Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Utopian And Dystopian Fiction, Feminine Hygiene, Edith Wharton
2 Mar 2016
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She shows feminine traits (loving, nurturing, standing in as a mother) She"s protective, in first clip we see of her, she"s displaying traditional feminine traits, yet she actually has traditionally masculine traits. New woman: women who exercised control over their own lives be it personal social, economic. Term coined at the end of 19th century, beginning of 20th century, used in connection with literature, but becomes a political term. Heroines created by authors like henry james, kate chopin, edith wharton, willa cather, the ways in which those women are responding to circumstances and are encouraged to take charge of their own lives. Middle class white women starting to go to college, completing high school educations, seeking work outside the home for the first time. New woman avoided the traditional path instead of going from parents house to husbands, think of other ways they could live.
