Women Writers Who Changed History.

Make PPP about famous women writers.

Period: 2023 BCE to 2023 BCE

By the end of the project the students will be able to present PPP about famous women writers and discuss in pairs,in groups and in class.

Alice Walker

1983 BCE

“And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see – or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read.” Born in 1944, Alice Walker is an acclaimed American author. Best known for her novel The Color Purple, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1983, her books focus on the lives of black women in the deep south during the 1930s.

Agatha Christie

1970 BCE

Agatha Christie lived from 1890 to 1976 in a small town on the southern coast of the UK. With dreams of becoming a writer, she was rejected six consecutive times before publishing her first novel. She then went on to become the best selling novelist of all time – it is said that she is only outsold by Shakespeare and the Bible.

Sarojini Naidu

1940 BCE

“We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.” Dubbed as the ‘Nightingale of India’ Sarojini Naidu lived from 1879 to 1949 inspiring the world with her poetry. As an author, poet and Indian independence activist she was an avid follower of Mahatma Gandhi. She would later become President of Indian National Congress and be appointed as the Governor of the United Provinces.

Emily Dickinon

1883 BCE

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.” Emily Dickinson is hailed as one of America’s greatest poets. She lived from 1830 to 1886 and in that time wrote hundreds of poems that no one would read until after her death. Her voice and way of writing continues to influence poets to this day.

Jane Austen

1800 BCE

“Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.” The author of Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Northanger Abby graced the world with her influence from 1775 to 1817. Her determination paved the way for future women writers, as she wrote at a time women were discouraged from making their voices heard.

Mary Shelley

1797 BCE

From 1797 to 1851 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley lived as an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer. She is well known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein which she famously thought up while spending the summer with Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, John Polidori, and Claire Clairmont. Frankenstein is still widely studied in literature courses around the world.