3. To serve as a stimulus to many women who are working along a very weary road;
4. To hold up before the entire sex in every sphere of life only the highest standard of excellence.
In closing, I want to thank heartily, not only my collaborators, but also those whose names do not appear, but who have, nevertheless, added greatly to the interest and value of the book.
ANNIE NATHAN MEYER.
New York, January, 1891.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Editor’s Preface, | [iii] | ||
| I. | Introduction, | ||
| Julia Ward Howe, | [1] | ||
| II. | The Education of Woman in the Eastern States, | ||
| Mary F. Eastman, | [3] | ||
| III. | The Education of Woman in the Western States, | ||
| May Wright Sewall, | [54] | ||
| IV. | The Education of Woman in the Southern States, | ||
| Christine Ladd Franklin, | [89] | ||
| V. | Woman in Literature, | ||
| Helen Grey Cone, | [107] | ||
| VI. | Woman in Journalism, | ||
| Susan E. Dickinson, | [128] | ||
| VII. | Woman in Medicine, | ||
| Mary Putnam Jacobi, M.D., | [139] | ||
| VIII. | Woman in the Ministry, | ||
| Rev. Ada C. Bowles, | [206] | ||
| IX. | Woman in Law, | ||
| Ada M. Bittenbender, | [218] | ||
| X. | Woman in the State, | ||
| Mary A. Livermore, | [245] | ||
| XI. | Woman in Industry, | ||
| Alice Hyneman Rhine, | [276] | ||
| XII. | Woman in Philanthropy—Charity, | ||
| Josephine Shaw Lowell, | [323] | ||
| XIII. | Woman in Philanthropy—Care of the Sick, | ||
| Ednah Dow Cheney, | [346] | ||
| XIV. | Woman in Philanthropy—Care of the Criminal, | ||
| Susan Hammond Barney, | [359] | ||
| XV. | Woman in Philanthropy—Care of the Indian, | ||
| Amelia Stone Quinton, | [373] | ||
| XVI. | Woman in Philanthropy—Work of Anti-Slavery Women, | ||
| Lillie B. Chace Wyman, | [392] | ||
| XVII. | Woman in Philanthropy—Work of the W. C. T. U., | ||
| Frances E. Willard, | [399] | ||
| XVIII. | Woman in Philanthropy—Work of the Red Cross Society, | ||
| Clara Barton, | [411] | ||
| Appendix | A—Article VI., | [424] | |
| „ | B—Article III., | [425] | |
| „ | C—Article IV., | [434] | |
| „ | D—Article VII., | [441] | |
| „ | E—Article X., | [446] | |
| „ | F—Bibliography. | [449] | |
| Index, | [451] | ||
I.
INTRODUCTION.
BY
JULIA WARD HOWE.