The Rising Tide (novel 1916)
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The Rising Tide is a novel about issues confronting women in the years just before suffrage by the American writer Margaret Deland
(1857-1945) set in the 19th century fictional locale of Mercer, an Ohio River
community that represents Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
.
The novel tells the story of Frederica Payton, a "new woman" who illustrates the extremes of the feminist question.
It was first published in installments in Harper's Monthly from December 1915 through October 1916.
Margaret Deland
Margaret Deland was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes.-Life:...
(1857-1945) set in the 19th century fictional locale of Mercer, an Ohio River
Ohio River
The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...
community that represents Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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The novel tells the story of Frederica Payton, a "new woman" who illustrates the extremes of the feminist question.
It was first published in installments in Harper's Monthly from December 1915 through October 1916.
External links
- The Rising Tide (1916) (Google Books e-text)