“The Girl of the Future”
| Title | “The Girl of the Future” |
| Year for Search | 1890 |
| Authors | [Allen], [Charles Grant Blairfindie](1848-99) |
| Tertiary Authors | Allen, Grant [pseud.] |
| Secondary Title | Universal Review |
| Volume / Edition | 7.25 |
| Pagination | 49-64 |
| Date Published | May 1890 |
| Keywords | Canadian author, English author, Jamaican author, Male author, US author |
| Annotation | A satirical essay that criticizes the current marriage system as marriage for the man and prostitution for the woman as well as the new education for women that cultivated their brains but neglected their bodies and, specifically, ignored sex. He then suggests the eutopia that would be possible if women were fully emancipated and given the sort of education that would prepare them for motherhood, mentally and physically. |
| Holding Institutions | Hathi |
| Author Note | The author (1848-99) was born in Canada, educated in the U.S. and England, and lived for five years in Jamaica. In 1876, he moved from Jamaica to England, where he spent his entire writing career. |
| Full Text | 1890 Allen, [Charles] Grant [Blairfindie] (1848-99). “The Girl of the Future.” Universal Review 7.25 (May 1890) 49-64. Hathi A satirical essay that criticizes the current marriage system as marriage for the man and prostitution for the woman as well as the new education for women that cultivated their brains but neglected their bodies and, specifically, ignored sex. He then suggests the eutopia that would be possible if women were fully emancipated and given the sort of education that would prepare them for motherhood, mentally and physically. The author was born in Canada, educated in the U.S. and England, and lived for five years in Jamaica. In 1876, he moved from Jamaica to England, where he spent his entire writing career. |
