Voices Unbound: The Lives and Works of Twelve American Women Intellectuals (Worlds of Women)

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Summary: A seminal anthology of ground breaking writings
Review: Compiled and edited by Lucindy A. Willis (North Carolina State University, Raleigh), Voices Unbound: The Lives And Works Of Twelve American Women Intellectuals is a seminal anthology of ground breaking writings by twelve great female American intellectuals spanning the pre-Civil War era to the modern day. The essays range from Visionary of the New Age by Margaret Fuller, to Intellectual Architect of American Feminism by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, to An Unsuitable Job for a Women by Margaret Mead, to A Passionate Friend by Susan Sontag. Other contributors include Lydia Mana Child (First Woman in the Republic); Charlotte Perkins Gilman (A Mixed Legacy); Anna Julia Cooper (The New Woman); Jessie Redmon Fauset (A Citizen of the World); Dorothy Thompson (American Cassandra); Cynthia Ozick (Keeping Memory Alive); Gloria Arizaldua (A New Mestiza Consciousness); and Bell Hooks (Talking Back). Enhanced with a section of Afterthoughts, selected readings, and an index, Voices Unbound offers thought-provoking and intellectually charged presentations which are highly recommended for Women's Studies reading lists and reference collections.