Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The problem of biological determinism (1870-1890)
  • "Psychology of the sexes,"
  • November, 1873 /
  • Herbert Spencer
  • "Woman's place in nature,"
  • January, 1875 /
  • Frances Emily White
  • "Science and the woman question,"
  • March, 1882 /
  • M.A. Hardaker
  • "A reply to Miss Hardaker on the woman question,"
  • May, 1882 /
  • Nina Morais
  • "Emotions versus health in women,"
  • February, 1888 /
  • Mary T. Bissell
  • Part II. The evils of education (1870-1900)
  • "The higher education of woman,"
  • April 1874 /
  • Editor
  • "Normal co-education,"
  • January, 1875 /
  • Editor
  • "Who shall study the babies?"
  • June, 1876 /
  • Editor
  • "Sex in mind and in education,"
  • June, 1874 /
  • Henry Maudsley
  • "Some reflections upon the reaction from coeducation,"
  • November, 1902 /
  • James Rowland Angell
  • "The higher education of women,"
  • December, 1902 /
  • David StarrJordan
  • Part III. The birth rate question (1890-1905)
  • "Plain words on the woman question,"
  • December, 1889 /
  • Grant Allen
  • "Is education opposed to motherhood?"
  • April, 1890 /
  • Alice B. Tweedy
  • Alumna's children,"
  • May, 1904 /
  • An Alumna
  • "Alumna's children again,"
  • July 1904 /
  • Another Alumna
  • "Higher education of women and race suicide,"
  • March, 1905 /
  • A. Lapthorn Smith
  • "Does higher education unfit women for motherhood?"
  • April, 1905 /
  • Olivia R. Fernow.
  • Part IV. The professional homemaker (1880-1910)
  • "Improved domestic economy,"
  • January 1879 /
  • Editor
  • "Education for domestic life,"
  • August 1898 /
  • Mary Roberts Smith
  • "College women and the new science,"
  • September 1898 /
  • Charlotte Smith Angstman
  • "Food preparation and its relation to the development of efficient personality in the home,"
  • September, 1911 /
  • LauraClarke Rockwood
  • Part V. The suffrage debate (1890-1900)
  • "The relations of the sexes to government,"
  • October, 1888 /
  • Edward D. Cope
  • "The extension of the suffrage to women,"
  • January, 1889 /
  • Frank Cramer
  • "The mental force of woman,"
  • April 1889 /
  • Theresa A. Jenkins
  • "The political rights and duties of women,"
  • May, 1896 /
  • George F. Talbot
  • "Woman and the ballot,"
  • June, 1896 /
  • Alice B. Tweedy
  • "Occupations, privileges, and duties of woman,"
  • September, 1896 /
  • Grace A. Luce
  • "Women and politics,"
  • August, 1896 /
  • Editor
  • Part VI. Working for wages (1875-1915)
  • "The relations of women to the professions and skilled labor,"
  • February, 1875 /
  • Ely Van de Warker
  • "The industrial position of women,"
  • July, 1883 /
  • Emily Blackwell
  • "Progress and the home,"
  • July, 1883 /
  • Editor
  • "Women teachers and equal pay,"
  • July, 1913 /
  • Elfrieda Hochbaum Pope
  • "Women in industry,"
  • October, 1913 /
  • D.R. Malcolm Keir
  • Part VII. The "New Woman" (1890-1915)
  • "Individuality for woman,"
  • September, 1891 /
  • Editor
  • "The mother as a power for woman's advancement,"
  • March, 1895 /
  • Mrs. Burton Smith
  • "The new woman' and the problems of the day,"
  • November, 1896 /
  • Editor
  • "Let us therewith be content,"
  • July, 1897 /
  • Ellen Coit Elliott
  • "The celibate women of today,"
  • June, 1915 /
  • Earl Barnes.