women authors, american

Excerpts from the diaries of seven American women authors of the nineteenth century, and the influence of their personal writing on their public writing.

Chronicles the life of children's author Laura Ingalls Wilder, from her childhood in Wisconsin through her days on the prairie to her death in 1957 at the age ninety.

A compendium of biographical and historical anecdotes, recipes, activities, and crafts from the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her nine Little House books.

Presents a brief biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," chronicling her early, family life, how slavery impacted her, and what influenced the book she wrote that helped hasten the Civil War.

Surveys the life and work of this award-winning Latina author.

The author describes her life after her childhood diagnosis of polio caused her to spend the next sixty-one years of her life in an iron lung.

Presents the collected short stories of twentieth-century American writer Eudora Welty, and includes a selection of nine literary and personal essays, as well as a memoir of the author's childhood.

Discusses the life and work of the well-known writer, entertainer, and political activist, Maya Angelou.

A biography of the writer whose pioneer life on the American prairie became the basis for her "Little House" books.