In this short story, Sister Sara explains to the narrator how women invented solar power and defeated an advancing army by scorching them with it. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this 1905 short story in which an unnamed narrator has a vision of a peaceful futuristic society called Ladyland, which is run by women and confines men to the house.
ANSWER: “Sultana’s Dream”
[10m] Begum Rokeya’s story “Sultana’s Dream” notably came out a decade before this novel, in which Van Jennings discovers an all-female society where women reproduce through parthenogenesis.
ANSWER: Herland (by Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
[10e] “Sultana’s Dream” and Herland are both early works of feminist fiction in this genre. This term describes an ideal society that titles a book by Thomas More.
ANSWER: utopia [accept utopian]
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