AustLit

'This paper looks at early twentieth century representations of the Australasian new woman and her espousing ideals of freedom and knowledge in the face of masculinist ideological constructs of respectability and suitable female roles. It also considers the travelling of ideas between Britain, the United States and Australasia, where female suffrage had been fully gained by 1908 with mixed effects for the feminist movement. Particular attention is given to between-the-wars fiction, including some novels by Jean Devanny and Eleanor Dark ....' (Author's abstract)