Women and the Alphabet: A Series of Essays

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Women and the Alphabet: A Series of Essays is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Catalog subjects include Women -- Social and moral questions; Women -- Education. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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Unknown year

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English

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Table of contents

90 chapters

1. 01PREFATORY NOTE2 min
2. 02I OUGHT WOMEN TO LEARN THE ALPHABET?35 min
3. 03II PHYSIOLOGY2 min
4. 04TOO MUCH NATURAL HISTORY4 min
5. 05DARWIN, HUXLEY, and BUCKLE5 min
6. 06THE SPIRIT OF SMALL TYRANNY3 min
7. 07THE NOBLE SEX2 min
8. 08THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR GRANDMOTHERS5 min
9. 09THE PHYSIQUE OF AMERICAN WOMEN4 min
10. 10THE LIMITATIONS OF SEX3 min
11. 11III TEMPERAMENT2 min
12. 12THE INVISIBLE LADY4 min
13. 13SACRED OBSCURITY4 min
14. 14VIRTUES IN COMMON5 min
15. 15INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES3 min
16. 16ANGELIC SUPERIORITY4 min
17. 17VICARIOUS HONORS3 min
18. 18THE GOSPEL OF HUMILIATION4 min
19. 19CELERY AND CHERUBS4 min
20. 20THE NEED OF CAVALRY3 min
21. 21THE REASON FIRM, THE TEMPERATE WILL3 min
22. 22ALLURES TO BRIGHTER WORLDS, AND LEADS THE WAY4 min
23. 23IV THE HOME2 min
24. 24WANTED--HOMES4 min
25. 25THE ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION3 min
26. 26THE LOW-WATER MARK4 min
27. 27OBEY4 min
28. 28WOMAN IN THE CHRYSALIS3 min
29. 29TWO AND TWO3 min
30. 30A MODEL HOUSEHOLD3 min
31. 31A SAFEGUARD FOR THE FAMILY4 min
32. 32WOMEN AS ECONOMISTS4 min
33. 33GREATER INCLUDES LESS3 min
34. 34A COPARTNERSHIP4 min
35. 35ONE RESPONSIBLE HEAD4 min
36. 36ASKING FOR MONEY4 min
37. 37WOMANHOOD AND MOTHERHOOD5 min
38. 38A GERMAN POINT OF VIEW3 min
39. 39CHILDLESS WOMEN4 min
40. 40THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO MOTHERS5 min
41. 41V SOCIETY2 min
42. 42FOAM AND CURRENT4 min
43. 43IN SOCIETY4 min
44. 44THE BATTLE OF THE CARDS4 min
45. 45SOME WORKING-WOMEN4 min
46. 46THE EMPIRE OF MANNERS4 min
47. 47GIRLSTEROUSNESS4 min
48. 48ARE WOMEN NATURAL ARISTOCRATS?3 min
49. 49MRS. BLANK'S DAUGHTERS4 min
50. 50THE EUROPEAN PLAN9 min
51. 51VI STUDY AND WORK2 min
52. 52EXPERIMENTS4 min
53. 53INTELLECTUAL CINDERELLAS4 min
54. 54CUPID-AND-PSYCHOLOGY3 min
55. 55SELF-SUPPORTING WIVES4 min
56. 56THOROUGH4 min
57. 57LITERARY ASPIRANTS4 min
58. 58THE CAREER OF LETTERS3 min
59. 59TALKING AND TAKING3 min
60. 60HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC4 min
61. 61VII PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT2 min
62. 62WE THE PEOPLE3 min
63. 63THE USE OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE3 min
64. 64SOME OLD-FASHIONED PRINCIPLES4 min
65. 65FOUNDED ON A ROCK3 min
66. 66THE GOOD OF THE GOVERNED5 min
67. 67RULING AT SECONDHAND3 min
68. 68VIII SUFFRAGE2 min
69. 69DRAWING THE LINE4 min
70. 70FOR SELF-PROTECTION3 min
71. 71WOMANLY STATESMANSHIP5 min
72. 72TOO MUCH PREDICTION5 min
73. 73FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES4 min
74. 74EDUCATION via SUFFRAGE5 min
75. 75FOLLOW YOUR LEADERS4 min
76. 76HOW TO MAKE WOMEN UNDERSTAND POLITICS5 min
77. 77INFERIOR TO MAN, AND NEAR TO ANGELS4 min
78. 78IX OBJECTIONS TO SUFFRAGE.2 min
79. 79THE FACT OF SEX4 min
80. 80HOW WILL IT RESULT?3 min
81. 81I HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS I WANT4 min
82. 82SENSE ENOUGH TO VOTE4 min
83. 83AN INFELICITOUS EPITHET4 min
84. 84THE ROB ROY THEORY5 min
85. 85THE VOTES OF NON-COMBATANTS4 min
86. 86MANNERS REPEAL LAWS3 min
87. 87DANGEROUS VOTERS3 min
88. 88HOW WOMEN WILL LEGISLATE5 min
89. 89INDIVIDUALS vs. CLASSES4 min
90. 90DEFEATS BEFORE VICTORIES4 min