This essay analyzes two popular biographies on historical women to interrogate how a focus on
gender has shaped the genre: Nancy Ruben Stuart’s The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Merc…
Van Rie, Annelies - Bassett, Jean - Mutunga, Lillian - Gadarowski, Mary Beth - Parmley, Lauren - Schwartz, Sarah J. - Yende, Nompumelelo - Schwartz, Sheree R. - West, Nora S.