Essays

Emily C. McDougald Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain Emily Caroline Fitten McDougald: born November 11, 1848 in Georgia, married to William Alexander McDougald, and birthed four children. Beyond being labeled a daughter, wife, and mother, McDougald was also an activist, fighting to bring voting rights to women. And yet, like most Georgia women —or women in general—who have made significant contributions within our history, representation of their own history does not exist o

Original written for credit for Creative Writing 5050: Poetry on December 4, 2024 How does one write about the different traumatic experiences of an adolescent with absent parents, women in extreme patriarch societies, and refugees in a foreign country? One does so with beautiful, rich imagery while not diminishing the truth of the trauma or the resilience of the people. Warsan Shire, a Somali British poet born in Kenya and raised in London, takes the reader on a journey of t