''The Rising Tide'' is a novel about issues confronting women in the years just before suffrage by the American writer

Margaret Deland Margaret Deland (born Margaretta Wade Campbell; February 23, 1857 – January 13, 1945) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She generally is considered part of the literary ...

(1857–1945) set in the 19th century fictional locale of Mercer, an

Ohio River The Ohio River is a long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illino ...

community that represents Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The novel tells the story of Frederica Payton, a "new woman" who illustrates the extremes of the feminist question. It was first published in installments in '' Harper's Monthly'' from December 1915 through October 1916.

External links

*''The Rising Tide'' (1916)
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References

* * 1916 American novels Novels set in Pittsburgh Novels set in the 19th century Novels first published in serial form Works originally published in Harper's Magazine Harper & Brothers books {{1910s-hist-novel-stub