Is Ellen Olenska a feminist heroine in The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton?

In the way she depicts New York society's treatment of Ellen Olenska, Wharton makes a scathing rebuke of the sexual double standard during this time. The Countess Olenska has damaged her reputation by divorcing her scoundrel husband and will never be fully accepted by upper-class social circles again.

When Ellen falls in love with Newland Archer, she decides against becoming his mistress not only out of loyalty to her cousin May, but also because she realizes that, as a woman, she would be the one taking all of the risk. It is all too clear that Newland, as the man in the relationship, would not experience any backlash from the community, but that Ellen would be ruined forever by an affair. Ellen is aware of the unfair social realities of women's lives, which possibly makes her a prototypical feminist heroine.