Women writers of the Contemporary era in the Caribbean show that much of their work is influenced by the black power, Rastafarian, and women’s movement. There are several factors that influenced the increase of women’s writing around the 1950’s and 1960s. Possibly because of the access to formal education for girls during this time that previously was not promisingly available. Some of the girl that did have access to secondary school very few would not have opportunity to university education because most of the scholarships would not be appointed to females. When the West Indies seen changes of political independence and the feminist movement is when most of the women Caribbean writers were exposed. After reading many of the Caribbean short stories writing by women, I was able to able to see the different writing styles of each author. The six stories that will be further discussing include; “Pioneers, Oh Pioneers,” “Sunday Cricket,” “Blackness,” “Caribbean Chameleon,” “The Waiting Room” and “Private School.” For each of these short stories, I will provide similarities and contrast between the different women writing styles and also will include my own thoughts of the stories. The first short story is “Pioneers, Oh, Pioneers,” by Jean Rhys. The author’s writing shows that there is a colonial middle-class to her story of Dominica’s white-Creole of the turn of the century. According to an article by Chris Power from the guardian says that much of Rhys literature is mostly autobiographical. Power’s states that “The extent to which Rhys drew on her own life means her stories and novels contain many repeating elements: a childhood on the Caribbean island of Dominica, English public school and stage school, chorus-line work, hard times in Paris, Bloomsbury bedsits, exploitation, alcoholism, depression, and the loneliness of the perennial outsider” (Power). Much of Rhys literature was writing in