A Room of One's Own, Chapter One - Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf's chapter one of "A Room of One's Own" surprised me. I obviously knew that there was discrimination against women in...
In an Artist's Studio - Christina Rossetti
In this poem, Christina Rossetti writes about the way men treat women in and through art. Men tend to objectfy women in art, whether it...
Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti
In this poem, Christina Rossetti writes about the importance of sisterhood. She shows the relationship between Lizzie and Laura, two...
On Being Brought From Africa To America - Phillis Wheatley
In this poem, Phillis Wheatley talks about her change from being in Africa to America - becoming a slave. It seems as if she is positive...
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft wrote "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" in 1792 expressing her opinions of equality for men and women. She did...
The Tree - Anne Finch
Anne Finch is another woman writer who expresses her opinions of various categories in her writings. However, she is not aggressive as...
To the Ladies - Lady Mary Chudleigh
Lady Mary Chudleigh was a strong women's writer who fought for women's rights in her writing. She expressed her opinions and thoughts...
The Reasons that Induced Dr S to write a Poem called The Lady's Dressing Room - Lady Montagu
Lady Montagu writes this poem in response to the poem Jonathan Swift wrote, "The Lady's Dressing Room". Swift's poem was all about how...
Epistle to a Lady: Of the Characters of Women - Alexander Pope
In “Epistle to a Lady: Of the Characters of Women” Alexander Pope writes about women, giving us a different perspective of women and the...
The Lover: A Ballad - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
"The Lover: A Ballad" by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is a poem about a girl who wants to find a lover, a spouse. She really wants to find...