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REPRESENTING THE ‘NEW WOMAN’ IN SUSAN GLASPELL’S THE VERGE

    1 Author(s):  ANANYA BHATTACHARJEE

Vol -  6, Issue- 2 ,         Page(s) : 67 - 77  (2015 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ

Abstract

The concept of the ‘New Woman’ was a feminist ideal that came into existence after the 1900s in America. However, the idea of the ‘new woman’ was not confined to the United States.1 It was Henry James who popularized the term “New Woman” to account for the increase in the number of independent, educated and career-oriented women in Europe.2 According to historian Ruth Bordin, the term New Woman was intended by him to characterize American expatriates living in Europe – women of affluence who exhibited an independent spirit and were accustomed to acting on their own.3 The term New Woman especially referred to those women who lived life on their own terms and exerted autonomy over their individual and socio-economic life.

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