February 6, 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, “The True Teachings” (1906)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

The True Teachings. Once upon a time there was a good and wise being who was the chief of all the people in the land, and greatly beloved and honored by them. He left them […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “A Story of a Far Away Land” (1905)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

A Story of a Far Away Land. Once upon a time, a long way off, there was a rich and beautiful island in the midst of a warm sea. The island was quite populous, but […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “A Story of a Far Away Land” (1905)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

A Story of a Far Away Land. Once upon a time, a long way off, there was a rich and beautiful island in the midst of a warm sea. The island was quite populous, but […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “A Woman’s Club” (1905)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

A Woman’s Club A group of women who live in a western city, possessing abundant leisure, yet not belonging to the upper four hundred, and not by any means drudges in the lower ten thousand, […]

Lizzie M. Swank, “An Open Letter to the Moral Education Society,” (1884)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

CORRESPONDENCE. AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MORAL EDUCATION SOCIETY. To the Editors of The Radical Review: I was among the number who listened to the able lecture of Dr. Thomas, on the evening of May […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Trade Unionism the Only Hope” (1906)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

Trade Unionism The Only Hope. IT SHOULD be self-evident that in trade unionism the toiler finds his only hope and security while we live under the commercial system which reigns today. Sugar coat it as […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Trade Unionism the Only Hope” (1906)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

Trade Unionism The Only Hope. IT SHOULD be self-evident that in trade unionism the toiler finds his only hope and security while we live under the commercial system which reigns today. Sugar coat it as […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “A Plain Story of Plain Folks” (1906)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

A Plain Story of Plain Folks. Somewhere at the head of the long, dusty, noisy room a bell rank out, the big wheel slowed up, the sewing machines on the long tables ceased their clatter […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “Ideals” (1907)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

IDEALS For the Journal. As a boy Marius Dale was a dreamer. A backwoods farmer’s son, usually occupied in hoeing corn, watching sheep, hauling wood or weeding the garden, he still dreamed—dreamed of beauty, or […]

Lizzie M. Holmes, “The Slavery of Civilization” (1907)

July 24, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

The Slavery of Civilization Daniel Henderson sat luxuriously before his grate fire, with decanter, glass and box of fine cigars on a small stand at his elbow, and his feet in velvet slippers resting on […]

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