TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Physiology   5
 
I. Too much Natural History 7
 
II. Darwin, Huxley, and Buckle 11
 
III. Which is the Stronger? 16
 
IV. The Spirit of Small Tyranny 18
 
V. The Noble Sex 21
 
VI. Physiological Croaking 24
 
VII. The Truth about our Grandmothers 28
 
VIII. The Physique of American Women 33
 
IX. Very much Fatigued 37
 
X. The Limitations of Sex 40
 
 
Temperament   43
 
XI. The Invisible Lady 45
 
XII. Sacred Obscurity 49
 
XIII. Our Trials 52
 
XIV. Virtues in Common 55
 
XV. Individual Differences 60
 
XVI. Angelic Superiority 63
 
XVII. Vicarious Honors 66
 
XVIII. The Gospel of Humiliation 69
 
XIX. Celery and Cherubs 73
 
XX. The Need of Cavalry 77
 
XXI. The Reason Firm, the Temperate Will 80
 
XXII. Allures to Brighter Worlds, and leads the Way 83
 
The Home   87
 
XXIII. Wanted—Homes 89
 
XXIV. The Origin of Civilization 93
 
XXV. The Low-Water Mark 96
 
XXVI. Obey 99
 
XXVII. Woman in the Chrysalis 103
 
XXVIII. Two and Two 106
 
XXIX. A Model Household 109
 
XXX. A Safeguard for the Family 112
 
XXXI. Women as Economists 116
 
XXXII. Greater includes Less 120
 
XXXIII. A Co-Partnership 123
 
XXXIV. One Responsible Head 127
 
XXXV. Asking for Money 131
 
XXXVI. Womanhood and Motherhood 135
 
XXXVII. A German Point of View 139
 
XXXVIII. Childless Women 142
 
XXXIX. The Prevention of Cruelty to Mothers 145
 
 
Society   149
 
XL. Foam and Current 151
 
XLI. In Society 155
 
XLII. The Battle of the Cards 159
 
XLIII. Some Working-Women 163
 
XLIV. The Empire of Manners 167
 
XLV. Girlsterousness 171
 
XLVI. Are Women Natural Aristocrats? 175
 
XLVII. Mrs. Blank’s Daughters 178
 
XLVIII. The European Plan 181
 
XLIX. Featherses 185
 
L. Some Man-Millinery 189
 
LI. Sublime Princes in Distress 192
 
 
Education   197
 
LII. Experiments 199
 
LIII. Intellectual Cinderellas 203
 
LIV. Foreign Education 207
 
LV. Teaching the Teachers 210
 
LVI. Cupid-and-Psychology 213
 
LVII. Medical Science for Women 216
 
LVIII. Sewing in Schools 219
 
LIX. Cash Premiums for Study 223
 
LX. Mental Horticulture 226
 
 
Employment   231
 
LXI. Sexual Difference of Employment 233
 
LXII. The Use of One’s Feet 237
 
LXIII. Miss Ingelow’s Problem 240
 
LXIV. Self-Support 245
 
LXV. Self-Supporting Wives 248
 
LXVI. The Problem of Wages 251
 
LXVII. Thorough 255
 
LXVIII. Literary Aspirants 259
 
LXIX. The Career of Letters 263
 
LXX. Talking and Taking 266
 
LXXI. How to speak in Public 269
 
 
Principles of Government 273
 
LXXII. We the People 275
 
LXXIII. The Use of the Declaration of Independence 278
 
LXXIV. The Traditions of the Fathers 281
 
LXXV. Some Old-Fashioned Principles 285
 
LXXVI. Founded on a Rock 288
 
LXXVII. The Good of the Governed 292
 
LXXVIII. Ruling at Second-Hand 296
 
LXXIX. Too Many Voters already 299
 
Suffrage   303
 
LXXX. Drawing the Line 305
 
LXXXI. For Self-Protection 309
 
LXXXII. Womanly Statesmanship 312
 
LXXXIII. Too Much Prediction 316
 
LXXXIV. First-Class Carriages 320
 
LXXXV. Education via Suffrage 324
 
LXXXVI. Off with her Head! 328
 
LXXXVII. Follow your Leaders 331
 
LXXXVIII. How to make Women understand Politics. 335
 
LXXXIX. Inferior to Man, and Near to Angels 339
 
 
Objections to Suffrage 343
 
XC. The Fact of Sex 345
 
XCI. How will it result? 349
 
XCII. I have All the Rights I want 352
 
XCIII. Sense Enough to Vote 356
 
XCIV. An Infelicitous Epithet 359
 
XCV. The Rob Roy Theory 363
 
XCVI. The Votes of Non-Combatants 368
 
XCVII. Manners repeal Laws 372
 
XCVIII. Kilkenny Arguments 375
 
XCIX. Women and Priests 379
 
C. The Roman Catholic Bugbear 382
 
CI. Dangerous Voters 386
 
CII. How Women will legislate 389
 
CIII. Warned in Time 393
 
CIV. Individuals vs. Classes 396
 
CV. Defeats before Victories 400