Preface
Introduction by Laurie Champion
Bess Streeter Aldrich by Denise D. Knight
Gertrude Atherton by Catherine Cucinella
Mary Hunter Austin by Elizabeth Wright
Djuna Barnes (Lydia Steptoe) by Carmine Esposito
Elizabeth Bishop by Kirstin R. Hotelling Zona
Louise Bogan by Laurie Champion and Richard J. Williamson
Marita Odette Bonner by Allison Berg
Kay Boyle by Sharon L. Hileman
Pearl S. Buck by Ann W. Engar
Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert by Kate K. Davis
Willa Cather by Sally E. Haldorson and Bruce A. Glasrud
Anita Scott Coleman by Bruce A. Glasrud and Laurie Champion
Rachel Crothers by Sandra Gail Teichmann
H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) by M. Catherine Downs
Alice Maude Ewell by William J. Scheick
Jessie Redmon Fauset by Rhonda Austin
Edna Ferber by Rhonda Austin
Dorothy Canfield Fisher by Elizabeth Wright
Zona Gale by David Garett Izzo
Ellen Glasgow by Catherine Rainwater
Susan Keating Glaspell by Cheryl D. Bohde
Jovita González de Mireles by Andrea R. Purdy
Caroline Gordon by Lou Halsell Rodenberger
Lillian Hellman by Jennifer A. Haytock
Zora Neale Hurston by Bruce A. Glasrud and Laurie Champion
Cleofas M. Jaramillo by Kate K. Davis
Georgia Douglas Camp Johnson by Catherine Cucinella
Margery Latimer by Joy Castro
Nella Larsen by C. Ann McDonald
Amy Lowell by William J. Scheil
Mina Loy by Rhonda Pettit
Clare Booth Luce by Laura Shea
Mabel Dodge Luhan by Lisa Abney
Carson McCullers by Julie Buckner Armstrong
Edna St. Vincent Millay by Robert Johnson
Margaret Mitchell by Rhonda Austin
Marianne Moore by Ernest J. Smith
Mourning Dove (Hum-Ishi-Ma) [Christine Quintasket] (1882-1936) by Beverly G. Six
Josephina Niggli by Catherine Cucinella
Flannery O'Connor by Leslie Winfield Williams
Dorothy Parker by James Ward Lee
Katherine Anne Porter by Lou Halsell Rodenberger
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings by Janet K. Turk
Lola Ridge by Nancy Berke
Elizabeth Madox Roberts by Suzanne Disheroon Green
Dorothy Scarborough by Sylvia Ann Grider
Anne Spencer by Sara Andrews Johnston
Gertrude Stein by Lisa Abney
Gene Stratton-Porter by Barbara Ryan
Sui Sin Far (Edith Maude Eaton) by Carman C. Curton
Genevieve Taggard by David Garrett Izzo
Sara Teasdale by David Garrett Izzo
Eudora Alice Welty by Beverly Forsyth
Dorothy West by Laurie Champion
Edith Wharton by David J. Caudle
Elinor Wylie by Margaret Gilbert
Anzia Yezierska by Aleta Cane
Zitkala-Sa [Gertrude Simmons Bonnin] by Beverly G. Six
Selected Bibliography
Index

Women writers have been traditionally excluded from literary canons and not until recently have scholars begun to rediscover or discover for the first time neglected women writers and their works. This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries on 58 American women authors who wrote between 1900 and 1945. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and discusses a particular author's biography, her major works and themes, and the critical response to her writings. The entries close with extensive primary and secondary bibliographies, and the volume concludes with a list of works for further reading.
The period surveyed by this reference is rich and diverse. Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance, two major artistic movements, occurred between 1900 and 1945, and the entries included here demonstrate the significant contributions women made to these movements. The volume as a whole strives to reflect the diversity of American culture and includes entries for African American, Native American, Mexican American, and Chinese American women. It includes well known writers such as Willa Cather and Eudora Welty, along with more neglected ones such as Anita Scott Coleman and Sui Sin Far.