03125cam a22004333u 4500 68655 UtSlPG 20260610134603.0 m cr n 260607r20221896utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 01000978 UtSlPG en iso639-1 CT Marholm, Laura, 1854-1928 Six modern women: Psychological sketches 6 modern women: Psychological sketches Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2022 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2022-07-31 The learned woman: Sonia Kovalevsky -- Neurotic keynotes: George Egerton -- The modern woman on the stage: Eleonora Duse -- The woman naturalist: Amalie Skram -- A young girl's tragedy: Marie Bashkirtseff -- The woman's rights woman: A. Ch. Edgren-Leffler. David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Six Modern Women: Psychological Sketches" by Laura Marholm is a collection of biographical sketches written in the late 19th century. The work explores the lives and experiences of six influential women, focusing on their emotional struggles and the inherent conflicts between their intellect and womanly instincts. Notable figures include Sonia Kovalevsky, Marie Bashkirtseff, and Eleonora Duse, among others, highlighting their journeys through societal expectations and personal aspirations. The opening of the work establishes Marholm's intent to delve into the emotional lives of these modern women rather than just their accomplishments. She reflects on how their successes often came at the expense of their inner fulfillment, emphasizing the tension between societal roles and individual desires. The text introduces Sonia Kovalevsky's life and reveals her profound loneliness and dissatisfaction despite her intellectual achievements, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of the psychological struggles faced by women in her time. Throughout the introduction, Marholm's analysis suggests a combination of admiration and pity for these pioneering women as they navigate a world that frequently undermines their true selves. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: United States: Roberts Brothers, 1896 Bashkirtseff, Marie, 1860-1884 Women -- Biography Kovalevskaia, S. V. (Sofia Vasilevna), 1850-1891 Egerton, George, 1859-1945 Duse, Eleonora, 1858-1924 Skram, Amalie, 1846-1905 Leffler, Anne Charlotte, 1849-1892 Ramsden, Hermione Charlotte, 1867-1951 https://archive.org/details/sixmodernwomenps00hans/page/n7/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68655 109459 109459