| Introductory Note and Chapter I | Page 5, 19 |
| | Man and Woman, by Havelock Ellis. The Evolution of Marriage, by Le Tourneau. Woman's Share in Primitive Culture, by Otis T. Mason. The Evolution of Sex, by Geddes and Thompson. The History of Matrimonial Institutions, by George Elliott Howard, University of Chicago Press. Sex and Society, by W.I. Thomas. Descriptive and Historical Sociology, by Franklin H. Giddings. The Family as a Social and Educational Institution, by Willystine Goodsell. Social History of the American Family, by Arthur W. Calhoun. Sociology and Modern Social Problems, by Charles A. Ellwood. The Primitive Family as an Educational Agency, by Arthur J. Todd. Woman and Labor, by Olive Schreiner. The Family, by Elsie Clews Parsons. The Family, by Helen Bosanquet. Women and Economics, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Love and Marriage, by Ellen Key. The Family in Its Sociological Aspects, by J.Q. Dealey. The New Basis of Civilization, by Simon Patten. Social Control and Social Psychology, by Edward A. Ross. Children Born Out of Wedlock, by George B. Mangold, University of Missouri. The Federal Children's Bureau, Publications 42 and 77. Report of the Committee on Status and Protection of Illegitimate Children of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1921. Normal Life, Chapter V, The Home, by Edward T. Devine. Taboo and Genetics, by Knight, Peters, and Blanchard. A Social Theory of Religious Education, Part IV, Chapter, The Family, by George Albert Coe. | |
| Chapter II | Page 46 |
| | Conveniences for the Farm-home, Farmers' Bulletin No. 270. The Farm Kitchen as a Workshop, Farmers' Bulletin No. 607. The Business of the Household, by C.W. Taber. | |
| Chapter III | Page 69
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| | Agamemnon, The Choephori and The Furies, The Tragedies of Aeschylus. Native Tribes of Southeast Australia, Chapter on The Education of the Australian Boy, by A.W. Howitt. The Patriarchal Family, by Sir Henry Maine. Pure Sociology, Chapter XIV, The Androcentric Theory, by Dr. Lester F. Ward. Successful Family Life on the Moderate Income, by Mary Hinman Abel. | |
| Chapter IV | Page 90 |
| | Danish Care for the Aged, by Edith Sellers. The State and Pensions for Old Age, by J.A. Spender. Report of Bureau of Census, Department of Commerce. Old-age Support of Women Teachers, by Lucille Eaves, Department of Research of Educational and Industrial Union of Boston, Mass. The Trade Union and the Old Man, by John O'Grady, American Journal of Sociology, November, 1917. | |
| Chapter V | Page 116 |
| | Deuteronomy, The Bible. Tembarom, F.H. Burnett. | |
| Chapter VI | Page 124 |
| | Early Massachusetts Laws, quoted by Howard in Matrimonial Institutions. | |
| Chapter VII | Page 141 |
| | Successful Family Life on the Moderate Income, by M.H. Abel. | |
| Chapter VIII | Page 164 |
| | A Uniform Joint Guardianship Law, Conference of Commissioners for Uniform State Laws. The Sheppard-Towner Act for Maternity Benefits, U.S. Children's Bureau. Infant Mortality Rates, U.S. Children's Bureau. Extra Family Wage, The Survey, November 12. 1921. National Endowment of Motherhood, English Authors. Reports of the National Child Labor Committee. Report of Division of Child Hygiene, New York City, Dr. Josephine Baker. The Soul of Black Folks, by Doctor Dubois. Chicago Study of 1,500 Families, Dr. Alice Hamilton. Summary of Child Welfare Demands, by Julia C. Lathrop, in The Child, August, 1920. | |
| Chapter IX | 189 |
