"The Superwoman"

Year for Search
1912
Secondary Title
Smart Set. A Magazine of Cleverness
Author
Annotation

A typical, wealthy American male chauvinist ends up on an unknown island inhabited by Amazonian women and effeminate men, although, in this case, the women are presented positively. The editor compares the story to Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "Herland" (1915).

Volume / Edition
37.4
Pagination
1-48
Published Date

August 1912

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1912 Michelson, Miriam (1870-1942). “The Superwoman.” Smart Set. A Magazine of Cleverness 37.4 (August 1912): 1-48. Rpt. in The Superwoman and Other Writings. Ed. Lori Harrison-Kahan (Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2019), 55-135, with an “Introduction: Miriam Michelson, Frontier Feminist” by the editor (1-54). PSt

A typical, wealthy American male chauvinist ends up on an unknown island inhabited by Amazonian women and effeminate men, although, in this case, the women are presented positively. The editor compares the story to Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "Herland" (1915). Female author.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in The Superwoman and Other Writings. Ed. Lori Harrison-Kahan (Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2019), 55-135, with an “Introduction: Miriam Michelson, Frontier Feminist” by the editor (1-54).

Info Notes

ISBN: 978-0-8143-4608-2

Author Note

Female author (1870-1942)

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