| The Rising Tide | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Margaret Deland |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers |
| Publication date | 1916 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 292 |
| OCLC Number | 1001773 |
| Preceded by | The Iron Woman |
The Rising Tide is a novel about issues confronting women in the years just before suffrage by the American writer Margaret Deland (1857-1945) set in the 19th century fictional locale of Mercer, an Ohio River community that represents Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The novel tells the story of Frederica Payton, a "new woman" who illustrates the extremes of the feminist question.
It was first published in installments in Harper's Monthly from December 1915 through October 1916.