tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5612668258987461313.post80228943104504448..comments2023-10-02T23:08:07.376+11:00Comments on In a yellow wood: Good ThingsFeroniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11220145940239166814noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5612668258987461313.post-10700255101472957652011-08-25T10:11:43.141+10:002011-08-25T10:11:43.141+10:00Ok - that makes sense! She looked a little bit gle...Ok - that makes sense! She looked a little bit gleeful, which worried me! Apparently these books were part of a push to make young women aware of other things that they could do, outside of simply waiting to get married. A female detective in WW1 - she would have been a rarity!Feronianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5612668258987461313.post-81781483609570903372011-08-25T02:04:38.633+10:002011-08-25T02:04:38.633+10:00To me, it looks like the artist wanted to make her...To me, it looks like the artist wanted to make her look frightened and horrified, but didn't want to make look her mouth "too ugly" and so it came out almost as a smiling mouth. I had the same problem as a young artist. I always hated to make cherished characters look freaky, so I spared (too much) on negative facial expressions, because it could disfigure them.<br />These vintage stories with early "emancipated women" are lovely, aren't they?<br />I have some stories out of a German paper from WW1 called "The diary of the female detective"<br />Must have been thrilling for the girls out of that time :-)<br />Glad spring has come to you!Diana Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17084754858302298249noreply@blogger.com