The use of “private language” by women writers in their work can very simply be viewed as an extension of the phrase “Sisterhood is powerful”. In her seminal work Beyond God the Father, Mary Daly describes the concept of sisterhood as a form of “bonding of those who have been conditioned to be divided against each other”. Daly states that sisterhood does not mean the inclusion of women into masculine fraternities, rather it is a radical attempt to “stand apart” (59-60). While the phrase “Sisterhood is powerful” was a popular phrase during 1960’s -1970’s, writing in 2000 feminist theorists bell hooks state that “Overall women in our society are forgetting the value and power of sisterhood. Renewed feminist movement must once again raise the
