Unveiling a Parallel A Romance

Unveiling a Parallel: A Romance by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones.Unveiling a Parallel was a collaboration between two 19th century US women writers who lived in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Like Charlotte Gilman''s Herland it has a fairly standard framing story. This title however has a bit more balance between exposition and narrative than most. It also has some strong women characters unlike the male-penned utopias where women are more than often just set-dressing.The unnamed narrator a man arrives at Mars after a flight by ''aeroplane.'' Mars is much like Earth and inhabited by Earth-like flora and fauna. Where it differs is in the social roles of the genders. Women occupy a place of equality; they have their own social clubs take lovers have children out of wedlock and can even propose marriage to men.