THEA 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Arson, Harley Granville-Barker, Annie Kenney
21 Dec 2016
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Suffrage and the new woman: private dramas, public acts. Women creating new roles and rejecting old roles of women. Sufferage acts, movement for women. uses theatrical elements such as props and costumes. Household, children, husband. blah blah blah: enter the new woman. Threateded conventional ideas of victorian womanhood look at prezi. Woman attend university so opportunities outside of home became more accessible. Take over male dominated spaces such as theatre. Less appealing, because women could handle themselves. Marriage property act 1882 - she could keep and have property of her own stuff. Clothes exposed more so they can ride comfortable. Big change in clothes - no corsets, exposed ankles, broke free of constrictive clothing. Was attempted to be stopped for many stupid reasons. What do we do with the new woman: suffragette tactics. Focus on england but also in americas: constitutional path. 1860"s on- suffragettes aim for constitutional amendment (woman"s bill) John stuart mill- man who believed in movement.
