist and novelist

Michael Harrington

American activist and author

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