Discusses the new woman in early years of the U.S.

"Creating the New Woman" In this book, "Creating the New Woman", McArthur argues that women took on a more public role in society beginning by focusing on reforms aimed at impure food, prostitution and the education systems before finishing with the right to vote. These reforms lead them to influence in shaping state and local politics, while keeping in mind their personal goals for reform. The first major event that sparked women's reform in the …

…that way. From food, prostitution and education reform, woman did stand idle and let time pass them, but rather stood up and said "I can vote," "I am Equal," and in 1919 congress at last passed the federal suffrage amendment. McArthur uses the Pure Food Bill, age consent laws and education reform to persuade the reader that women took it upon themselves to step outside and move gradually towards equal rights one step at a time.