The Heart of a Woman

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autobiographical book memoir

The Heart of a Woman is a 1981 autobiographical book by Maya Angelou that chronicles her experiences in the 1950s and 1960s as a writer, civil rights activist, and single mother.

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The Heart of a Woman canonical 6
Heart of a Woman 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical book ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
author Maya Angelou ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive reviews ⓘ
describedAs introspective ⓘ
lyrical prose ⓘ
politically engaged ⓘ
featuresPerson Billie Holiday ⓘ
James Baldwin ⓘ
Malcolm X ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
focusesOn Maya Angelou’s development as a writer ⓘ
Maya Angelou’s role as a single mother ⓘ
Maya Angelou’s work as a civil rights activist ⓘ
followedBy All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes ⓘ
genre African-American literature ⓘ
autobiography ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement African-American autobiography tradition ⓘ
mainSubject African-American women writers ⓘ
Maya Angelou ⓘ
civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
single motherhood ⓘ
narrativeForm chronological narrative ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableTheme art and creativity ⓘ
independence of women ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
political activism ⓘ
racial identity ⓘ
partOf Maya Angelou’s seven-volume autobiographical series ⓘ
positionInSeries fourth volume ⓘ
precededBy Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas ⓘ
publicationDate 1981 ⓘ
publisher Random House ⓘ
series Maya Angelou autobiographies ⓘ
setting Africa ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Harlem ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subjectMatter Maya Angelou’s life in the arts and activism ⓘ
experiences of an African-American woman in mid-20th-century America ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
titleFrom poem "The Heart of a Woman" by Georgia Douglas Johnson ⓘ

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Maya Angelou → notableWork → The Heart of a Woman ⓘ
Maya Angelou → wrote → The Heart of a Woman ⓘ
Matriarch of the Blues → follows → The Heart of a Woman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heart of a Woman
Matriarch of the Blues → precededBy → The Heart of a Woman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heart of a Woman
Christopher Thompson → notableWork → The Heart of a Woman ⓘ
Marguerite Annie Johnson → notableWork → The Heart of a Woman ⓘ
Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas → followedBy → The Heart of a Woman ⓘ
All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes → follows → The Heart of a Woman ⓘ