The Unknown Heroine by Sherry Wiggins

The Unknown Heroine by Sherry Wiggins is an acknowledgement of the differences between gazing upon oneself, and being perceived by others.  Particularly, she emphasizes the effects of the male gaze on women, and how it presents the feminine space as one of emotional and physical confinement.  Wiggins, throughout the text, breaks out of this gaze and expels her true feminine power.