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"[The New Woman International] shows why visual autonomy was so important to women’s political and domestic emancipation, and it contributes to the recent project to draw out transnational linkages between these syndicated modern feminine types with much detail, diversity, and applied creative analysis."
Abstract. This chapter explores the history of the term ‘New Woman’ and its use by women writers and their supporters and detractors in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawing on periodicals and the work of novelists, short story writers, and playwrights from Schreiner to Shaw, it considers the various positions embraced ...
6 de dic. de 2021 · Weimar Republic 101 article series aims to introduce some of the key themes and debates in the historiography of the Weimar Republic, from its inception in 1918 to its death in 1933. Continuing with the discussion of German society and culture from chapter three, chapter four introduces the 'New Woman' phenomenon that changed how women were ...
Writers in the 1890s and early 1900s described the “New Woman” as an independent and often well-educated, young woman poised to enjoy a more visible and active role in the public arena than women of preceding generations. They agreed that the Gibson Girl represented the visual ideal of this new phenomenon.
Painted wall depicting famous feminist rebel characters in La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain, 2020. Left to right: Maria Aurelia Capmany, Virginia Woolf, Maria Mercè Marçal, Angela Davis, Rigoberta Menchú. (via Red Dot, Unsplash)
Many New Women were involved in the suffrage movement and fought for women’s right to vote. They also sought access to higher education, professional careers, and economic independence. The emergence of the New Woman coincided with broader social and cultural changes taking place in the 19th century, such as the rise of industrialization, urbanization, and changing gender dynamics.
new woman: [noun] a woman especially of the late 19th century actively resisting traditional controls and seeking to fill a complete role in the world.
