A New Woman Reader: Fiction, Articles and Drama of the 1890's
In the 1890s one phrase above all stood as shorthand for the various controversies over gender that swirled throughout the period: "the New Woman." In New Women fiction, progressive writers such as Sarah Grand, George Egerton, and Ella D'Arcy gave imaginative life to plight of modern women—and reactionaries such as Grant Allen attempted to put women back in their place. In all the leading journals of the day these and other writers argued their cases in essays, letters, and reviews as well as...
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IntroductionA Note on the TextPt. IShort Stories by New Woman Writers7A Cross Line8Now Spring Has Come2234The Undefinable3552Thy Heart's Desire5270Theodora. A Fragment7091Lot 9991101The Hour of Her Life101109White Magic109Pt. IIArticlesThe Debate Over Women's Suffrage119An Appeal Against Female Suffrage120The Appeal Against Female Suffrage: A Reply. I124The Appeal Against Female Suffrage: A Reply. II131A Jingle of the Franchise136Sarah Grand On The New Woman: Her Critics Respond140The New Aspect of the Women Question141The Man of the Moment146A Ballade of the New Manhood152The New Woman153The New Woman153The Woman's Question. An Interview with Madame Sarah Grand160Science and the Rights of Women168Foibles of the New Woman170The Eternal Feminine176The Marriage Question184Marriage185Does Marriage Hinder a Woman's Self-Development?199Does Marriage Hinder a Woman's Self-Development?202A Young Woman's Right: Knowledge203The Voice of Woman207Plain Words on the Woman Question210The Attack on the New Woman Writers225Donna Quixote226She-Notes230She-Notes, Part II232Tommyrotics234The Psychology of Feminism243The Physical Insensibility of Woman254The Revolting Daughters261The Revolt of the Daughters261A Reply From the Daughters269The Revolt of the Daughters276The Revolt of the Daughters. An Answer - By One of Them285The Evolution of the Daughters287Pt. IIIDrama297The New Woman. An Original Comedy, in Four Acts297Further Reading353
