Woman Triumphant: The story of her struggles for freedom, education and political rights. / Dedicated to all noble-minded women by an appreciative member of the other sex.
Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
DEDICATED TO ALL NOBLE-MINDED WOMEN BY AN APPRECIATIVE MEMBER OF THE OTHER SEX.
Published by R. CRONAU
340 East 198th Street, New York.
Copyright 1919 by R. CRONAU
New York.
WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
America, the History of Its Discovery. 2 vols., with 545 illustrations and 37 maps. (Leipzig 1890–92.) Award World’s Columbian Exposition.
America, historia de su descubrimiento. 3 vols., with several hundred illustrations and maps. (Barcelona 1892.) Award World’s Columbian Exposition.
From Wonderland to Wonderland, Sketches of American Life and Scenery. With 50 heliogravures. (Leipzig 1886.)
Through the Wild West , Journeys of an Artist through the Prairies and Rocky Mountains of America. Illustrated. (Braunschweig 1890.)
Rudolf Cronau
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PREFACE.
Women During the Remote Past.
PRIMEVAL MAN, HIS ORIGIN AND SEVERE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE.
THE DIVISION OF LABOR AND RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN THE SEXES.
WOMEN AS OBJECTS OF RAPE, BARTER AND RELIGIOUS SACRIFICE.
Women during the Ages of Antiquity.
WOMEN IN BABYLONIA.
WOMAN’S STATUS AMONG THE HEBREWS.
WOMAN’S STATUS AMONG THE PARSEE AND HINDOO.
WOMAN IN CHINA AND JAPAN.
WOMAN AMONG THE EGYPTIANS.
WOMAN AMONG THE GREEKS.
WOMAN AMONG THE ROMANS.
WOMAN’S POSITION AMONG THE GERMANIC NATIONS.
THE HEROIC WOMEN OF THE BRITONS AND THE NORSEMEN.
WOMAN AMONG THE EARLY CHRISTIANS.
WOMAN AMONG THE MOHAMMEDANS.
Women During the Middle Ages.
WOMEN DURING THE MIDDLE AGES.
THE GLORIOUS TIME OF THE RENAISSANCE.
THE DARKEST CHAPTER IN WOMAN’S HISTORY.
Women in Modern Times.
WOMAN IN SLAVERY.
THE DAWNING OF BRIGHTER DAYS.
PIONEER WOMEN IN THE NEW WORLD.
WOMEN OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
WOMAN’S ENTRY INTO INDUSTRY.
THE MOVEMENT FOR AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY.
EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK.
THE MEANING OF THE MINIMUM WAGE.
EFFORTS TO SECURE SAFE AND SANITARY WORKING CONDITIONS AND CLINICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES RESULTING FROM INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONS.
WOMEN AS MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL.
WOMAN IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
WOMAN IN THE PROFESSION OF THE LAW.
WOMEN AS INVENTORS.
EMINENT FEMALE SCIENTISTS.
NOTEWORTHY WOMEN IN WORLD LITERATURE.
WOMEN IN MUSIC AND DRAMA.
WHAT WOMEN HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN ART.
GREAT MONUMENTS OF WOMAN’S PHILANTHROPY.
THE HUNDRED YEARS’ BATTLE FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
WHY WOMEN WANT AND NEED THE VOTE.
WOMAN’S ACTIVITY DURING THE WORLD WAR.
WOMAN TRIUMPHANT.
WOMAN’S MISSION IN THE FUTURE.
CONTENTS.
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