damsel in distress – Constructions of Gender in Literature

Damsels in Distress or Damsels that Impress?

by Alana Foster-Smith Women have long been deemed academically inferior to men. The first woman in the United States to receive a degree was not was not until 1831, almost 200 years after Harvard was founded. Women had to fight not only to go to school, but also to be taken seriously in the classroom.Continue reading “Damsels in Distress or Damsels that Impress?”