Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
4. PREFATORY NOTE xiii
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. Charlotte Mew (1869—1928) 43
7. The Quiet House 46
8. May Sinclair (1863-1946) 49
9. Mary Olivier: A Life 51
10. Anna Wickham (1884—1947) 57
11. The Angry Woman 60
12. Anzia Yezierska (? 1880-1970) 64
13. Bread Givers 67
14. Winifred Holtby (1898-1935) 73
15. South Riding 75
16. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) 86
17. A Sketch of the Past 90
18. Jean Rhys (1890-1979) 96
19. Wide Sargasso Sea 99
20. Tillie Olsen (? 1913— ) 110
21. I Stand Here Ironing 113
22. Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) 122
23. Balloons 125
24. Margaret Drabble (1939- ) 127
25. The Millstone 129
26. Adrienne Rich (1929- ) 146
27. Mother-in-Law 149
28. Storm Jameson (1891-1986) 151
29. Journey from the North 154
30. Kathleen Raine (1908- ) 164
31. Heirloom 166
32. Alice Walker (1944- ) 168
33. In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens 171
34. Maya Angelou (1928- ) 183
35. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 186
36. Toni Morrison (1931- ) 200
37. Beloved 203
38. Eavan Boland (1944- ) 217
39. Night Feed 219
40. Zee Edgell (1940- ) 221
41. Beka Lamb 223
42. Amy Tan (1952- ) 230
43. The Joy Luck Club 232
44. Angela Carter (1940-1992) 240
45. Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost 243
46. Margaret Atwood (1939- ) 253
47. Giving Birth 255
48. Michele Roberts (1949- ) 272
49. God's House 274
50. BIBLIOGRAPHY 293