"Oh, what I
know about myself isn't really worth telling," said Anne
eagerly. "If you'll only let me tell you what I
imagine about myself
you'll think it ever so much more interesting."
"No, I don't want any of your imaginings. Just you stick to bald facts. Begin
at the beginning. Where were you born and how old are you?"
Greetings! Welcome to "The Modern Gibson Girl". Here let me introduce myself. My name is Paula Renee, I am sixteen years old, and I live with my family in northern New Jersey.
I love to read -all sorts of things. I read fiction, poetry, many biographies, and various how-to's. Influential women in history is a beloved topic of research to me. It is both fascinating and greatly inspiring to learn about women who climbed the "Alpine Path" through their hard work, creativity, and quickness of mind. The fact that many of these women achieved success without sacrificing their femininity and loveliness is very encouraging to me. Here on this blog, as the title lets on, I will be sharing my research on a group of such women-The Gibson Girls. Now I realise that the original Gibson Girl was in fact the creation of
male artist Charles Dana Gibson. Some people will say that what he did is create an unreachable standard of beauty and grace, thereby causing young ladies to feel insecure and to be lacking in self confidence.But I believe that standards should be high. And these standards were very desirable and certainly not unattainable.The Gibson Girl had among other virtues; wit, beauty, confidence, ability, social graces, adventurous spirit, and a wonderfully subtle sense of humour. A whole country fell in love with her.
Seasons come and go - time passes quickly - things that were once loved dearly are sent to the attic. In an old trunk they sit through the passing decades undisturbed.
I hope I can open that historical trunk here and show you what beautiful things lay inside. You will see that age has only made them lovelier. Come and be introduced to beautiful Gibson Girls - some fictional and some as real as you and me. And hopefully I can show you home ways to bring a bit of Gibson romance into your own life.
