#womenwriters is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 33 people shared 118 posts with it — around 4 a day. Activity is up 20% versus the previous week, peaking on Sep 10 with 9 posts.

Posts with #womenwriters

Feministory

@feministory.bsky.social

about 12 hours ago

9/21/1855 — b. Etta Semple, American author, freethinker, #publishers, philanthropist, feminist. Novelist, newspaper editor, medical intuitive, atheist, radical, socialist, humanitarian. Founder, Kansas Freethought Assn; published the “Free Thought Vindicator” #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky

Etta Semple standing and holding up one hand and holding a book in the other hand

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Feministory

@feministory.bsky.social

8 months ago

1/28/1873 — b. Sidonie-Gabrielle (Colette), French author, journalist, essayist, woman of letters, music hall actor, mime. One of France’s greatest and most famous contemporary writers; adaptions of her popular novellas were made into Hollywood films #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky

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Feministory

@feministory.bsky.social

7 months ago

2/23/1853 — b. Dolores Correa Zapata, Mexican poet, author, educator, #womensrights activist, feminist. Co-founder, “Mexican Woman” magazine (1902-07); co-founder, first #feminist assn in Mexico (1904). Some works utilized as Mexican school texts #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #PolSky #edu

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Feministory

@feministory.bsky.social

6 months ago

3/11/1849 — b. Eliza Jane Nicholson, American newspaper publisher, editor, journalist, poet. Newspaper pioneer; owner, ed, pub "The Daily Picayune," New Orleans (1876-96). President, Wmn’s Natl Press Assn(1884); pres, Intl Wmn’s Press Assn(‘85) #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #FreePress

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Feministory

@feministory.bsky.social

4 months ago

5/22/1846 — b. Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican feminist, educator, writer, poet. Early Mexican #feminist; key contributor to the development of the first feminist mvmnt in Mexico. Wrote poetry and for newspapers & journals on #edu, justice & patriotism #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #PolSky

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Feministory

@feministory.bsky.social

8 months ago

1/17/1820 — b. Anne Brönte, English author, poet. Pseudonym Acton Bell; the youngest sister of the Brontë #literary family. Her notable works are "Agnes Grey" (1847) and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" (1848). She died of pulmonary tuberculosis at age 29 #womenshistory #womenwriters #BookSky #BOTD

Artwork of Anne Bronte seated holding a book

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Feministory

@feministory.bsky.social

5 months ago

4/17/1813 — b. Susan Fenimore Cooper, American author, naturalist, philanthropist. Novels + essays on nature + the rural life; one of the earliest American to warn of the exploitation of #naturalresources. Founder of hospital(1865), and orphanage(‘73) #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky

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Feministory

@feministory.bsky.social

7 months ago

2/25/1831 — b. Jane Goodwin Austin, American author. Popular novelist, essayist, short story writer; wrote 24 books + many popular stories.Noted for the American version of the first Thanksgiving story;friends w/Louisa May Alcott + other writers #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky #BOTD

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Feministory

@feministory.bsky.social

7 months ago

3/6/1879 — b. Carmela Nieto de Herrera, Cuban journalist, author, social advocate, feminist, philanthropist. The first female journalist in Cuba; wrote political works, #kidlit + many essays, stories, articles for mags + newspapers #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #PolSky #IWD #FreePress

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Feministory

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4 months ago

6/5/1836 — b. Miriam Leslie, American editor, publisher, author, suffragist. Founder, editor of many magazines in the Frank Leslie publishing empire. She bequethed half of her 1 mil+ estate to Carrie Chapman Catt for the cause of woman suffrage #womenshistory #womensrights #womenwriters #WriterSky

6 149 617

Feministory

@feministory.bsky.social

4 months ago

5/13/1907 — b. Daphne Du Maurier, British author. Educated in Paris; wrote romantic suspense novels, histories, biographies +memoirs. Noted for “Rebecca”(1938); the great-granddaughter of noted actor, Mary Anne Clark. Order of the British Empire(1969) #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky

Daphne Du Maurier seated with a cigarette in her mouth

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Feministory

@feministory.bsky.social

7 months ago

3/5/1847 — b. Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina, American historian, author, curator, jurist. Hawaiian historian, cultural writer; authority on ancient laws + water rights #law. First curator of Hawaii National Museum; early female Hawaiian judge #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #LawSky