The Book of the City of Ladies Christine de Pizan was one of the first feminist authors in the history of literature. She wrote many poems and books voicing her opinion on the injustice women of her time faced. One such novel is The Book of the City of Ladies. In a visionary dream, Christine is visited by Ladies Reason, Rectitude, and Justice. The three ladies inform Christine that God has chosen her to build …showed first 75 words of 2741 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2741 total…a renewed interest in her work and in her poetry in the late 1800's. A number of her poetic works and a collection, Euvres poetiques de Christine de Pizan, were published between 1890 and 1900. More recently, her prose has attracted renewed attention. A number of her prose works, including her autobiography, Lavision-Christine have been published and translated since 1965. Christine de Pizan’s work will live on to uplift women’s spirits in an ever-male dominant world.