| | The Hygiene of Mind, by Dr. T.S. Clouston. The Social Cost of Unguided Ability, by Professor Woods. Hereditary Improvement, by Francis Galton. Eugenics, Euthenics, and Eudemics, by Dr. Lester F. Ward, American Journal of Sociology. Hereditary Genius, by Francis Galton. Euthenics, A Plea for Better Living Conditions as a First Step Toward Higher Human Efficiency, by Ellen H. Richards. The New Party, by Andrew Reid. Charting Parents, by Caroline Hedger, Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund Publications. Observation Record for the Selection of Gifted Children in the Elementary Schools, by Julia A. Badenes. Universal Training for American Citizenship, by William H. Allen. Books for Parents Listed by Federation for Child Study, 2 West Sixty-fourth Street, New York. Social Organization, Chapter on Democracy and Distinction, by C.H. Cooley. | |
| Chapter X | Page 205 |
| | Mental Diseases in Twelve States, by Horatio M. Pollock and Edith M. Forbush, Mental Hygiene, April, 1921. The Kallikak Family, Dr. F.H. Goddard. Treatise on Idiocy, by Dr. Edward Seguin. Proceedings and Addresses of Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Sessions of American Association for Study of the Feeble-minded. Experiments to Determine Possibilities of Subnormal Girls in Factory Work, by Elizabeth B. Bigelow, Mental Hygiene, April, 1921. Vocational Probation for Subnormal Youth, by Arnold Gesell, Mental Hygiene, April, 1921. Report of Mental Examination of 839 Women and Girls, by Anne T. Bingham, New York Probation and Protective Association. Colony and Extra-institutional Care of the Feeble-minded, by Charles Bernstein, Mental Hygiene, January, 1920. Human Nature and the Social Order, Chapter on Personal Degeneracy, by C.H. Cooley. Psychology, by William James. Brain and Personality, by F.E. Thompson. | |
| Chapter XI | Page 219 |
| | Concerning Prisoners, by Bernard Glueck, Mental Hygiene, April, 1918. Report on the Draft Examinations, by H.W. Lanier. Out-of-school Activities, The Survey. Moral Equivalents for War, by William James. The Socially Inadequate, by Harry H. Laughlin. | |
| Chapter XII | Page 233 |
| | Sociology and Modern Problems, by C.A. Ellwood. The Divorce Problem, by W.F. Willcox. Problems of Marriage and Divorce in Woman's Share in Social Culture, by Anna Garlin Spencer. Marriage and Social Control, by Anna Garlin Spencer, in Harvard Theological Review, July, 1914. | |
| Chapter XIII | Page 246 |
| | History of Factory Legislation, by Hutchins and Harrison. Census Estimates of Women Wage-earners. Code for Women in Industry, by Department of Labor, Division of Women in Industry. Democracy in the Household, by Lucy Salmon, in American Journal of Sociology, January, 1912. | |
| Chapter XIV | Page 269 |
| | Ethical Culture School and Pioneer Manual Training School, New York, Reports. Democracy and Education, by John Dewey. The Primitive Family as an Educational Agency, by Arthur R. Todd. Sex-Education, by Maurice A. Bigelow. Moral Education Lessons, by F.A. Gould. Categories of Moral and Civic Instruction, French School Book. Principles of Sociology with Educational Applications, by Frederick C. Clow. Dynamic Sociology, Chapter on Types of Education, by Lester F. Ward. A Social Theory of Religious Education, Chapter on The Learning Process Considered as the Achieving of Character, by George Albert Coe. | |
| Chapter XV | Page 290 |
| | First Report of Massachusetts State Board of Education, by Horace Mann. Songs, by Emily Dickinson, The Book. Publications of the Foreign Language Information Service. Publications of the Children's Bureau. List of Representatives of Women's Organizations in the Public Welfare Lobby at Washington. Publications of the Societies to Further Preferential Voting and Proportional Representation. A Course in Citizenship, by Ella Lyman Cabot, and others. The Pledge of the Athenian Youth. A Municipal Creed, by T.L. Hinckley, in The Survey, October 31, 1914. The Children's Moral Code of American Citizenship, by W. J. Hutchins, National Institute for Moral Instruction. Army Intelligence Tests, by Cornelia J. Cannon, in Atlantic Monthly, February, 1922. The Neighborhood, by R.D. McKenzie. | |