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Article: Angelique Richardson and Chris Willis, eds. The New Woman in Fiction and in Fact: Fin-de-Siecle Feminisms.(Book review)
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- Utopian Studies
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- January 1, 2006
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Angelique Richardson and Chris Willis, eds. The New Woman in Fiction and in Fact. Fin-de-Siecle Feminisms. London: Palagrave McMillan, 2002. xvi + 258 pp. $27.95
The phenomenon of the New Woman movement at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth is one of the first modern feminist movements. It resulted in major changes in women's lives in England, including increased mobility, healthier standards of clothing and gynecology, and of course, the right to vote. The collection of essays entitled The New Woman in Fact and in Fiction: Fin-de-Siecle Feminisms, edited by Angelique Richardson and Chris Willis, offers a useful overview of the movements ...