This is a timely and marvelously useful anthology. Packed full of unabridged key documents from the period, Nelson's A New Woman Reader is a significant contribution to the burgeoning field of fin-de-siecle studies. It will also be an invaluable teaching tool: the choice of contextual material to support the short stories and New Woman play is unerringly judicious. - Sally Ledger, Birkbeck College, University of London
This collection of essential texts, introducing and discussing the figure of the 'New Woman,' is a wonderful, stimulating mix of the new and the familiar. Diverse in genre and tone, this volume will interest both the academic and the general reader. Intelligently and informatively edited, it is a most timely and welcome anthology. - Kate Flint, Oxford University
INTRODUCTION
A NOTE ON THE TEXT
PART I: SHORT STORIES BY NEW WOMAN WRITERS
INTRODUCTION
GEORGE EGERTON
A Cross Line
Now Spring Has Come
SARAH GRAND
The Undefinable
NETTA SYRETT
Thy Heart's Desire
VICTORIA CROSS
Theodora. A Fragment
ADA RADFORD
Lot 99
MABEL E. WOTTON
The Hour of Her Life
ELLA D'ARCY
White Magic
PART II: ARTICLES
THE DEBATE OVER WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
An Appeal Against Female Suffrage Nineteenth Century
The Appeal Against Female Suffrage: A Reply. I Millicent GarrettFawcett
The Appeal Against Female Suffrage: A Reply. II M.M. Dilke
A Jingle of the Franchise Shafts
SARAH GRAND ON THE NEW WOMAN: HER CRITICS RESPOND
The New Aspect of the Woman Question Sarah Grand
The Man of the Moment Sarah Grand
A Ballade of the New Manhood Punch
The New Woman Punch
The New Woman Ouida
The Woman's Question. An Interview with Madame Sarah GrandHumanitarian
Science and the Rights of Women H.E. Harvey
Foibles of the New Woman Ella W. Winston
The Eternal Feminine Boyd Winchester
THE MARRIAGE QUESTION
Marriage Mona Caird
Does Marriage Hinder a Woman's Self-Development? Mona Caird
Does Marriage Hinder a Woman's Self-Development? GertrudeAtherton
A Young Woman's Right: Knowledge Julia M.A. Hawksley
The Voice of Woman H.E. Harvey
Plain Words on the Woman Question Grant Allen
THE ATTACK ON THE NEW WOMAN WRITERS
Donna Quixote Punch
She-Notes Punch
She-Notes. Part II Punch
Tommyrotics Hugh E.M. Stutfield
The Psychology of Feminism Hugh E.M. Stutfield
The Physical Insensibility of Woman Cesare Lombroso
THE REVOLTING DAUGHTERS
The Revolt of the Daughters B.A. Crackanthorpe
A Reply From the Daughters Alys W. Pearsall Smith
The Revolt of the Daughters May Jeune
The Revolt of the Daughters. An Answer-By One of Them GertrudeHemery
The Evolution of the Daughters Sarah M. Amos
PART III: DRAMA
INTRODUCTION
SYDNEY GRUNDY
The New Woman. An Original Comedy, in Four Acts
FURTHER READING