Originally published in 1871, Pink and White Tyranny is, seemingly, a
light, comic story about a frivolous young girl who marries for money.
However, as with most of Beecher Stowe's writings, things are not what
they appear on the surface. This ""society novel,"" instead, is a
critique of the nineteenth-century's dominant view that women should use
their femininity to gain power. Reflective of Stowe's progressive moral
and domestic views, the novel is a refreshing work of social satire that
showcases Stowe's comic abilities as well as her progressive views.