The Woman Who Did: A Cambridge Woman Refuses to Marry
Grant Allen
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Herminia Barton, Girton-educated and entirely serious, loves a man and refuses to marry him — marriage being a contract of ownership — and bears his child on principle. Allen wrote popular Darwinism for a living and detonated this in 1895; it was the scandal of the year, everyone from Punch to the pulpit attacked it, and what is shocking now is not her decision but the bill her daughter presents her with. Fifty-nine plates, from Munch's The Scream to Lavery's royal and naval scenes, chart the anxious modern world into which Allen's heroine dared to bring a child.
Herminia Barton, Girton-educated and entirely serious, loves a man and refuses to marry him — marriage being a contract of ownership — and bears his child on principle. Allen wrote popular Darwinism for a living and detonated this in 1895; it was the scandal of the year, everyone from Punch to th...
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Grant Allen (1848-1899) was a Canadian-born writer and naturalist raised in Britain. He wrote on evolution and psychology before turning to fiction, and his novel The Woman Who Did caused a scandal by defending free union. His works include The Woman Who Did, The Type-Writer Girl, An African Millionaire, and Physiological Aesthetics.
Grant Allen (1848-1899) was a Canadian-born writer and naturalist raised in Britain. He wrote on evolution and psychology before turning to fiction, and his novel The Woman Who Did caused a scandal by defending free union. His works include The Woman Who Did, The Type-Writer Girl, An African Mill...
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