The New Aspect Of The Woman Sarah Grand Summary

To be sure, the naming of the movement dates back to its literary origin, and more specifically to the Irish feminist writer Sarah Grand’s works. She first uses this term in her polemic essay “The New Aspect of the Woman Question” (1894) and her famous book The Heavenly Twins (1899) wherein she addresses a number of contentious issues concerning the woman question. She focuses on the rise of the New Woman as a newly born phenomenon and she uses the term to describe a new coming trend of women who are brave enough to stand against the patriarchal conventions. Grand challenges both conventional gender roles and chauvinists who objected to women’s public presence, according to her, the New Woman represents a new tendency toward new modern choices