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Persistent Sisters: Writers
   Persistent Sisters - 2018

Notes: The series expansion features notable women writers and poets. It was 
originally released through a Kickstarter campaign. Further information and 
scans are posted at the Persistant Sisters website.

Set: 30 cards.

   Personality / Card Text          Role                        Lifespan

Base Cards

   Anne O'Hare McCormick            Writer                      1882-1954
   Audre Lorde                      Writer                      1934-1992
   Betty Mae Jumper                 Writer                      1923-2011
   Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie         Writer                      1977-
   Clarice Lispector                Writer                      1920-1977
   Edith Wharton                    Writer                      1862-1937
   Gabriela Mistral                 Writer                      1889-1957
   George Eliot                     Writer                      1819-1880
   Gwendolyn Brooks                 Writer                      1917-2000
   Harper Lee                       Writer                      1926-2016
   Harriet Beecher Stowe            Writer                      1811-1896
   Jane Austen                      Writer                      1775-1817
   June Jordan                      Writer                      1936-2002
   Louisa May Alcott                Writer                      1832-1888
   martha Gellhorn                  Writer                      1908-1998
   Maya Angelou                     Writer                      1928-2014
   Octavia Butlker                  Writer                      1947-2006
   Paula Gunn Allen                 Writer                      1939-2008
   Virginia Woolf                   Writer                      1882-1941
   Willa Cather                     Writer                      1873-1947
   Zikála-Sá                        Writer                      1876-1938
   Zora Neale Hurston               Writer                      1891-1960

She Persisted (Quotes) Cards

   The first function of poetry is to tell the truth,           June Jordan
   Real courage is when you know you're licked before           Harper Lee
   The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambiti           Willa Cather
   If you're always trying to be normal, you'll never           Maya Angelou

Did You Know? (Spread the Word) Cards

   When Audre Lorde was a young girl, she found it ea
   The 1978 book Silences, by Tillie Olsen, looks at
   Did you know that women often used pen names to di
   Curious about how Octavia Butler found her way int

Gift Box Bonus Items

   About the Illustrator: Amanda Lenz
   Trading Card Checklist (paper bifold)
   Sticker (Persistent Sisters)
   Temporary Tattoo (Persistent Sisters)
   Persistent Sisters: 8-card pack


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