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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Kate Chopin | (1850-1904) born in St. Louis Missouri. married to oscar and have 5 children. |
| Katherine Mansfield | (1888-1923) she was born and raised in New Zealand. she wrote under a pen name. her stories often focus on moments of disruption. she died of tuberculosis. |
| Alice Walker | (1944-today) african american writer who writes about race and gender. born and raised in Georgia and the youngest of 8 children. her familys had problems with the Jim Crow Laws. she is blind in the right eye because her brother accidently shot her in the eye with a BB gun. |
| Sandra Cisneros | (1954-present) she was born in Chicago and her father worked in Mexico City and was constantly going between countries. the family was poor and eventually moved into a poor Puerto Rican neighborhood outside of Chicago. lonely as a child so she writes about friends. |
| Edith Wharton | (1862-1937) born in new york City. unhappy marriage to Teddy who abused her and it was an unhappy marriage. took 50 years to get a divorce. usually wrote about women having affairs because she had affair also. |
| Julia Alveraz | (1950-present) born in New York City but raised in Dominican Republic. she later moved back to New York but did not speak much English so usually felt very out of place. spanish culture. |
| Flannery O'Connor | (1925-1964) born in georgia and is one of americas best short story writers. she was a strong Catholic. didnt believe race was important. died of lupus |
| Willa Cather | (1873-1947) born in Virginia. she wasnt married and lived in Nebraska and Pittsburgh. she didnt go after the traditional women's life. |
| Nathanial Hawthorne | (1804-1864) born in Salem Massachussetts and his ancestors were judges at the Salem witch trial. his characters are always Puritans even though he was not a Puritan. he wrote Scarlett Letter and is a gothic writer. |
| Bernard Malamud | (1914-1986) born in Brooklyn. grew up during the great depression married a Roman Catholic (he was a jew) |
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