A Jury of Her PeersBy: Elaine Showalter An unprecedented literary landmark: the first comprehensive history of American women writers from 1650 to the present. In a narrative of immense scope and fascination, here are more than 250 female writers, including the famousHarriet Beecher Stowe, Dorothy Parker, Flannery OConnor, and Toni Morrison, among othersand the little known, from the early American bestselling novelist Catherine Sedgwick to the Pulitzer Prize winning