Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature

Audre Lorde has a Masters degree in library science and worked as a librarian for several years; the concise biographies of the greater and lesser known women gathered together in this “encyclopedia” reveal both large and small details which combine to motivate each woman towards her achievements.

A glance down the List of Entries at the start of the book discloses a combination of keywords (from Abolition to True Woman via Marriage) and key feminist writers (from Isabel Allende to Anzia Yezierska via Audre Lorde). With only around 90 entries, 20 of these being keywords, this book is aimed at...