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Women Authors

Women's History
Women's History

Women Authors
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Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 5 to 7
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   6.37

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    best-written, immortality, diversity, literature, novelist, shakespeare, novels, teens, writing, lifetime, reading, poetry, seamstress, elementary, death, selection
     content words:    United States, Louisa May Alcott, Civil War, Little Women, Emily Dickinson, Judy Blume, New Jersey, Freckle Juice, Fourth Grade Nothing, Betsy Byars

Women Authors
By Sharon Fabian 		  
1     Not too long ago, students didn't learn about many women authors in school. In elementary school, kids read "readers," books made just for practicing reading. They didn't read many novels or picture books. In high school, everyone read the same "classics," books by a few of the most famous authors. Shakespeare was the most famous. Nearly all of these authors were white men from either the United States or England.
 
2     Today, students read a variety of literature. Elementary, middle, and high school students read many novels, short stories, poems, plays, biographies, and essays. Teachers and students have a wide selection of books from which to choose. As a result, students are exposed to a diversity of authors and writing styles. Students get to read books by authors from different countries and cultures. They also have opportunities to read some of the great works by women authors.
 
3     Women have been writing for a long time, and they have written all types of works for adults and children. Maybe you have read some children's or teen's books by these women authors.
 
4     Louisa May Alcott wrote novels for girls and young women back in the 1800s. Before becoming an author, she had been a Civil War nurse, a servant, and a seamstress. Her novel Little Women, written in 1868, earned her both money and fame. It has been a popular novel ever since. The novel is about four sisters. One of them, Jo, wants to become a writer.

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Women's History
             Women's History

United States
             United States


    American Government  
 
    Black History and Blacks in U.S. History  
 
    Children in History  
 
    Government Careers  
 
    Hispanic Heritage  
 
    How Can I Help?  
 
 
    Immigration  
 
    National Parks and Monuments  
 
    Native Americans  
 
    Presidents of the United States  
 
    Women's History  
 

United States History
    A Nation Divided
(1840-1861) 		 
 
    A New Nation
(1776-1830) 		 
 
    After the Civil War
(1865-1870) 		 
 
    American Revolution  
 
    Cold War
(1947-1991) 		 
 
    Colonial America (1492-1776)  
 
    Lewis and Clark
(1804-1806) 		 
 
    Pearl Harbor  
 
    Spanish American War (1898)  
 
    The 1890's  
 
    The 1900's  
 
    The 1910's  
 
    The 1920's  
 
    The 1930's  
 
 
    The 1940's  
 
    The 1950's  
 
    The 1960's  
 
    The 1970's  
 
    The 1980's  
 
    The 1990's  
 
    The 2000's  
 
    The Civil War
(1861-1865) 		 
 
    The Great Depression
(1929-1945) 		 
 
    The United States Grows
(1865-1900) 		 
 
    The War of 1812  
 
    Wild, Wild West  
 
    World War I
(1914-1918) 		 
 
    World War II  
 

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