A woman of deep wisdom and compassion, Pearl S. Buck (1892 – 1973) made her humanitarian views clear in both her fiction and nonfiction writings. Following is a selection of feminist quotes by Pearl S. Buck from her nonfiction and novels that were ahead of their time, and are still pertinent today

Pearl S. Buck brought attention to issues of gender, politics, and race, and dared nations and society to help those in need. (photo at right courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Her first novel, East Wind, West Wind, was published in 1930. The Good Earth (1931) her best-known work, was her second novel, and the one that cemented her reputation. It received both the Pulitzer Prize and the Howells Medal in 1932.  Read More→