The emancipation of female authors and the ones that made it possible

Women. A strong sex that can handle anything. Motherhood, business, sports, housekeeping but also: writing. Female authors are taking over the literary world step by step and are pushing their male competitors back to their spots. Why? Because like Beyoncé once said: “Who run the world? Girls!”

For centuries male authors were the ones who ruled the book industry because literature was a men’s business. Almost everything in history was for men’s eyes only, until women met the word ‘emancipation’. A beautiful word that would make women’s futures brighter. It also took its place in to the literary world. Women, who were never taken seriously in literature, even though they read and wrote, were able to show their writing skills. We now have some great female authors whom have given us some of the greatest stories, novels, poems and essays ever written. But as I said, women weren’t taken seriously and they didn’t get the recognition they deserved until now in the 21^st century.

For this reason some of the female authors in history had to use male names, initials or they even had to remain anonymous so they could publish their books or writings without being judged. I think this is absolutely ridiculous. Who cares who wrote it? Thank God this has all changed, thanks to some amazing female authors. These women fought for the same fundamental rights as men were once given, and for the fact that people should judge on the quality of the story and not on the gender of the author. There are a lot of names who can be named, but that would take too long for you to read, and I cannot give them all the credits they deserve. So, I would like to light up some special names in no particular order. Do you want to know who these amazing women were?

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf was a British woman with a feministic heart who was born in the 20^th century. She was known as a literary genius who opened a door for female authors. A woman with literary power! Her work had a big impact on all kinds of readers and authors. She was a one of a kind but unfortunately she ended her own life. A big loss for the literary world if I may say.

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie was known as a serious crime author. She is one of the most best-selling female authors of all time. She shovelled all the genres away and made room for ‘crime’. A fantastic genre. Agatha as well inspired a lot of authors from all kinds of genres to follow her way of making room for female authors. Way to go, Agatha!

So, I gave you two quick examples of two great female authors whom have changed  history in the world of writing. As I said before, these are just two names of all the female authors who made a difference. And what a difference did these amazing women make. In an article of The New York Times Ms. Prose said that “things seem to have gotten better”. That’s what we are talking about! But why did things seem to have gotten better, Ms. Prose? “Because there has been some stronger writing by women”. Yes! For example, in 2013 there were several female winners at the ‘National Book Awards’ such as Mary Szybist and Cynthia Kadohata.

Let’s say that women came a long way in becoming successful in the literary world but they still have to work hard and let the men know that they also exist. The literary world is not for men’s eyes only anymore. The emancipation gave women a great opportunity to speak up for themselves. Female authors have achieved so much and finally get the bits of recognition they deserve. Keep up the good work!

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