An autobiography is a book or story that someone writes about their own life. The author and the main character are the same person.
From Greek roots: “auto-” meaning “self,” “bio” meaning “life,” and “-graphy” meaning “writing.” Put together, it literally means “self-life-writing.”
Autobiography is one of those words that explains itself if you know the Greek parts—self, life, writing. Once you see that pattern, words like “biology” and “geography” start to look like little puzzles you can solve.
Autobiography as a genre has historically been dominated by men whose lives were deemed public and important, while women’s life stories were often dismissed, constrained, or framed as domestic and private.
Treat autobiographies by people of all genders as equally serious contributions, and avoid assuming that 'universal' life stories are male by default.
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Highlight autobiographies by women and gender-diverse authors, especially in contexts where canonical reading lists have centered male perspectives.
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