A Poem Assignment.

http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/Maya_Angelou/13470
She is a writer, a poet, an educator. Her thought affects deeply in U.S.A.. The data is as far as I know.
The poem seems the leading role is proud of her family. Besides, I can tell there is a man loves a woman before, but he dislikes the woman now. The woman might be wife, girlfriend or hooker, because they had sex. From two sentences "You may write me down in history. With your bitter, twisted lies," and "I am the dream and the hope of the slave." I suppose she is his wife, and they are in a bad marriage. The husband is Chauvinist. After they got married, she was fed up his Chauvinist. So she had to fight it back, and in her mind, she also fought for all suffering woman. She woke up and fought it out. This is so far I observed.

Divorce.(Issue)

Divorce has serious negative consequences. First, social adjustment after the divorce is a troublesome time. The former couple often find that starting to date again can be nerve-racking. Also, married friends may exclude singles from social plans. Secondly, emotional difficulties among the original family members are common. Feelings of guilty, imagining that they were somehow to blame for the divorce. A third consequence is that financial adjustments are necessary. Alimony, child support, and property dispersal must be dealt with. Also, the high fees that lawyers charge can be a burden.
http://www.embracethefuture.org.au/youth/divorce.aspx