Woman free

by Ellis Ethelmer

• Mind, influence on body, see Fictility, Psychical effort.
• Modesty, [170], [171], [199].
• Monkey, [39].
• Morality, double standard of, [57], [67], [68], [71], [73], [148];
  • connubial, [106], [177], [209].
• Mormonism, [132].
• Mother-love, [61], [63], [208].
• Mutuality, [183], see Community of effort.
• Nascent organs, [65].
• Nature, [36], [39], [120], [167], [182], [185], [187], [195], [211], [212];
  • violation of laws of, [106], [110], [111];
  • relation of man and woman to, [167], [195], [207], [214].
• Neo-Malthusianism, [174], [176] to 178, see also the following:—

“A dogmatic conclusion that human life is on the whole more painful than pleasurable is perhaps rare in England; but it is a widespread opinion that the average of happiness attained by the masses, even in civilised communities, is deplorably low, and that the present aim of philanthropy should be rather to improve the quality of human life than to increase the quantity.”—Professor Henry Sidgwick (“History of Ethics,” p. 247).

• Nubility, [90], [93], see England, Maturity, Puberty.
• Nurses, [200].
• Obedience, [69], [73] 74.
• Observation, [103], [187];
  • lack of, [118];
  • power attendant on, [205].
• Ourali, see Curare.
• Over-population, [173] to 178.
• Pain, [110], [111].
• Palæolithic art, [40].
• Parturition, painless future, [216].
• Paternity, [209], see Father.
• Patria potestas, [62].
• Petit treason, [149].
• Philosophy, natural, [206].
• Physical strength, see Strength.
• “Pit-brow” women, [75].
• Poetry, spirit of, [206];
  • future of, [212].
• “Police des mœurs,” [193].
• Politeness, [201].
• Political and legal Position, [197], see Franchise.
• Potencies, [108], [110], [203].
• Prehistoric times, [37], [40].
• Prostitution, [53], [54], [175];
  • feminine repudiation of, [139];
  • religious, [46], [138], see Courtesanship, Hetairai.
• Prudence after marriage, [176], [177].
• Psyche, [41], [103];
  • see Soul.
• Psychical effort, [87], [89], [119], [120].
• Psychology, [119].
• Puberty, [81];
  • not nubility, [90], [93].
• Puritanism, [72], [135], [140].
• Purity, [56], [166], [171], [200].
• Quickness of woman’s mind, see Intellect, Intuition.
• Reason, [35], [53], [65].
• Reasoning, woman’s generally deductive, man’s generally inductive, [50], [65].
• Religion, dogmas concerning woman, [73], [74], [82], [102], [135] to 142, [148], see Brahminism, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, Comtism, Confucianism, Ethics, Judaism, Mahomedanism, Mormonism, Puritanism.
• Reproach, [102], [103], [118], [140], [142].
• Research, [35], [36].
• Reserve, [56], [80], [115].
• Restrictions on woman, [48], [49], [50], [201], see Training.
• Reticence, [56], [80], [115].
• Revolt of woman, [129], [130], [133], [135].
• Rhythmic action, [86], [88].
• Rudimentary organs, [65].
• Science, [35], [186] to 189, [192], [206], [217];
  • spirit of, [206].
• Scriptural terms, [100], [102].
• Self-confidence, [179], [206].
• Selfdom, [66], [156], [157], [158], [179], [206].
• Self-help, [56], [89], [108], [111], [161], [162].
• Selfishness, [43], [85], [206], see Ethics.
• Self-respect, [156], [179].
• Self-sacrifice, [179].
• Serfdom, of man, [130], [131];
  • of woman, see Slavery.
• Sex-bias, masculine, [64], [136], [149], [151];
  • rebuked, [195];
  • see Ethics.
• Sexual wrong, [64], [106], [177];
  • in India, [82].
• Silence, see Reticence.
• Slavery, of woman, [37], [38], [61], [71], [73], [74], [102], [131], [133], [150], [157];
  • effect on race, [159], [161], [194];
  • of man, see Serfdom.
• Soldiers, female, see Military service.
• Soul, [41], [119], [205], [211], [219], see Psyche.
• “Sphere” of woman, [142], [162].
• Steadfastness of woman, [195].
• Strength, physical, [64], [75], [76], [113], [150], [167] to 170, [215];
  • recent improvement in, [113], [123], [215].
• Students, in America, [164];
  • in Switzerland, [172].
• Subjection of woman, see Slavery, China, England, India, Japan, Religion, Wife.
• Suffrage, see Franchise.
• Superiority of spirit, [50], [52], [59], [60], [195], [208].
• Sympathy, [43], [59], [200], [213];
  • see Community of effort, Equality.
• Talent, relative, see Brain, Capability, Jealousy.
• Temperance, [113], [177].
• Tendency, [88], [89].
• Thought, language, [42];
  • love, [193].
• Training, mental, [108], [128], [160], [161], [163], [166], [183];
  • physical, [50], [108], [113], [163], [167], [168], [170], [215];
  • see Capability, Strength.
• Tutelage, [133];
  • feudal, [99].
• University teaching, [160], [164], [165], [171], [172], [203].
• Vassalage, [99], [130], [131].
• Vivisection, [183] to 193;
  • futility of, [188], [192].
• Waste, of woman’s faculties, [48] to 53;
  • of vital force, [107], [123].
• Wife, subjection of, [44], [67] to 74;
  • ancient chastisement of, [143];
  • legal status of, [143] to 146, [149], [153], see Baron, Marriage.
• Wisdom 52, [172];
  • correlative with love, [193].
• Woman suffrage, see Franchise.
• Women doctors, see Medical Women.
• Zenana, [159].
• Zulu wives, [132].

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
2. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.