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Tables of Contents for The Radical Women's Press of the 1850s
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of illustrations
xxi
Preface
xxiii
Key
xxvii
Introduction
1
10
Periodical Connections: Grappling With Men's Time-Worn Conservatism
11
27
The Lily
17
1
It is Woman Who Speaks Through The Lily
17
1
Raising a Voice Against Indignities
18
2
Emancipation from Intemperance, Injustice, Prejudice and Bigotry
Amelia Bloomer
20
1
The Lily is not a Feeble Little Flower
Amelia Bloomer
20
2
The Genius of Liberty
22
1
The Genius Belongs to All
Elizabeth Aldrich
22
1
The Pioneer and Woman's Advocate
23
1
Liberty, Truth, Equality, Temperance
Anna W. Spencer
23
2
The Una
25
1
Signifying Truth
25
1
Not a Ladies' Magazine
26
1
Providing a History of This Revolution
Paulina W. Davis
26
2
Women's Papers Needed Now
Paulina W. Davis
28
2
Ransacking the Records of the Past
Caroline H. Dall
30
1
The Woman's Advocate
31
1
The Woman's Advocate for the Female Industrial Classes
31
1
Owned, Edited, Published and Printed By Women
31
2
The Sibyl
33
1
A Review of the Tastes, Errors, and Fashions of Society
John Hasbrouck
33
1
Ours is an Extensive Platform
Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck
34
1
A Needed Friend to the Lone Yet Struggling Hearts of Reform
Lydia S. Hasbrouck
35
1
Women Find Kindred Spirits through The Sibyl H.J.
36
2
Restrictions on Women's Movement: Physically, Intellectually, Psychologically
38
31
Mental and Physical Crippling of Girls
Elizabeth C. Stanton
42
3
Women Slave to Others' Opinions
45
1
Love and Woman's Dwarfed Education
46
1
Madness and Monomania
47
1
Women's Fashions are Semi-Suicidal
Rachel B. Gleason
48
1
Dress-Prisons
48
2
To Die Fashionably or Live an Oddity
Elizabeth C. Stanton
50
1
Conventional Differences Between Man and Woman
51
1
Women as House Fixtures
52
1
No Room in the Inn
53
1
A Girl's Wish to be a Boy: On Her Education
53
2
Manliness of Manhood
Antoinette L. Brown
55
3
Very Good for a Lady's Book!
Fanny Fern
58
3
We Have Had Enough of This
Grace Greenwood
61
2
Fanny Fern's Tale of Sorrow
Elizabeth C. Stanton
63
2
When Authors Must Show Restraint
Caroline H. Dall
65
2
Sexualized Titles and Inequality
Grammatikos
67
2
Domestic Tyranny
69
26
Household is the Greatest Foe
L. Linton
73
1
Home Sweet Home
Lynn Pioneer
74
1
Marriage is the Slavery of Woman
Francis Barry
74
1
Wives and Mothers are Household Chattels
75
1
The Lie of the Happy Marriage
Fanny Fern
75
2
Woman's Unpaid Work
L.E.B.M.B.
77
1
A Very Bad Joke
77
1
Wife Tries to Recover Wages as a Domestic
78
1
Equitable Laws, Not Sentimentality
Elizabeth O. Smith
78
1
Woman's Wrongs
Hannah C. Longstreth
79
1
Sanctuary of Home Hides Male Tyranny
Lydia Jane Pierson
79
3
Fathers' Rights to Cruelty
Elizabeth C. Stanton
82
1
Widows, Protection and Property Rights
Mary C. Vaughan
83
1
A Warning About Romance
Lydia Jane Pierson
84
1
Romance, Dress, and Woman's Oppression F.
85
1
Men's Twaddle about Golden Rules for Wives
A.B. Amelia Bloomer
86
1
Disturb Him! By All Means
Fanny Fern
87
1
Right to Divorce Drunkards
S.F. Sunflower Elizabeth Cady Stanton
88
1
Radical Reform Starts in the Home
Elizabeth C. Stanton
89
1
Don't Endure, Divorce
90
2
``Old Maids'' and Marriages
Louisa Humphrey
92
2
Old Maids: The Best
94
1
Working Into Poverty
95
29
Bread Question of Most Importance for Women
Paulina W. Davis
98
2
Go To Work for the Sake of Women
100
1
Women Asked to Teach for Less
101
1
Men Monopolize Business
Mrs H.L. Clarke
102
1
Domestic Servitude Not an Industrial Resource
Justitia
102
2
Petty Tyrants and Liberty Monopolizers
Cora Wilburn
104
2
Make Nursing a Profession
H.B.
