http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/macdonald-sisters Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 07 May 2026 04:34:35 -0400 Thu, 07 May 2026 04:34:35 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/573/the-macdonald-sisters-how-they-visually-created-equality-between-men-and-women By Claire E. Jones - The prevailing issue of fin-de-siècle France was the increasing autonomy of women. Independence for women threatened traditional social and gender roles, and consequently men’s civil power. Margaret and Frances Macdonald embodied this “new woman” with their status and education as professional artists and the visual motifs that they accordingly employed. They managed to combine feminine and masculine characteristics into one figure in their works, effectively establishing an androgynous figure. In the process they managed to establish an equality, if not superiority, of... Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:41 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/573/the-macdonald-sisters-how-they-visually-created-equality-between-men-and-women