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Coles The New Woman of the New South (a feminist literature classic) (Annotated): Enriched Edition. Progressive Era Feminism, Southern Suffrage, and Women's Legal Equality at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
The New Woman of the New South (a feminist literature classic) (Annotated): Enriched Edition. Progressive Era Feminism, Southern Suffrage, and Women's Legal Equality
The New Woman of the New South (a feminist literature classic) (Annotated): Enriched Edition. Progressive Era Feminism, Southern Suffrage, and Women's Legal Equality in Ottawa, ON
The New Woman of the New South (a feminist literature classic) (Annotated): Enriched Edition. Progressive Era Feminism, Southern Suffrage, and Women's Legal Equality in Ottawa, ON
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The New Woman of the New South is a forceful feminist intervention in the post-Reconstruction debate over citizenship, domesticity, and social progress. Written in the compact, polemical style of reform literature, it rejects the sentimental ideal of passive Southern womanhood and argues instead for women's education, economic independence, legal equality, and political voice. Its rhetoric belongs to the late-nineteenth-century "New Woman" discourse, yet it is distinctly Southern in its confrontation with regional tradition, religious conservatism, and the lingering structures of patriarchal authority. Josephine K. Henry was a Kentucky suffragist, freethinker, lecturer, and reformer whose activism shaped the arguments of this work. A leading advocate for married women's property rights and woman suffrage, she understood from experience how law, church, and custom combined to restrict women's autonomy. Her intellectual independence and public engagement gave her writing both urgency and practical authority, transforming feminist theory into a program for civic renewal. This classic is recommended to readers interested in feminist history, Southern studies, and American reform movements. It offers not only a document of resistance but also a bold vision of modern womanhood. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance. - Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
The New Woman of the New South is a forceful feminist intervention in the post-Reconstruction debate over citizenship, domesticity, and social progress. Written in the compact, polemical style of reform literature, it rejects the sentimental ideal of passive Southern womanhood and argues instead for women's education, economic independence, legal equality, and political voice. Its rhetoric belongs to the late-nineteenth-century "New Woman" discourse, yet it is distinctly Southern in its confrontation with regional tradition, religious conservatism, and the lingering structures of patriarchal authority. Josephine K. Henry was a Kentucky suffragist, freethinker, lecturer, and reformer whose activism shaped the arguments of this work. A leading advocate for married women's property rights and woman suffrage, she understood from experience how law, church, and custom combined to restrict women's autonomy. Her intellectual independence and public engagement gave her writing both urgency and practical authority, transforming feminist theory into a program for civic renewal. This classic is recommended to readers interested in feminist history, Southern studies, and American reform movements. It offers not only a document of resistance but also a bold vision of modern womanhood. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance. - Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
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