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In the essay, “Heroine Worship: the Age of the Female Icon,” Holly Brubach discusses the means in which the public chooses and views icons. ... Brubach argues that throughout the last two hundred years, the impact and the status of a female icon has changed drastically, from being a true lodestar of accomplishments to being a sexual magnet of admiration.
Throughout the years, the quintessential icon has become less of a role model and more of a symbol of desire. ... People such as Annie Sullivan and Florence Nightingale, whose stories have traveled through word of mouth and photography, would have been the idealistic icon for any person in this time period.
Today, according to Brubach, the idealistic icon is the most captivatingly beautiful women or the media seeking celebrities. ... However, Brubach neglects to discuss the women of the past who, are in fact, still an icon of today. ... Furthermore, each individual that acquired the ability to act, sing, dance, or be sexual, is considered, by Brubach, to be an icon; that is too many icons for one century.
Approximate Word count = 774
Approximate Pages = 3.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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