The paper is concerned with the history of the Gothic as well as the most eminent elements which determine the Gothic as a literary genre. The chapter devoted to the Gothic starts with its beginnings and later focuses on the more recent parts of the Gothic history while paying special attention to the Victorian Gothic. Apart from the Gothic history, the paper also examines the history of feminism. The analysis is devoted to Emily Brontë’s classic novel, Wuthering Heights, which is examined as a Gothic and feminist text. In order to portray Gothic feminism in Wuthering Heights, the features of Female Gothic and the figure of the New Woman will be applied in the analysis of the novel. Persecuted heroines of Wuthering Heights are used as examples of the feminist figure the New Woman and as the examples of Gothic heroines who are quite different, that is, more progressive than their predecessors. Unlike the earlier Gothic heroines, the female characters of Wuthering Heights embody the progressive elements of Female Gothic. Instead of serving the purpose of passive objects of male desire, they are depicted as human beings who possess both flaws virtues. Despite some of them being overly emotional, they are active in their search for the freedom of a quiet and peaceful life. Catherine Earnshaw, Cathy Linton, and Isabella Linton endure similar experiences but in a very different way, which is the reason why they meet different endings at the end of their character arcs. Catherine Earnshaw must repress her masculine nature and adopt feminine habits. From the masculine type of the New Woman, she becomes the hyperfeminine New Woman, which ultimately leads to her death. Isabella’s journey is quite the opposite: in order to survive Heathcliff’s torment, she must become the masculine New Woman and repress her emotional and feminine nature. Cathy Linton, much like her mother, must repress her masculine nature, but instead of becoming a hyperfeminine woman and meeting her end, Cathy finds salvation and strength in her feminine features, which enables her to survive.