Edith Simcox and La Chose Jugée

Edith Simcox (1844-1901) was a pioneer in scholarly literary criticism with a rigor of research and logic that are commonly practiced today but innovative then. Along with her essays for the Academy , her writing blazed trails for equal education opportunities and other rights for women. Her articles were motivated by a desire to bring about social change on numerous fronts, to alter the way gender was perceived and prescribed, and to inspire others to be tolerant and open-minded about difference.