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Susan Stoderl

Aug 21
2 min

Women Writers Through History | Elizabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont, Medieval Translator of French to Early New High German

Elizabeth Vaudémont's translations of French Romances into Early New High German, influenced the development of German prose literature.

Women Writers Through History | Christine de Pizan | Biographical Details of a Medieval Woman Writer's Life and Learning

Susan Stoderl

Jul 31
1 min

Women Writers Through History | Christine de Pizan | Biographical Details of a Medieval Woman Writer's Life and Learning

One characteristic of Christine de Pizan’s writing is that she always included autobiographical details in her various writing genres....

Women Writers Through History | Christine de Pizan (1364-1430) | First Paid Woman Writer, Part 1 of 4

Susan Stoderl

Jul 24
2 min

Women Writers

Women Writers Through History | Christine de Pizan (1364-1430) | First Paid Woman Writer, Part 1 of 4

Part 1 of 4: First Paid Woman Writer from the 14th-15th Century.

Women Writers Through History |Marie Justine Benoite Favart | Woman of Many Talents

Susan Stoderl

Jul 15
2 min

Women Writers

Women Writers Through History |Marie Justine Benoite Favart | Woman of Many Talents

Marie Justine Benoîte Favart (1727-1772) was a notable French operatic singer, actress, playwright, and dancer. In 1745, she married...

Women Writers Through History | Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni | 18th Century French Actress and Novelist

Susan Stoderl

Jul 10
1 min

Women Writers

Women Writers Through History | Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni | 18th Century French Actress and Novelist

In "Women Writers Through History," meet Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni, 18th Century French Actress and Novelist.

Susan Stoderl

Jul 3
1 min

Women Writers

Women Writers Through History | Christine de Pizan | Biographical Details of a Medieval Woman Writer’s Life and Learning

Christine de Pizan always included autobiographical details in all her various writing genres.

Women Writers Through History | Scottish WomanWriter Catherine Eliza Richardson (1777-1853)

Susan Stoderl

Jun 19
2 min

Women Writers

Women Writers Through History | Scottish WomanWriter Catherine Eliza Richardson (1777-1853)

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher, in his memoirs “Remini-scences” referred to Catherine Eliza Richardson as...

Four Women Writers of the 16th Century | The Seymour Sisters and Margaret of Valois

Susan Stoderl

Apr 3
2 min

Women Writers

Four Women Writers of the 16th Century | The Seymour Sisters and Margaret of Valois

Who were the Seymour sisters? The first and only Englishwomen published in Latin during the 16th century and the sole work by any...

Edith Wharton's Incredible Writings and Philanthropy in WWI France.

Susan Stoderl

Mar 22
2 min

Women Writers

Edith Wharton's Incredible Writings and Philanthropy in WWI France.

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) knew many real-life Cora Crawleys of Downton Abbey. Had her parents been richer, and she prettier, she might...

International Women's Day | Four Women Writers Who Changed the World

Susan Stoderl

Mar 8
2 min

Women Writers

International Women's Day | Four Women Writers Who Changed the World

Scholars believe that Princess Enheduanna, a woman who lived in ancient Mesopotamia (c. 2285-2250 BCE), was the world's first known...

Middle-Grade Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers Detective Series | How Sophia Came About

Susan Stoderl

Jun 30, 2023
1 min

Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers

Middle-Grade Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers Detective Series | How Sophia Came About

The main character in my Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers series is a rambunctious, precocious ten-year-old girl going on forty. The...

Women Writers | The Revolutionary Power of Girl Talk

Susan Stoderl

Jun 20, 2023
2 min

Women Writers

Women Writers | The Revolutionary Power of Girl Talk

In an opinion by Mattie Kahn, in Time magazine, she opens with “It started like most revolutions do: with gossip.” Ms. Kahn has a new...

Writer's Life | Keeping Everything in Order

Susan Stoderl

Jun 16, 2023
1 min

Middle-Grade Fiction

Writer's Life | Keeping Everything in Order

This is a graphic I have used many times before because it exactly captures what is like to be a writer. However, this desk is far more...

Susan Stoderl

Jun 2, 2023
2 min

Women Writers

Women Writers | Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), an 18th-century British woman writer and early feminist, wrote about the place of women within society....

Anne Duffy | The First Female Scottish Poet Laureate Ever (2009-19)

Susan Stoderl

Feb 7, 2023
1 min

Women Writers

Anne Duffy | The First Female Scottish Poet Laureate Ever (2009-19)

Being a middle-grade female writer, came upon the work of Anne Duffy. The poem that really spoke to me was “In Mrs. Tilscher’s Class.” It...

Women Writers | The Poetry of Madeleine L'Engle

Susan Stoderl

Jan 4, 2023
2 min

Women Writers

Women Writers | The Poetry of Madeleine L'Engle

The quote in the image posted with this entry is from the preface of Lines Scribbled on an Envelope: and Other Poems (1969, Farrar,...

Late Bloomer, not once, but twice | Eugenia Lovett West

Susan Stoderl

Aug 31, 2022
1 min

Late Bloomers & Sassy Seniors

Late Bloomer, not once, but twice | Eugenia Lovett West

Eugenia Lovett West was born in February 1923. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College amidst WWII and took jobs with Harper’s Bazaar...

Fanny Fern and the Cult of True Womanhood

Susan Stoderl

Jul 6, 2022
2 min

Fanny Fern Series

Fanny Fern and the Cult of True Womanhood

"The Cult of Domesticity" or "True Womanhood," was established for the wives and daughters of the white American middle- and upper-class...

Susan Stoderl

Jun 28, 2022
2 min

Late Bloomers & Sassy Seniors

From #CronesRock to #GirlPower

The myth of the Three-Part Goddess has many sources and traditions, many associated with the phases of the moons or changing of seasons....

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