After 341 Years, British Poet Laureate Is A Woman
5/2/09
NY Times: The writer Carol Ann Duffy was appointed Britain's poet laureate on Friday, becoming the first woman to take a 341-year-old job that has been held by, among others, Dryden, Tennyson, Wordsworth, Cecil Day-Lewis and Ted Hughes.
Marilyn French, Novelist And Champion Of Feminism, Dies At 79
5/4/09
NY Times: Marilyn French, a writer and feminist activist whose debut novel, "The Women's Room," propelled her into a leading role in the modern feminist movement, died on Saturday in Manhattan. She was 79 and lived in Manhattan.
An In-Law Is Finding Washington To Her Liking
5/4/09
NY Times: Marian Robinson, President Obama's mother-in-law, moved into the White House "kicking and screaming," said her son, Craig Robinson. But after three months in the Executive Mansion, Mrs. Robinson is unexpectedly and decidedly savoring her new life.
Source: Women's Media Center
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