TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marholm,Laura
AU  - Ramsden,Hermione Charlotte
TI  - Six modern women: Psychological sketches
AV  - CT 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Bashkirtseff, Marie, 1860-1884
KW  - Women -- Biography
KW  - Kovalevskaia, S. V. (Sofia Vasilevna), 1850-1891
KW  - Egerton, George, 1859-1945
KW  - Duse, Eleonora, 1858-1924
KW  - Skram, Amalie, 1846-1905
KW  - Leffler, Anne Charlotte, 1849-1892
N1  - 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.); Originally published; United States: Roberts Brothers, 1896
N2  - "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.)
UR  - https://archive.org/details/sixmodernwomenps00hans/page/n7/mode/2up
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68655
ER  -