CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION[9]
CHAPTER
I.EGYPTIAN WOMEN OF THE PAST[19]
II.THE MODERN EGYPTIAN WOMAN[39]
III.MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, POLYGAMY[56]
IV.THE WOMAN OF THE DESERT[69]
V.INDIAN SOCIAL LIFE[85]
VI.INDIAN HOME LIFE[100]
VII.MARRIAGE—THE GOAL OF WOMAN[113]
VIII.INDIAN MOTHERHOOD[130]
IX.WOMAN’S SORROW[143]
X.HYDERABAD AND THE MOHAMMEDAN WOMAN[154]
XI.MOHAMMEDANISM WITHIN THE ZENANA[170]
XII.BURMAH[179]
XIII.BURMESE RELIGION AND SUPERSTITION[200]
XIV.THE LADY OF CHINA[211]
XV.THE RED CHAIR OF MARRIAGE[240]
XVI.WHEN CHINESE WOMEN DIE[254]
XVII.CHANGING CHINA[260]
XVIII.JAPANESE WOMEN AT HOME[271]
CONCLUSION[307]