In her groundbreaking novella, "Margret Howth: A Story of To-Day," Rebecca Harding Davis weaves a poignant narrative that intricately explores the struggles of an intelligent young woman grappling with her identity amidst the societal constraints of late 19th-century America. Davis employs a realist literary style, characterized by vivid descriptions and psychological depth, to illuminate the complexities of Margret'Äôs life in a small Pennsylvania town. The novella serves as a critical co...

"Margret Howth: A Story of To-Day" by means of Rebecca Harding Davis is a singular that delves into the socio-economic challenges of the industrializing America in the nineteenth century. The narrative follows the existence of Margret Howth, a decided and resilient young girl living inside the swiftly converting panorama of a small commercial city. Margret, an orphan with inventive aspirations, takes a role as a clerk in a cotton mill to assist herself. Through her reviews, the novel explo...

Gender Roles in Ireland: three decades of attitude change documents changing attitudes toward the role of women in Ireland from 1975 to 2005, a key period of social change in this society. The book presents replicated measures from four separate surveys carried out over three decades. These cover a wide range of gender role attitudes as well as key social issues concerning the role of women in Ireland, including equal pay, equal employment opportunity, maternal employment, contrac...

This book chronicles the evolution of women’s participation in the labour force in Ireland over the last five decades. This was largely spearheaded by married women and mothers, leading to many related social issues including childcare, flexible working, the sharing of domestic work and work-life balance. The book presents empirical data on these topics, drawn from the author’s research spanning several decades, and shows how attitudes have evolved and influenced the development of social ...

Recent decades have witnessed major changes in gender roles and family patterns, as well as a falling birth rate in Ireland and the rest of Europe. While the traditional family is now being replaced in many cases by new family forms, we do not know the reasons why people are making the choices they are and whether or not these choices are leading to greater well-being. While demographic research has attempted to explain the new trends in family formation and fertility, there has been littl...

The story is set in the industrial town of Sardis, which is depicted as a gritty and often harsh environment. The protagonist, Margret Howth, is a young woman who works as a governess for a wealthy family. Margret's life takes a dramatic turn when she becomes involved with the Sardis Mills, a local industrial factory, and its workers.As Margret becomes acquainted with the workers and their harsh working conditions, she becomes an advocate for their rights and welfare. The novel explores th...

"A rewarding, fascinatingly mature book of substance and power."--Tillie OlsenMargret Howth: A Story of To-Day, published in 1862 in Boston, was Rebecca Harding Davis's second widely acknowledged work, and her first novel. Set in an Indiana mill town during the fall and winter of 1860, it depicts the suffering of the working poor at a time when industrialization was growing across America.During the time Davis wrote, the society she lived in was divided into areas of activi...

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pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. Let me tell you a story of To-Day, — very homely and narrow in its scope and aim. Not of the To-Day whose significance in the history of humanity only those shall read who will live when you and I are dead. We can bear the pain in silence, if our hearts are strong enough, while the nations of the earth stand afar off. I have no word of this To-Day to speak. I write from the border of the battlefield, an...

Recuperating from spiritual decay is the motif of this narrative. Rebecca Davis has created personas that realize their misplaced ambitions in life and work to bring about a change for the better. In a side plot she has also touched on the poverty and discrimination in a land where equality of men is preached and apparently every one has equal rights. Insightful!

"Short Stories For Long Discussions…"Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a (501(c)(3) nonprofit that publishes a monthly short fiction literary magazine.Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal...

At the risk of sounding frivolous, there is a good case to be made for the argument that women constitute the revolutionary force behind contemporary social and economic transformation. It is in large part the changing role of women that explains the new household structure, our altered demographic behaviour, the growth of the service economy and, as a consequence, the new dilemmas that the advanced societies face. Most European countries have failed to adapt adequately to the novel challe...