Her Own Voice: Eight Women Who Rewrote Life and Art by Fernald, Anne E.
Her Own Voice: Eight Women Who Rewrote Life and Art by Fernald, Anne E.

Her Own Voice: Eight Women Who Rewrote Life and Art

With Virginia Woolf as a guide, the stories of eight radical 20th century women--wanderers, rebels, explorers, mentors--who...
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Author: Anne E. Fernald
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Her Own Voice: Eight Women Who Rewrote Life and Art by Fernald, Anne E.

Her Own Voice: Eight Women Who Rewrote Life and Art

$35.94
Her Own Voice: Eight Women Who Rewrote Life and Art by Fernald, Anne E.

Her Own Voice: Eight Women Who Rewrote Life and Art

$35.94
Author: Anne E. Fernald
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
With Virginia Woolf as a guide, the stories of eight radical 20th century women--wanderers, rebels, explorers, mentors--who made a life for themselves in spite of everything.

Everything that changed in the 20th century changed more dramatically for women. Her Own Voice tells the stories of eight radical women who responded to social oppression and helped create the modernist movement.

As we witness the strong resurgence of trad wife popularity in modern culture, this book calls on women of every generation to actively wrestle with old ideas about what it means to be "good" and even "lovable." Anne E. Fernald, world-renowned Virginia Woolf scholar, argues that the stories we read shape the lives we imagine for ourselves, and offers these stories as possible templates for living boldly and creatively.

Among the women featured are:

Margaret Wise Brown, groundbreaking author of Goodnight Moon
Jessie Redmon Fauset, prolific novelist of the Harlem Renaissance
Dorothy Arzner, the only woman director to make the transition from silent to sound films

The women in this book encompass a wide range of diverse identities: Black, white, Asian, lesbian, queer, straight, mothers, aunts, teachers; novelists; poets, filmmakers, musicians, producers. Altogether, they provide an inspirational reminder that the social and political upheaval of our time is nothing new; women have been working to overcome enormous barriers in the name of their art throughout history.

Author: Anne E. Fernald
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 08/18/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.80w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780807021330


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/01/2026 pg. 118
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2026
Booklist 08/01/2026

About the Author
Anne E. Fernald is Professor of English at Fordham University in New York City and one of the world's best-known experts on Virginia Woolf.
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