First published in 1911, &quot;The Iron Woman&quot; is a novel of manners by the American writer Margaret Deland. This is a sequel to the &quot;Awakening of Helena Ritchie&quot; and continues the narrative of her life.&nbsp;<br />The story opens when her adopted son David is ten years old and she is living with him in the manufacturing town of Mercer, situated but a short distance from Old Chester...