Le Gallienne and Newbery's work helped pave the path of The Yellow Book's progressive nature, alongside various other pieces by both male and female creators. Among all the cultural themes covered in The Yellow Book, what it meant to be a beautiful woman was one of the most pioneering topics of all. Femininity and beauty in Art in the 1890s can be summed up in one term: The New Woman. The New Woman was not one to be tied down by the definition society put on her. She could be as tranquil or as vivacious as she wanted to be.