"The Superwoman"

Title"The Superwoman"
Year for Search1912
AuthorsMichelson, Miriam(1870-1942)
Secondary TitleSmart Set. A Magazine of Cleverness
Volume / Edition37.4
Pagination1-48
Date PublishedAugust 1912
KeywordsFemale author, US 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).

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).

URL978-0-8143-4608-2
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Author Note

Female author (1870-1942)

Full Text

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.