Writing the Lives of Forgotten Women
by Rachel Kadish
Apr 26, 2018
4 minutes
When you need to tell the truth, sometimes nothing will do but lies.
Thanks to the labor of women of all backgrounds who have raised their voices in the face of indifference or opposition, some of the silences in our culture’s narratives are now getting long-overdue attention. The labor of filling the gaps is under way in venues large and small—only last month, the New York Times launched Overlooked, its series of obituaries for unsung women.
Yet while retrieving the facts of willfully forgotten lives is essential, some of the most necessary work of repair or Geraldine Brooks prominently by their side, we’ll miss one of the surest paths to repair.
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