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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An interesting look at the transition era is Dear Enemy and Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster, which are both about an orphan asylum.[/quote]

Daddy Long Legs always creeped me out a little. The whole power imbalance thing. Even if you don't like Anne of Green Gables, you have to admit that Gilbert and Anne were equals (as much as they could have been back then, anyway.)[/quote]

The series was written by a woman who sent her character off to college and spent some years as a school principal. Sounds pretty advanced and independent for a woman of the time! I remember Diana was told by her parents it wasn't necessary for her go to high school so she never left Avonlea.

The books seemed honest and true to their times. And it also wasn't judgmental, which is also the reality of the time too. Many if not most women were happy with the social orders of the day. They didn't go around moaning about being oppressed and victims. The concept of "girlbosses" kicking ass would have been weird and unpleasant. The changes they saw and supported were slow and gradual. [/quote]

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