The Awakening, written by Kate Chopin in 1899, narrates the story of Edna Pontellier, a conventional wife and mother who experiences an "awakening" to sexual and spiritual independence following an extramarital affair.

"The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman depicts a woman who, deprived of a creative outlet, spirals into insanity.

For insights into the suffragette movement and the fight for women's rights during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, read Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences (1992) by the trailblazing feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Adrienne Rich's poetry, especially her collection Diving Into the Wreck (1973), delves into themes of feminism, female sexuality, and the roles of women in society.