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New Woman
The New Woman was a feminist ideal that emerged in the late nineteenth century and had a profound influence on feminism well into the twentieth century. The term "New Woman" was coined by writer Sarah Grand in her article "The New Aspect of the Woman Question," published in the ''North American Review'' in March 1894. The term was further popularized by British-American writer Henry James, to describe the growth in the number of feminist, educated, independent career women in Europe and the United States. The New Woman pushed the limits set by male-dominated society, especially as modeled in the plays of Norwegian Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906). According to a joke by Max Beerbohm (1872–1956), "The New Woman sprang fully armed from Ibsen's brain"〔"(The New Woman )"〕 (an allusion to the birth of Athena).
==The New Woman and changing social roles==
Writer Henry James popularized the term "New Woman," a figure who was represented in the heroines of his novels, such as Daisy Miller in the novella ''Daisy Miller'' (serialized 1878), and Isabel Archer in ''Portrait of a Lady'' (serialized 1880–81). According to historian Ruth Bordin, the term New Woman was
The "New Woman" was also a nickname given to Ella Hepworth Dixon, the English author of the novel ''The Story of a Modern Woman''.〔ODNB entry for Ella Hepworth Dixon, by Nicola Beauman. (Retrieved 25 July 2013. Pay-walled. ); London: W. Heinemann, 1894. ''The Story of a Modern Woman'', ed. Steve Farmer (Toronto: Broadview Literary Texts, 2004). ISBN 1551113805.〕
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