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Zitkála-Šá, also known as Gertude Simmons Bonnin, was a Native American writer and political activist who was one of the first authors to bring traditional Native American stories to a widespread English-speaking readership. She is widely noted as one of the most influential Native American activists of the 20th century and is highly regarded for her … Continue reading Debating Accessibility: Digital Surrogate versus E-Text of “American Indian Stories” by Zitkála-Šá

The materials in this transcription project have been acquired by Yale Library through sources other than Edwin J. Beinecke but have been digitized and preserved by curators of the library as part of the Robert Louis Stevenson Collection. This digital collection provided by the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University contains hundreds … Continue reading Typescript Transcriptions: Letters between Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson and Robert Louis Stevenson

First published in 1892, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wall-Paper” is now widely considered a crucial hallmark of American feminist literature. When considered alongside Gilman’s other publications on the role of women in economics, it is clear that many present-day readers and literary scholars recognize Gilman as a pioneering writer on feminism and … Continue reading Peeling Away the Wall-Paper: The Legacy & Limitations of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

In May 1866, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper addressed the Eleventh National Women's Rights Convention in New York. Her speech, which is accessible through the Archives of Women’s Political Communication at Iowa State University, is fittingly titled “We Are All Bound Up Together” and urges unity between white women and black women in America. Identified as … Continue reading “One Great Bundle of Humanity”: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper on Gathering Solidarity