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Margaret Sandhurst (1828–1892) – one of the first women elected to a city council in the United Kingdom. Jessie Saxby (1842–1940) — author, folklorist and suffragette. Arabella Scott (1886–1980) – Scottish suffragette who endured five weeks of solitary confinement in Perth prison and force feeding twice a day.
The Lost Leader (poem) Robert Browning, the poet. Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1865. " The Lost Leader " is an 1845 poem by Robert Browning first published in his book Dramatic Romances and Lyrics. It berates William Wordsworth for what Browning considered his desertion of the liberal cause, [1] and his lapse from his high idealism. [2]
SayHerName. Attendees at the #SayHerName vigil of May 20, 2015, located at Union Square in New York City. #SayHerName is a social movement that seeks to raise awareness for Black women victims of police brutality and anti-Black violence in the United States. [1] The movement's name was created by the African American Policy Forum (AAPF). [2 ...
The Second Nun is an example of what a Nun was expected to be: her tale is about a woman whose chaste example brings people into the church. The Monk and the Prioress, on the other hand, while not as corrupt as the Summoner or Pardoner, fall far short of the ideal for their orders.
However, the list starts with early Bengali poets to be followed by those who are identified not only with Indian sub-continent before partition in 1947, but also as founders of Bengali poetry. The list also contains separate sub-lists of "rhyme composers" and "song writers". Finally, there are two sub-sets of woman poets and poets in exile.
"The Life That I Have" (sometimes referred to as "Yours") is a short poem written by Leo Marks and used as a poem code in the Second World War. In the war, famous poems were used to encrypt messages. This was, however, found to be insecure because enemy cryptanalysts were able to locate the original from published sources. Marks countered this ...
And Still I Rise is made up of 32 short poems, divided into three parts. The poems' themes focus on a hopeful determination to rise above difficulty and discouragement, and on many of the same topics as Angelou's autobiographies and previous volumes of poetry. Two of her most well-known and popular poems, "Phenomenal Woman" and "Still I Rise ...
1880. Abolitionist and women's rights campaigner. [39] 1700–1799. Judith Sargent Murray. United States. 1751. 1820. Early American proponent of female equality and author of On the Equality of the Sexes.