In this space, we pay homage to the women writers throughout the centuries, who have inspired throughout their lives and works, have shaped literature and given form to new visions of the world.
Each month of the year is dedicated to a woman writer born on the first day of that month, symbolically elected as a guide and inspiration for the following weeks.
Through a brief biography and reading suggestions chosen to delve deeper into the work of the writer of the month, the themes dear to her or the historical and cultural context in which she lived, we invite you to discover the female literary heritage and each month to listen to a different but equally powerful voice.

 

The month of September is dedicated to the American writer Anna Botsford Comstock
1st September 1854 – 24th August 1930

On September 1st, Anna Botsford Comstock, a writer, illustrator, and nature studies educator, was born in Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA.
She wrote a voluminous work, The Handbook of Nature Study, and books about plants and animals: Ways of the Six-Footed, The Pet Book, Trees at Leisure, and Confessions to a Heathen Idol. She illustrated her husband’s entomology textbooks and a work she co-authored with him, The Manual for the Study of Insects.
As an educator, she became famous for being one of the first to take her students outdoors to study nature. In 1923, Anna was chosen by the League of Women Voters as one of the twelve greatest living American women who had “contributed most in her field for the betterment of the world.”

Recommended readings of the month:

• The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock
• Trees At Leisure by Anna Botsford Comstock
• Ways of the Six-footed by Anna Botsford Comstock
• Confessions to a Heathen Idol by Anna Botsford Comstock