Sarah Grand

Sarah Grand
Sarah Grand (1854–1943) was a British feminist writer best known for coining the term "New Woman," which described independent, progressive women challenging traditional roles. Her novels, such as "The Heavenly Twins" (1893), tackled controversial topics like women's education, marriage, and sexuality, reflecting her advocacy for social reform. Grand's work was part of the late 19th-century movement that sought greater rights and opportunities for women. Through her writing and public speaking, she significantly influenced the feminist discourse of her time.

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CHAPTER I The day preceding Beth's birth was a grey day, a serene grey day, awesome with a certain solemnity, and singularly significant to those who seek a sign. There is a quiet mood, an inner calm, to which a grey day adds peculiar solace. It is like the relief which follows after tears, when hope begins to revive, and the warm blood throbs rebelliously to be free of the shackles of grief; a... more...

PREFACE You will ask me, perhaps, even you who are all charity, why parts of this book are what they are. I can only answer with another question: Why are we what we are? But I warn you that it would not be fair to take any of Ideala's opinions, here given, as final. Much of what she thought was the mere effervescence of a strong mind in a state of fermentation, a mind passing successively through... more...