A review by avrilhj
Women Who Did: Stories by Men and Women, 1890-1914 by Various

3.0

An interesting collection of ‘New Women’ stories from the UK and USA, the tales of suffragettes campaigning for the vote and women opposing the sexual double standard. No stories from beyond the Atlantic; what were women in New Zealand and Australia writing at the time? In both countries women had the vote during most of this period; it would have been interesting to see whether that made a difference in the stories told. Having just read a book about the British New Women’s support for eugenics, with their desire to breed out the working classes (and knowing about the huge fear of Black people and inter-racial relationships among Australian suffragettes) I also read these stories with a slightly-jaundiced eye. A very good introduction giving historical context; I just wish the Notes gave a little more information about the individual authors.