Once again on the American side of the Atlantic talent pours forth from the pens of these literary women. Even to choose a mere ten seems to be a choice too difficult to make. Society may hold women back but these writers are equal to the challenge and overcome its boundaries with superbly written stories that are a beacon for all others who follow.

1 - The Top Ten - 19th Century American women

2 - Since I Died by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

3 - The Peterkins Decide to Learn the Languages by Lucretia Peabody Hale

4 - A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett

5 - Souls Belated by Edith Wharton

6 - Carnivorine by Lucy Hamilton Hooper

7 - A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman

8 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

9 - Désirée's Baby by Kate Chopin

10 - From the Dead by Edith Nesbit

11 - The Shape of Fear by Eliw W Peattie