New Woman's Common Place Book

Character:

The other day I was hanging out with my lady friends and my good friend Gracie privately told me about a women's union group that was forming called the National Woman's Temperance Union. She thought I would be the perfect for and invited me to one of their meetings in which they handed out this large text explaining their movements and their famous White Ribbon Ceremony. Their current issue at hand is focusing on the temperance movement and although my personal opinions of such are still debatable, I’m highly interested in their political aspirations. As it seems, they…

 Character:  I love reading and I view it as not only a hobby but as a mental escape from the current reality in which I live. I think fictional literature tends to have more power than the credit it's given, it allows one to cultivate ideas on what a society can look through the lens of fictional characters. Currently, I've taken upon reading some of Sarah Grand's works. I find her progressive mindset and coin of the “New Woman '' as a reflection of who I am and what I believe. As of right now I have been reading her novel “Heavenly Twins”  and the first chapter…

Character: Being a lady of the upper middle class, this was a common text found within our libraries that would serve as a guide for terminology and advice on management of a women’s role in society. Considering my political aspirations and backhanded skill for writing, I was hoping to see how I could immerse myself in the working society through the chapter “woman’s work”. Through my surprise though, I found it quite confusing that its chapter introduction began with a positive encouragement that women have the ability to seek careers such as “doctor, nurse, civil servant and etc”, yet it…