Dr. Joan Steinau Lester Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/tag/dr-joan-steinau-lester/ Mon, 14 Oct 2013 22:09:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Chairs https://booksbywomen.org/chairs-by-joan-steinau-lester/ https://booksbywomen.org/chairs-by-joan-steinau-lester/#comments Sat, 05 Oct 2013 23:40:00 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9924 Chairs I have sat in.  They’re usually too big, those conference table chairs at editorial meetings I attend, or seats set in a row for panelists at author events, with a copy of our latest book propped on the long table in front of us. It’s difficult to be one of the “important people” in […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/chairs-by-joan-steinau-lester/feed/ 6 9924 Mother’s Day, Wikipedia, and Politics https://booksbywomen.org/mothers-day-wikipedia-and-politics-by-dr-joan-lester/ https://booksbywomen.org/mothers-day-wikipedia-and-politics-by-dr-joan-lester/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 14:34:28 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=8307 Mother’s Day is upon us. We honor our moms for nurturing care, but their contributions in other arenas are, inevitably, marginalized. Wikipedia recently excised most “American Women Novelists” from its “American Novelists” category – segregating them in a female subcategory, thereby rendering American novelists nearly entirely male. When we think of other public categories too, […]

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