Eva Chen received her PhD in English from the University of Sussex in 1995 and is currently Distinguished Professor of English at National Chengchi University in Taiwan.

This is a useful addition to the literature on New Women, particularly in surveying so many journalistic pieces from the 1890s. By this, Chen reveals several avenues for future scholarship, especially around the diversification of and division between women who might be considered as New Women.

• Introduction. "Fast Women": The New Woman and Speed 1: A Woman's Machine: Typewriting and Disciplinary Speed 2: "The Literary Piano:" Typewriting, Automation, and Creativity 3: "Venus on Wheels:" The New Woman Cyclist and Conspicuous Speed 4: Its Beauty, Danger, and Feverish Thrill: Speed as Excitement and Rejuvenation Afterword

Eva Chen received her PhD in English from the University of Sussex in 1995 and is currently Distinguished Professor of English at National Chengchi University in Taiwan.

This is a useful addition to the literature on New Women, particularly in surveying so many journalistic pieces from the 1890s. By this, Chen reveals several avenues for future scholarship, especially around the diversification of and division between women who might be considered as New Women.

• Introduction. "Fast Women": The New Woman and Speed 1: A Woman's Machine: Typewriting and Disciplinary Speed 2: "The Literary Piano:" Typewriting, Automation, and Creativity 3: "Venus on Wheels:" The New Woman Cyclist and Conspicuous Speed 4: Its Beauty, Danger, and Feverish Thrill: Speed as Excitement and Rejuvenation Afterword

Eva Chen received her PhD in English from the University of Sussex in 1995 and is currently Distinguished Professor of English at National Chengchi University in Taiwan.

This is a useful addition to the literature on New Women, particularly in surveying so many journalistic pieces from the 1890s. By this, Chen reveals several avenues for future scholarship, especially around the diversification of and division between women who might be considered as New Women.

• Introduction. "Fast Women": The New Woman and Speed 1: A Woman's Machine: Typewriting and Disciplinary Speed 2: "The Literary Piano:" Typewriting, Automation, and Creativity 3: "Venus on Wheels:" The New Woman Cyclist and Conspicuous Speed 4: Its Beauty, Danger, and Feverish Thrill: Speed as Excitement and Rejuvenation Afterword