Shockingly it was mostly white men. I know, you didn't see that coming at all. (sighs)
The lovely people at ForBooks Sake made an alternate list, of which I have not read anywhere near enough! I've only read 14 from their first list and 7 from the second. (jots down homework list)
This is my list of Some of the Most Influential Women Writers. It is heavy on children's literature.
But, I love children's fiction so I'm ignoring all criticism!
My List
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
Marilyn French's The Women's Room
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Bronte's Villette
Sapphire's Push
Sue Townsend's The Diary of Adrian Mole
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus
Aminatta Forma's Ancestor Stones
Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women
L.M Montgomery Anne of Green Gables
Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel
Sue Townsend's The Diary of Adrian Mole
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus
Aminatta Forma's Ancestor Stones
Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women
L.M Montgomery Anne of Green Gables
Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel
Harriet Jacobs Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of Rights of Women
Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle
Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey
Agatha Christie's The Moving Finger
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique
Audre Lorde's Sister Outsider
Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of Rights of Women
Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle
Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey
Agatha Christie's The Moving Finger
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique
Audre Lorde's Sister Outsider
Charlotte Delbo's Auschwitz et après
Sara Nomberg-Przytyk Auschwitz: True Tales of a Grotesque Land
Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible
Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible
Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Kate Mosse's Labrynthe
Judy Bume Are You there God, It's Me Margaret (and Forever)
Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy
Beverly Cleary's Ramona
Anne Franks's Diary
Judy Bume Are You there God, It's Me Margaret (and Forever)
Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy
Beverly Cleary's Ramona
Anne Franks's Diary
Andrea Dworkin's Intercourse
Jean Little's Mine for Keeps
Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time
Susan Coolidge's What Katy Did
Susan Faludi's Backlash:The Undeclared War Against Women
Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton
Kris Radish's The Elegant Gathering of Snows
Germanise Greer's The Whole Woman
Cordekia Fine's Delusions of Gender
S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders
Kate Millett's Sexual Politics
Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club
Alice Walker's The Colour Purple
Dale Spender's The Writing or the Sex
Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking
Dorothy Sayers' Gaudy Night
Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit
Enid Blyton's Famous Five
J.K. rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairies
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