Common Sense about Women
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Common Sense about Women
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Common Sense about Women
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PHYSIOLOGY.
COMMON SENSE ABOUT WOMEN.
I. TOO MUCH NATURAL HISTORY.
II. DARWIN, HUXLEY, AND BUCKLE.
III. WHICH IS THE STRONGER?
IV. THE SPIRIT OF SMALL TYRANNY.
V. “THE NOBLE SEX.”
FRENCH REPUBLIC.
VI. PHYSIOLOGICAL CROAKING.
VII. THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR GRANDMOTHERS.
VIII. THE PHYSIQUE OF AMERICAN WOMEN.
IX. “VERY MUCH FATIGUED.”
X. THE LIMITATIONS OF SEX
XI. THE INVISIBLE LADY.
XII. SACRED OBSCURITY.
XIII. “OUR TRIALS.”
XIV. VIRTUES IN COMMON.
XV. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES.
XVI. ANGELIC SUPERIORITY.
XVII. VICARIOUS HONORS.
XVIII. THE GOSPEL OF HUMILIATION.
XIX. “CELERY AND CHERUBS.”
XX. THE NEED OF CAVALRY.
XXI. “THE REASON FIRM, THE TEMPERATE WILL.”
XXII. “ALLURES TO BRIGHTER WORLDS, AND LEADS THE WAY.”
THE HOME.
XXIII. WANTED—HOMES.
XXIV. THE ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION.
XXV. THE LOW-WATER MARK.
XXVI. “OBEY.”
XXVII. WOMAN IN THE CHRYSALIS.
XXVIII. TWO AND TWO.
XXIX. A MODEL HOUSEHOLD.
XXX. A SAFEGUARD FOR THE FAMILY.
XXXI. WOMEN AS ECONOMISTS.
XXXII. GREATER INCLUDES LESS.
XXXIII. A CO-PARTNERSHIP.
XXXIV. “ONE RESPONSIBLE HEAD.”
XXXV. ASKING FOR MONEY.
XXXVI. WOMANHOOD AND MOTHERHOOD.
XXXVII. A GERMAN POINT OF VIEW.
XXXVIII. CHILDLESS WOMEN.
XXXIX. THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO MOTHERS.
SOCIETY.
XL. FOAM AND CURRENT.
XLI. “IN SOCIETY.”
XLII. THE BATTLE OF THE CARDS.
XLIII. SOME WORKING-WOMEN.
XLIV. THE EMPIRE OF MANNERS.
XLV. “GIRLSTEROUSNESS.”
XLVI. ARE WOMEN NATURAL ARISTOCRATS?
XLVII. MRS. BLANK’S DAUGHTERS.
XLVIII. THE EUROPEAN PLAN.
XLIX. “FEATHERSES.”
L. SOME MAN-MILLINERY.
LI. SUBLIME PRINCES IN DISTRESS.
EDUCATION.
LII. “EXPERIMENTS.”
LIII. INTELLECTUAL CINDERELLAS.
LIV. FOREIGN EDUCATION.
LV. TEACHING THE TEACHERS.
LVI. “CUPID-AND-PSYCHOLOGY.”
LVII. MEDICAL SCIENCE FOR WOMEN.
LVIII. SEWING IN SCHOOLS.
LIX. CASH PREMIUMS FOR STUDY.
LX. MENTAL HORTICULTURE.
EMPLOYMENT.
LXI. “SEXUAL DIFFERENCE OF EMPLOYMENT.”
LXII. THE USE OF ONE’S FEET.
LXIII. MISS INGELOW’S PROBLEM.
LXIV. SELF-SUPPORT.
LXV. SELF-SUPPORTING WIVES.
LXVI. THE PROBLEM OF WAGES.
LXVII. THOROUGH.
LXVIII. LITERARY ASPIRANTS.
LXIX. “THE CAREER OF LETTERS.”
LXX. TALKING AND TAKING.
LXXI. HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC.
PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT.
LXXII. WE THE PEOPLE.
LXXIII. THE USE OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
LXXIV. THE TRADITIONS OF THE FATHERS.
LXXV. SOME OLD-FASHIONED PRINCIPLES.
LXXVI. FOUNDED ON A ROCK.
LXXVII. “THE GOOD OF THE GOVERNED.”
LXXVIII. RULING AT SECOND-HAND.
LXXIX. “TOO MANY VOTERS ALREADY.”
SUFFRAGE.
LXXX. DRAWING THE LINE.
LXXXI. FOR SELF-PROTECTION.
LXXXII. WOMANLY STATESMANSHIP.
LXXXIII. TOO MUCH PREDICTION.
LXXXIV. FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES.
LXXXV. EDUCATION via SUFFRAGE.
LXXXVI. “OFF WITH HER HEAD!”
LXXXVII. FOLLOW YOUR LEADERS.
LXXXVIII. HOW TO MAKE WOMEN UNDERSTAND POLITICS.
LXXXIX. “INFERIOR TO MAN, AND NEAR TO ANGELS.”
OBJECTIONS TO SUFFRAGE.
XC. THE FACT OF SEX.
XCI. HOW WILL IT RESULT?
XCII. “I HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS I WANT.”
XCIII. “SENSE ENOUGH TO VOTE.”
XCIV. AN INFELICITOUS EPITHET.
XCV. THE ROB ROY THEORY.
XCVI. THE VOTES OF NON-COMBATANTS.
XCVII. “MANNERS REPEAL LAWS.”
XCVIII. KILKENNY ARGUMENTS.
XCIX. WOMEN AND PRIESTS.
C. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BUGBEAR.
CI. DANGEROUS VOTERS.
CII. HOW WOMEN WILL LEGISLATE.
THE CHILD-SELLING CASE.
CIII. WARNED IN TIME.
CIV. INDIVIDUALS vs. CLASSES.
CV. DEFEATS BEFORE VICTORIES.
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