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Farwell, Marilyn R. Milbrath, S. Toril Jeanne 2025-11-19T14:42:29Z 1991 https://hdl.handle.net/1794/31856 74 pages. Female passivity in Grimm's fairy tales has been compounded by the editing and fragmentation of the original text. Our twentieth century society, for the most part, has rejected many tales that depict women in positive, active roles. Although the traditional tales do portray women in stereotypical roles and plots, it is unfair to dismiss the Grimm's collection, when viewed in its entirety, as being entirely sexist. As a result of our society's editing, the original canon has been limited to about five standard tales from the collection of over 200 tales that the Grimm's originally published. The few tales that depict women with autonomy and intelligence have been edited out and are not the tales that show up on children's lists of well known tales. Sexism in fairy tales becomes a question of editing and the values of the editors, rather then the intent of the original collectors. en_US University of Oregon Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US UO theses and dissertations are provided for research and educational purposes and may be under copyright by the author or the author’s heirs. Please contact scholars@uoregon.edu with any questions or comments. In your email, be sure to include the URL and title of the specific items that you are inquiring about. Fairy tales Grimm's quilt Female passivity Sexism Fiction Brothers Grimm Piecing Together the Grimm's Quilt Dissertation or thesisopen.access