Quote by: Alice Walker

A girl is nothing to herself; only to her husband can she become something. What can she become? I asked. Why, she said, the mother of his children. But I am not the mother of anybody's children, I said, and I am something.


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Author Bio


  • NameAlice Walker
  • DescriptionAmerican author and activist
  • BornFebruary 9, 1944
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Novelist
  • WorksThe Color Purple
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; National Book Award; Lillian Smith Book Award; Lillian Smith Book Award; Humanist Of The Year