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Woman’s Work in America

Woman’s Work in America

by Annie Nathan Meyer

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Editor
Meyer, Annie Nathan, 1867-1951
Title
Woman's work in America
Original Publication
New York: H. Holt and Co, 1891.
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 -- Employment -- United States
Category
Text
eBook-No.
74085
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74085
Release Date
July 20, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.WOMAN’S WORK IN AMERICA
  2. 2.EDITOR’S PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.I. INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5.II. THE EDUCATION OF WOMAN IN THE EASTERN STATES. — EVELYN COLLEGE. — COLUMBIA COLLEGE IN RELATION TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMEN. — BARNARD COLLEGE. — VASSAR COLLEGE. — SMITH COLLEGE. — WELLESLEY COLLEGE. — CORNELL UNIVERSITY. — SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY. — BRYN MAWR COLLEGE. — SWARTHMORE COLLEGE. — UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. — MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
  6. 6.III. THE EDUCATION OF WOMAN IN THE WESTERN STATES. — CO-EDUCATION IN THE WEST. — OPENING WEDGES. — GENERAL ARGUMENT. — THE SOCIAL EFFECTS AND TENDENCIES OF CO-EDUCATION. — DEFECTS AND LIMITATIONS IN THE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN IN THE WEST.
  7. 7.IV. THE EDUCATION OF WOMAN IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. — COLLEGIATE EDUCATION OF WOMEN IN THE SOUTH. — THE SEMI-COLLEGES. — THE OTHER FEMALE COLLEGES. — SECONDARY INSTRUCTION. — NORMAL SCHOOLS AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. — CONCLUSION.
  8. 8.V. WOMAN IN LITERATURE.
  9. 9.VI. WOMAN IN JOURNALISM.
  10. 10.VII. WOMAN IN MEDICINE.
  11. 11.VIII. WOMAN IN THE MINISTRY.
  12. 12.IX. WOMAN IN LAW.
  13. 13.X. WOMAN IN THE STATE.
  14. 14.XI. WOMAN IN INDUSTRY.
  15. 15.XII. CHARITY.
  16. 16.XIII. CARE OF THE SICK. HOSPITALS AND TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR NURSES MANAGED WHOLLY OR IN PART BY WOMEN.
  17. 17.XIV. CARE OF THE CRIMINAL. — SPREAD OF WORK. — NEW YORK PRISON ASSOCIATION. — PERSONAL WORK. — REFORMATORY PRISONS FOR WOMEN. — WOMEN ON STATE BOARDS. — DEPARTMENT OF PRISON, JAIL, AND POLICE WORK OF THE NATIONAL WOMAN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION. — POLICE MATRONS. — PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
  18. 18.XV. CARE OF THE INDIAN.
  19. 19.XVI. WORK OF ANTI-SLAVERY WOMEN.
  20. 20.XVII. WORK OF THE W. C. T. U.
  21. 21.XVIII. THE ORIGIN AND APPLICATION OF THE RED CROSS.
  22. 22.APPENDICES. — APPENDIX A. — APPENDIX B.— Table I. — APPENDIX B.— Table II. — APPENDIX C.— Table I. — APPENDIX C.— Table II. — APPENDIX C.— Table III. — APPENDIX C.— Table IV. — Secondary Instruction for 1886–87. — APPENDIX D. — A. — B. — C. — D. — E. — F. — H. — I. — K. — L. — M. — N. — O. — P. — Q. — R. — S. — T. — U. — W. — APPENDIX E. — THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF WOMEN. — APPENDIX F.— Bibliography.
  23. 23.INDEX.

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