"The New Woman"

The true ‘new woman’ will be a representative woman wherever you find her—not necessarily handsome, but impressively intelligent and substantial. She will recognize the aristocracy of mind as the only true aristocracy, and her opinions will be expressed only after a careful investigation of facts, and will savor of the broadest charity. Her motto will be integrity in principle and practice. She will not be susceptible to prejudice, but will weigh all questions in the balance of justice and value them only in the proportion of truth they contain. As a reformer, she will condemn the ways of none, but allure to a higher standard of excellence by offering something better in place of that which makes men underlings. Her religious sentiments will be exceedingly liberal, recognizing all men’s rights, requiring only that all build on the same corner-stone.

     Annie K. Bailey, M. D.