New Woman

English Etymology Attributed to Sarah Grand.Sarah Grand Sarah Grand The New Aspect of the Woman Question North American Review 158 March 1894 271 https://archive.org/details/jstor-25103291/page/n2/mode/1up Both the cow-woman and the scum-woman are well within range of comprehension of the Bawling Brotherhood, but the new woman is a little above him, and he never even thought of looking up to where she has been sitting apart in silent contemplation all these years, thinking and thinking, until at last she solved the problem and proclaimed for herself what was wrong with Home-is-the-Woman's-Sphere, and prescribed the remedy. Noun New Woman New Women en historical An educated, independent feminist of the late 19th century. en w:The Lady's Realm Wilhelmina Wimble 104 https://archive.org/details/ladysrealmvol1nov1896apr1897/page/104/mode/1up 1 1896–1897 Incomes for Ladies These ladies, actuated by the modern spirit of independence, have yet nothing in common with the “New Woman”—if, which we doubt, this feminine Frankenstein be indeed among us, waiting to fall upon us to our undoing. Related terms en New Man References Further reading en Feminism Women