July 17, 2025

The Sex Question

In the writings of the 19th and early 20th century, the questions we associate with feminism were addressed under a variety of labels, one of the most economical of which was “the sex question,” which referred, in practice, to a wide range of question concerning sex, gender, sexuality, etc. The texts collected here cover a wide range of “women’s issues.” The current collection includes material previously contained in the following archives: La Frondeuse (Black and Red Feminist History), Anarchy and the Sex Question and A Beautiful Nihilist.

Lizzie M. Holmes, “A Rural Romance”(1902)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

A Rural Romance. In a quiet, pleasant neighborhood in Kansas lives a good woman with whom I sometimes spend a few restful weeks in midsummer. Just up a little slope and on the opposite side […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “The ‘Slummers’” (1902)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

The “Slummers.” Three charming young ladies sat together chatting and eating bonbons and fruit in the pretty, cosy boudoir belonging to one of them, one afternoon in early spring. Some one had quoted the saying […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “A Type” (1902)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

“A Type.” The slaves of slaves—can there be any greater depths of misery? The story I have to tell to-day is of a commonplace little woman who would attract no one’s attention for beauty, accomplishment […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Hard Working Philander Peppers” (1902)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

Hard Working Philander Peppers. Several men stood about the door way of a big stone building, an iron foundry, talking in a desultory fashion; it was nearly 1 o’clock and the whistle would soon blow, […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “A Gift from His Employes,” (1902)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

A Gift From His Employes. The junior member of the firm of Seigel, Berkfield & Co., manufacturers of cloaks and suits, was about to be married. The employees all knew it for some weeks before […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Evil Results Mean Evil Causes” (1905)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

Evil Results Mean Evil Causes. Two clergymen who were sincere and faithful workers in their special fields sat talking together in the study belonging to one of them. The elder had referred to the recent […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Women Workers of Chicago” (1905)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

Women Workers Of Chicago. HOW THE PIONEER WORK WAS DONE BY A BAND OF SELF-SACRIFICING WOMEN WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR THE POWERFUL UNIONS OF THE PRESENT DAY. By Lizzie M. Swank Holmes. CHICAGO has […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “The Tyranny of Strikers” (1902)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

The Tyranny of Strikers. Two ladies sat earnestly conversing in the little parlor belonging to one of them, in a city of the eastern middle states. “But I am so sorry for the strikers’ poor […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “The Problem of the Enormously Wealthy” (1905)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

The Problem of the Enormously Wealthy I had just finished reading one of the new and popular novels, entitled “The Undercurrent,” by Robert Grant, and had found it a very interesting and well-written book. I […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “The Worst of Crimes” (1906)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

The Worst of Crimes. There are crimes for which we imprison and hang, and consider our duty well done. We brand men as felons for stealing a few dollars or injuring a fellow being, perhaps […]

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