Portrait of Sojourner Truth by Randall Studio, Restored by Coffeeandcrumbs via Wikimedia I’ve always just assumed that Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I A Woman” speech was a direct call out of the hypocrisy of the primarily white feminist movement at the Seneca Falls Convention. The phrase “ain’t I a woman” is juxtaposed with a section of … Continue reading The Truth about Sojourner Truth
Image of Sui Sin Far, Image from the private collection of Diana Birchall, granddaughter of Winnifred Eaton via Wikimedia / CC by S.A>-4.0 The first time I read through our syllabus, I almost didn’t notice Sui Sin Far. She was listed as our second to last set of readings—an assignment too far into the future … Continue reading Sui Sin Far and Cultural Translation: Chinese Diaspora Then and Now
Black and White Photograph of Emily Dickinson by William C. North via Wikimedia / public domain. Original daguerreotype from Archives & Special Collections at Amherst College. If you’ve ever felt like nobody, don’t worry—you’re in good company, says poet Emily Dickinson, according to one of her best known poems, "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" To … Continue reading Emily Dickinson, an American Great
Frontispiece and title page, Lydia Maria Child, The Girls' Own Book. New York: Clark, Austin & Company, 1833. Images from the University of North Carolina Libraries via HathiTrust. During the nineteenth century, literature was a male-dominated field—written by and for men. Although a small subset of books for and by women did exist, those books … Continue reading The Girls’ Own Book
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