"WOMAN'S REALM."

"WOMAN'S REALM."

About, Women's Interests, Home Economics, General Interest Periodicals-

The Hearst Magazine features the "Woman's Realm" department, fortifying the ideals of the numerous "privileges" obtained by women. In this particular advertisement, readers are encouraged to spend ten cents on a single copy that lists the appropriate standards of a woman's life. The magazine provides readers with an insight into the "realm" of women. They are given a list of the most ideal concepts and perceptions of how a woman is expected to live. The list elucidates the importance of social constructs and their significance in dividing men and women. It highlights the division between the two genders as a way to empower and protect women, relieving them of such a burden as to participate in any type of businesslike studies. In Thomas Hardy's "An Imaginative Woman", the protagonist, Ella would be seen as monstrous and a degenerate due to her focus of becoming a poet. The advertisement encourages women like Ella to embrace in the joys of having a third child, that she should appreciate her husband spending his money on her domestic lifestyle rather than a futile one.

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Hearst Magazines, a Division of Hearst Communications, Inc.

June 13, 1885

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