The End of This Day's Business

TitleThe End of This Day's Business
Year for Search1989
AuthorsBurdekin, Katharine Penelope [Cade](1896-1963)
Date Published1989
PublisherFeminist Press of the City University of New York
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsEnglish author, Female author
Annotation

Feminist eutopia. Sex role reversal, but more complex than most. Women in power and intelligent; men are strong, immature, and kept uneducated because male violence in the twentieth century brought about the situation that required the women to take power. One woman decides to tell her son why this situation came about. 

Info Notes

First publication of a novel written in 1935.

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Author Note

Female author (1896-1963).

Full Text

1989 Burdekin, Katherine Penelope (1896-1963). The End of This Day’s Business. New York: Feminist Press of the City University of New York with an “Afterword” by Daphne Patai (159-90). First publication of a novel written in 1935. PSt

Feminist eutopia. Sex role reversal, but more complex than most. Women in power and intelligent; men are strong, immature, and kept uneducated because male violence in the twentieth century brought about the situation that required the women to take power. One woman decides to tell her son why this situation came about. Female author.