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Sarah Grand was an Irish-English feminist writer active from 1873 to 1922. Her work revolved around the New Woman ideal.
Sarah Grand, 1894, by H.S. Mendelssohn
Sarah Grand, 1895, by Elliot & Fry
New Woman
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The New Woman was a feminist ideal that emerged in the late 19th century and had a profound influence well into the 20th century. In 1894, writer Sarah Grand used the term "new woman" in an influentia
Sarah Grand
…Sarah Grand (10 June 1854 – 12 May 1943) was an Irish-English feminist writer active from 1873 to 1922. Her work revolved around the New Woman ideal. Sarah Grand was born Frances Elizabeth Bellenden Clarke in Rosebank House, Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland, of English parents. Her father was…
Frances Benjamin Johnston's Self-Portrait (as "New Woman"), 1896
Their First Quarrel (1914), an illustration by Charles Dana Gibson. The Gibson Girl was a glamorous version of the New Woman, shown here. In the image, she keeps her back turned to her suitor as they both pretend to read.
Geologist Florence Bascom was typical of the New Woman. She was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University (1893) and, in 1894, the first woman elected to the Geological Society of America.
Political postcard, depicting the New Woman on her modern safety bicycle championing equal voting for men and women