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Unveiling a Parallel
Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant
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“And what, may I ask, does she do with her surplus,—your sister, I mean,—she must make a great deal of money?”
“She re-invests it. She has a speculative tendency, and is rather daring; though they tell me she is very safe—far-sighted, or large-sighted, I should call it. I do not know how many great enterprises she is connected with,—railroads, lines of steamers, mining and manufacturing operations. And besides, she is public-spirited. She is much interested in the cause of education,—practical[Pg 42] education for the poor especially. She is president of the school board here in the city, and she is also a member of the city council. A great many of our modern improvements are due to her efforts.”
My look of amazement arrested his attention.
“Why are yo. . . Read More
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Overshadowed by Charlotte Gilman Perkins' "Herland" (1915), many feminist works of science fiction were written in the late 19th and early 20th century, and the genre has roots that go back all the way to the 17th century. One of the most radical of these stories was "Unveiling a Parallel", written
Al igual que muchos autores de “romances científicos” (como se les llamaba en esa época a las obras de proto-ciencia ficción), las estadounidenses Jones y Merchant aprovechan un escenario fantástico para exponer sus ideas filosóficas y políticas. En este caso, lo que buscan es promover ideas feminis
The book is very innovative not only with its credit paid to the dawning of the feminist movement in the US, but also for its implied or silent criticism of modern Christianity. The favored concept of religiosity is rather of a Gnostic quality. This view is even more surprising when considered toget