1 Leaping into the Breeches: Liberal Feminism in Sarah Anne Curzon’s Laura Secord and The Sweet Girl Graduate

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Feminist Politics and the Recovery of Women’s Drama 3
6. Leaping into the Breeches: Liberal Feminism in Sarah Anne Curzon’s Laura Secord and The Sweet Girl Graduate 17
7. Performing Politics: Propaganda, Parody, and the Mock Parliament 59
8. “Mothers of a New and Virile Race!”: Liberalism and Social Purity in the Life and Works of Kate Simpson Hayes 92
9. Instructive and Wholesome: Domestic Feminism, Social Gospel, and the Protestant Plays of Clara Rothwell Anderson 138
10. Conclusion 194
11. Appendix 199
12. Notes 215
13. Bibliography 239
14. Index 257