The following is an excerpt from the review of the New York production of the 1921 play, A Bill of Divorcement by Clemence Dane (1888 – 1965). With much enthusiasm, the reviewer gushed:
“We know of no better expression of the creed of the new generation than that which Clemence Dane has drawn up…”.
What followed was a very short soliloquy which beautifully summed up not only the philosophy of the modern woman, but the philosophy of much the Twentieth Century.
1924 was a very important year for American women in politics…
Click here to read about that moment in 1920 when American Women attained the vote.
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