new woman
new woman — noun
1. a woman, especially in the late 1800s, who rejected the limits society placed on
a woman, especially in the late 1800s, who rejected the limits society placed on women and wanted the freedom to study, work, and live as fully as men did
In 1895, Élise cycled to her office, a new woman who refused to stay home.
new woman as an appositive naming a person's type
The novel's heroine, Yara, studies medicine and travels alone like a new woman.
like a new woman — simile comparing a person to the type
Our history teacher explained how the new woman shocked polite society in the 1890s.
Magazines in 1900 mocked new women who wore trousers and rode bicycles.
Many called Kwame's grandmother a new woman because she opened her own shop.
- feminist
broader; anyone supporting women's equal rights, in any era
- suffragette
narrower; a woman who specifically campaigned for the vote
- bluestocking
older, slightly mocking term for a bookish, learned woman
文法句型
a/the new woman
new women
用法筆記
Often capitalized as 'the New Woman' when it names the specific late-Victorian social type rather than describing any modern, independent woman today.