Emily R. Zarevich is a writer from Burlington, Ontario, Canada. She works as a journalist and has been featured in reputable publications such as The Queen’s Quarterly, The Smithsonian, and Missing Perspectives, among others.
Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper worked within the constraints of Victorian society, building a writing career and a relationship under an assumed name.
“Lesya Ukrainka” was a carefully considered pseudonym for a writer who left behind a legacy of poems, plays, essays and activism for the Ukrainian language.
The two-time Nobel winner helped preserve her native Polish language, and undertook her education, at a time when these acts were potentially treasonous.