At any rate, however the genius of our descendants may shape matters on this head, one thing is certain: Woman—the race's mothers, wives, sisters, daughters—long sinned against through unnumbered generations—is about to be atoned to. All the moral and intellectual forces of the age are seen obviously converging to that point. It will be the crowning work of Militant Socialism, like a mightier Perseus, to strike the shackles from the chained Andromeda of modern society, Woman, and raise her to the dignity of her sex.
DANIEL DE LEON.
New York, June 21, 1903.
INDEX
| Translator's Preface | [iii] |
| Introduction | [1] |
| Woman in the Past— | |
| Chapter I—Before Christianity | [9] |
| Chapter II—Under Christianity | [47] |
| Woman in the Present— | |
| Chapter I—Sexual Instinct, Wedlock, Checks and Obstructions to Marriage | [79] |
| Chapter II—Further Checks and Obstructions to Marriage, Numerical Proportion of the Sexes, Its Causes and Effects | [118] |
| Chapter III—Prostitution a Necessary Social Institution of the Capitalist World | [146] |
| Chapter IV—Woman's Position as a Breadwinner, Her Intellectual Faculties, Darwinism and the Condition of Society | [167] |
| Chapter V—Woman's Civic and Political Status | [216] |
| Chapter VI—The State and Society | [235] |
| Chapter VII—The Socialization of Society | [272] |
| Woman in the Future | [343] |
| Internationality | [350] |
| Population and Over-Population | [355] |
| Conclusion | [372] |