"Modern Woman: Her Intentions" by Florence Farr is a compelling exploration of women's place in the world during a period of significant transformation; it closely inspects women's evolving roles, the push for their rights, and their ambitions amidst sweeping social and political change. The narrative highlights the critical need for women to secure the right to vote and achieve financial freedom, while also challenging the established societal norms that restricted women's potential. The book thoughtfully discusses key issues like the fight for suffrage, women's earnings, and the intricate dynamics of love, marriage, and divorce, along with the financial reliance of women on men. Farr passionately argues for women to cast off the chains of oppression and boldly step into their rightful roles within society, paying close attention to the psychological and emotional realities of women, pushing for autonomy and changes to outdated social customs surrounding relationships and marriage, positioning the narrative as an urgent appeal for women's liberation and a deep consideration of how this awakening would reshape society.
Modern Woman: Her Intentions
By Florence Farr
In a time of immense change, a powerful argument ignites, urging women to break free from societal chains and claim their rightful place.
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About the AuthorFlorence Beatrice Emery was a British West End leading actress, composer and director. She was also a women's rights activist, journalist, educator, singer, novelist, and leader of the occult order, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. She was a friend and collaborator of Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats, poet Ezra Pound, playwright Oscar Wilde, artists Aubrey Beardsley and Pamela Colman Smith, Masonic scholar Arthur Edward Waite, theatrical producer Annie Horniman, and many other literati of London's fin de siècle era, and even by their standards she was "the bohemian's bohemian". Though not as well known as some of her contemporaries and successors, Farr was a "first-wave" feminist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; she publicly advocated for suffrage, workplace equality, and equal protection under the law for women, writing a book and many articles in intellectual journals on the rights of "the new woman".
Florence Beatrice Emery was a British West End leading actress, composer and director. She was also a women's rights activist, journalist, educator, singer, novelist, and leader of the occult order, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. She was a friend and collaborator of Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats, poet Ezra Pound, playwright Oscar Wilde, artists Aubrey Beardsley and Pamela Colman Smith, Masonic scholar Arthur Edward Waite, theatrical producer Annie Horniman, and many other literati of London's fin de siècle era, and even by their standards she was "the bohemian's bohemian". Though not as well known as some of her contemporaries and successors, Farr was a "first-wave" feminist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; she publicly advocated for suffrage, workplace equality, and equal protection under the law for women, writing a book and many articles in intellectual journals on the rights of "the new woman".
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