Literature - Women

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century

http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/toc.html 

Over fifty digitized works of fiction, poetry, essays, biography, and autobiography by such luminaries as Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Frances E.W. Harper, and Harriet Jacobs.

A Celebration of Women Writers

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women 

Writings by thousands of female authors from all times, as well as links to online sites about them and many biographies and bibliographies. This vast compendium is searchable by author, century, and country.

Contemporary Woman Writers

http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary 

Biographical information, criticism, and essays about Amy Tan, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Arundhati Roy.  Also included are text excerpts, interviews, bibliographies, book reviews, and links to other web sites about the authors and their works.

Domestic Goddesses, a.k.a. Scribbling Women

http://womenwriters.net/domesticgoddess 

Literary analysis of the works of Alcott, Cather, Chopin, Jewett, Stowe, Warner, and Wharton.

Gifts of Speech

http://gos.sbc.edu 

"Dedicated to preserving and creating access to speeches made by influential contemporary women," this resource can be browsed by speaker name or by year.

Magazines and Newsletters on the Web (Women-Focused)

http://womenst.library.wisc.edu/resources/media/mags.html

An annotated list of titles with Web presences.

100 Great 20th Century Works of Fiction by Women

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/52

A diverse offering of books in English.

Victorian Women Writers Project

http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp 

Novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children's books, poetry, and drama by British writers of the nineteenth century.

Voices from the Gaps

http://voices.cla.umn.edu 

Lives and works of women writers of color in North America. The author listings are organized by name, birthplace, racial/ethnic background, and significant dates. 

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