Introduction: Emma Gad: comedy, feminism, and politics in fin-de-siècle Copenhagen and elsewhere -- Etiquette high and low: the faces of Emma Gad -- Imagining freedom and equality: Emma Gad's plays of the 1880s -- Beyond the morality debate: Emma Gad's plays of the early 1890s -- Marriage, motherhood, and solidarity among women: Emma Gad's plays, 1895-1900 -- The promises of modern life: Gad's plays of the first decade of the twentieth century -- Globalization, war, and new technologies: Gad's plays of the 1910s -- Conclusion: Emma Gad between past and future