Common Sense About Women

About this eBook

Author

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender

Subject

Women's rights

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 63948

Release Date

December 3, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Common Sense about Women
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
3. 3.PHYSIOLOGY.
4. 4.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.”
5. 5.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.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.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.
8. 8.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.
9. 9.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.”
10. 10.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.”
11. 11.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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