virtuous
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Between April and November 2024 visitors to Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire were invited to stitch names of women they felt should be celebrated on to a textile display called Virtuous Woman.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025
Besides winning the Pulitzer, she received the Bollingen Prize in 2001 for lifetime achievement and the National Book Award in 2014 for “Faithful and Virtuous Night.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2023
‘Park Dae Sung: Virtuous Ink and Contemporary Brush’ Paintings and calligraphy by the self-taught Korean artist are on view July 17 through Dec. 11.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2022
She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for “The Wild Iris” and a National Book Award in 2014 for her most recent collection of verse, “Faithful and Virtuous Night.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2020
Though one should essay, Virtuous could daughter of Sparta never be.
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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