CONTENTS.
Reading edition
CHAPTER I.
TRUE WOMANHOOD.
Female education.—Physical training.—Intellectual development.—Moral discipline.—Spiritual culture.—Education complete
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CHAPTER II.
PECULIARITIES OF FEMALE CHARACTER.
Woman in relation to man.—Corporeal organization.—Patient endurance.—Caution.—Sympathy.—Love of approbation.—Tenacity of purpose.—Modesty.—Discernment of character.—Piety
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CHAPTER III.
DOMESTIC WOMEN.
Section I.—Susanna Wesley.
Woman’s sphere.—Biography.—A noble wife.—A good mother.—Home education.—Relation to Methodism.—Character of Mrs. Wesley
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Section II.—Eliza Hessel.
Woman’s mission.—Biography.—A right purpose in life.—An excellent daughter.—A loving sister.—Household management.—Character of Miss Hessel
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CHAPTER IV.
PHILANTHROPIC WOMEN.
Section I.—Elizabeth Fry.
Woman’s work.—Biography.—Early schemes of usefulness.—The prisoner’s friend.—Family bereavements.—Relative duties.—Character of Mrs. Fry
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Section II.—Amelia Wilhelmina Sieveking.
Woman’s rights.—Biography.—Amateur teaching.—Services in the hospital.—Protestant sisterhoods.—Spinsters respectable, happy, and useful.—Character of Miss Sieveking
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CHAPTER V.
LITERARY WOMEN.
Section I.—Hannah More.
Literature.—Biography.—Successful authorship.—Character of Mrs. More
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Section II.—Anne Grant.
Letter-writers.—Biography.—Literary career.—Character of Mrs. Grant
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Section III.—Anne Louisa Staël.
Versatility of genius.—Biography.—Analysis of writings.—Character of Mad. de Staël
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Section IV.—Carolina, Baroness Nairne.
What is poetry.—Biography.—Extracts and criticisms.—Character of Baroness Nairne
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Section V.—Felicia Dorothea Hemans.
Lyric poetry.—Biography.—Review of poems.—Character of Mrs. Hemans
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Section VI.—Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Epic poetry.—Biography.—Place as a poetess.—Character of Mrs. Browning
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Section VII.—Charlotte Nicholls. [Currer Bell.]
Works of fiction.—Biography.—Merits as a novelist.—Character of Mrs. Nicholls
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CHAPTER VI.
SCIENTIFIC WOMEN.
Section I.—Caroline Lucretia Herschel.
Astronomy.—Biography.—Astronomical discoveries.—Works on astronomy.—Character of Miss Herschel.
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Section II.—Jane Anne Taylor. [Janet Taylor.]
Navigation.—Biography.—Publications on navigation.—Nautical and mathematical academy.—Character of Mrs. Taylor
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CHAPTER VII.
HOLY WOMEN.
Section I.—Selina, Countess of Huntingdon.
The gospel not a thing of sex.—Biography.—Conversion.—The higher Christian life.—Chaplains.—Founder of a religious community.—Character of the Countess of Huntingdon
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Section II.—Elizabeth, Duchess of Gordon.
Religion in high life.—Biography.—Regeneration.—Deepening of the Lord’s work.—Open-air services.—Good works.—Character of the Duchess of Gordon
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Section III.—Mary Jane Graham.
Piety and circumstance.—Biography.—The great change.—Theological attainments.—Practical religion.—Progress and power.—Character of Miss Graham
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Section IV.—Fidelia Fiske.
Christianity and human nature.—Biography.—Second and better birth.—Juvenile habit of doing good.—Missionary life.—Showers of blessing.—Character of Miss Fiske
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CHAPTER VIII.
FORMATION OF FEMALE CHARACTER.
Value and influence of character.—Original constitution.—Family circle.—Society.—Impartative and receptive elements.—Twofold operation of the mind
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CHAPTER IX.
NATURAL EQUALITY OF THE SEXES.
Difference and similarity.—Political equality.—Social equality.—Intellectual equality.—Moral equality.—Religious equality
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MODEL WOMEN.