Miss Lulu Bett | Essays and Criticism

  • Transformation Into Independence

    Korb has a master’s degree in English literature and creative writing and has written for a wide variety of educational publishers. In this essay, Korb discusses Lulu Bett’s transformation into an independent-thinking woman.

  • Realism and Feminism in the Progressive Era

    In the following essay excerpt, Schroeder explores how ‘‘Miss Lulu Bett uses the conventions of realism’’ to criticize the lack of fulfillment in the lives of women.

  • American Women Playwrights as Mediators of the Woman Problem

    In the following essay, Sutherland examines a pulling back from more strident portrayals of feminist concerns in plays of the 1920s, including Miss Lulu Bett.

  • On to Realism

    In the following essay excerpt, Simonson covers the creation and publication of Miss Lulu Bett, and subsequent critical attention.