"Modern womanhood" refers to the current understanding and expectations society has for women. It represents the idea of women living in today's world, empowered, independent, and making choices that may differ from traditional gender roles.
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Schappell, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair with an impressive literary pedigree, paints a multifaceted portrait
of modern womanhood with the conflicted, interconnected female protagonists of her eight compelling stories.
The company demonstrates that they understand real,
modern womanhood by promoting acceptance and celebration for who the modern «lady» is.
Pick this book up for its gorgeous cover and stay for its astute insights
into modern womanhood and its tense, menacing atmosphere.
The exhibition focuses on four works featuring seated women, drawing on the series of intimate statuettes on the theme of
modern womanhood which Dalou made while he was here.
We know we're supposed to be able to cope, to Have It All and Do It All, and it becomes a failure
of modern womanhood to admit that we can't.
In an effort to widen the perspective of the journal, Morrison appointed Ida Withers Harrison, a prominent Disciples missions worker, to head a new department titled «
Modern Womanhood.»
Abby Plesser describes the collection as a «multifaceted portrait of
modern womanhood» in her review for BookPage; she praises Schappell's «piercing insight and good humor.»