Zora neale hurston

Zora Neale Hurston, American folklorist and writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance who celebrated the African American culture of the rural South. Her notable novels included Mules and Men, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Moses, Man of the Mountain.

In late 19th and early 20th-century America, a new image of womanhood emerged that began to shape public views and understandings of women’s role in society. With the suffrage and labor movements, the “new woman” emerged. These modern women were attending colleges, rejecting domesticity, asserting themselves politically in public, and becoming a part of the cultural landscape through literature. As the 12th century progresses, the voices of women pushed for more self-discovery and freedom…

Hurston's legacy has influenced many conversations we're having today.

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763 quotes from Zora Neale Hurston: 'There are years that ask questions and years that answer.', 'Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.', and 'I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.'

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In which Zora Neale Hurston vents about people with inferiority complexes: “They carry it like a raw sore on the end of the index finger.”

Hurston's legacy has influenced many conversations we're having today.

In 1931, she sought to publish an important piece of American history. Instead that oral history languished in a vault. Until now.