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Literary Women in Histor
Margaret Elizabeth Sangster: Conversations with a Wise Friend

I stash books in every corner of my home. There’s not a single wall in my house where you…
January 2, 2019
Literary Women in Histor
Mildred Wirt Benson: Woman Writer Whodunit

I’ve decked the halls at the Ross Ranch with all manner of Christmas splendors, adorning trees and every random…
December 2, 2018
Literary Women in Histor
Sarah Hale, Heroic History-Maker: The Pen that Perseveres and Persuades

With the November holiday season upon us, turkey tops the menu lists for traditional American fare at family gatherings.…
November 2, 2018
Literary Women in Histor
Beatrix Potter: Filling the Writer’s Nest with Tangible Inspiration

This is the tale of a tail—a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was…
October 2, 2018
Literary Women in Histor
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Wisdom for Today by Kathryn Ross

In last month’s post, I shared about the disturbing trend of imposing modern standards to classic works of literature…
September 2, 2018
Literary Women in Histor
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Truth for the Time

Have you heard the latest outrage in the world of books and publishing? Beloved children’s author, Laura Ingalls Wilder—turns…
August 2, 2018
Literary Women in Histor
Louisa May Alcott: A Secret Place to Meet the Muse

The nineteenth century exploded with women writers expressing themselves in abandon through story and essay. Serious writers. Sensationalistic writers.…
July 3, 2018
Literary Women in Histor
Beatrix Potter: When Trials Pave a Way to Destiny by Kathryn Ross

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take…
April 3, 2018
Literary Women in Histor
Keen Eyes, Core Values, and Jane Austen’s Pen by Kathryn Ross

It is only a novel . . . or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers…
March 3, 2018
Literary Women in Histor
The Power of Place by Kathryn Ross

“… a hermitage, which is about an acre of ground—an island, planted with all variety of trees, shrubs and…
February 3, 2018
Literary Women in Histor
Women Bluestockings by Kathryn Ross

When Benjamin Stillingfleet rejected the norms of 18th century polite society, for the graver pursuits of learning and literature—and…
January 3, 2018
Literary Women in Histor
Writing the Vision – by Kathryn Ross

Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. Habakkuk…
December 2, 2017
Literary Women in Histor
Milady’s Pen for Posterity

The well-born lay woman . . . led a much freer and fuller life than her sister in religion.…
November 2, 2017
Literary Women in Histor
Hrotsvitha—Lessons from a Medieval Playwright

Until the last century, men dominated the realms of literature, letters, and learning. We read nothing of women exchanging…
October 2, 2017