Caribbean literature has attained its greatest glory during the 20th century. The national literatures of the region have passed through several stages-each at its own pace and cadence-from their emergence as colonial literatures to their maturity today.This growing presence is manifest in every sphere of literary creation; it is not limited to names of recognized prestige, and it implies the existence of a dynamic literary process, continuous and fertile. Its richness lies in its generic multiplicity. Women writers have contributed to this diversity.Women writers have become involved in literary work to the extent that the conditions of their lives, as women, have permitted. From the days when women writers were small in number and restricted to one sector of society to the diversity of contemporary creators, the journey has been long but fruitful.Access to education, economic independence, freedom to choose a profession, and free time for creation have been previous and necessary stages. This might explain why the appearance of a women's literature in the Caribbean is essentially a phenomenon of the last decades of this century.