106
1
Men's Fear of Women's Competition
107
1
Inferior Opportunities at Women's Schools
Lydia S. Hasbrouck
108
1
Mechanical Genius
109
1
Woman Printers - But at What Wages?
110
1
Men Printers Attempt to Crush Woman's Efforts
Amelia Bloomer
111
2
Lords Refuse Woman a Trade
Frances D. Gage
113
1
Men's Machines Throw Women Out of Employment
113
1
Woman Has Long Enough Stitched Her Life Away
114
1
Sewing is a Dead Loss to the One Who Does It
Elizabeth C. Stanton
114
2
Fingers Fly, Mind Idles
Richter
116
1
Working for Love, Money or Life?
117
1
Working into Poverty
A.B.
118
1
The Sisterhood of the Needle
Cora Wilburn
119
1
Organize En Masse for Better Wages
120
1
Appeal on Behalf of Shirt-Sewers
121
1
Less Talk, More Justice
122
2
Sex Differences and Inequality
124
26
Men's Boasted Greatness
Sunflower Stanton
126
1
All Glory Given to Mascularity
127
2
Sunflower Stanton
Women and Men Are Not So Unlike
Elizabeth C. Stanton
129
1
The Sexes Are Not Comparable
Antoinette L. Brown
130
2
Man-Made Brotherhood
132
1
When a Woman Steps Out of Sphere
Amelia Bloomer
133
1
The Women Men Prefer
D.D.
134
2
Is Not Woman Capable of It?
Fanny Fern
136
1
Male Professors Add Insult to Injury
Junia
137
2
Women, the Army, and Equality
Delos Dunton
139
1
Frank's Experience in the Army
140
2
``Grannies'' Deserve Respect, Not Ridicule
Jane Frohock
142
1
Who is the Weaker Sex?
143
1
No Deficiency is Forgiven to a Woman
E.P.P.
143
1
Women Never Forgive an Erring Woman
L.A.M.
144
1
Consult Women, Not Men
Harriet N. Torrey
145
1
Oh Those Unreasonable Women!
145
2
Less Flattery, More Equity
Paulina W. Davis
147
1
The Fair Fame of the Fair Sex
Jane G. Swisshelm
148
2
``I Have All the Rights I Want''
150
21
Contentment and Ignorance
Harriet N. Torrey
152
1
``I Have All the Rights I Want''
Elizabeth C. Stanton
153
1
The Rights of Women
154
1
Intemperance and Men's Brutality
155
1
I'm Not For Woman's Rights, But...
Frances Dana Gage
156
1
Stanton Is Not Acting ``Like a Man''
Amelia Bloomer
157
1
Must Women Lecturers be Handsome?
Francis Barry
158
1
Advocate: A Sensible Paper
Helen
159
1
Contentment is a Sign of Degradation
S.M.M.
160
1
Women are Not Content
Frances Dana Gage
161
1
Men's Laws No Protection to Women
S. Stanton
161
1
Constitutionality Doesn't Apply to Women
162
1
Either Kissed or Kicked out of Property
Annie Nettle
163
1
Democracy Versus Man-ocracy
George W. Knapp
164
1
Ye Strain at a Gnat, and You Swallow a Camel
Belind Budget
165
2
Men's Justice Unfair to Women
167
2
Woman's Wrongs (Not Rights) Movement
Lucy Stone
169
2
Men's Chivalry - and All That
171
22
Licentious ``Lords of Creation''
Cora Leslie
173
1
Gallantry as Class Maintenance
J.S.G.
174
1
Class and Chivalry
175
1
The Tyranny of ``Good'' Men
176
1
Men's Vulgarity
Aunt Fanny Gage
176
1
A Secret Revealed: The Horrors of Masculine Dress
177
1
Bigots Reveal Men's Fear of Powerful Women
178
1
Hissing at Women's Speech
179
1
The Lily Opposes the Men!
Amelia Bloomer
180
1
Fault-Finder: Heal Thyself Vindicator
181
1
Arrest the Men on the Street, Not the Women
182
2
Men, Not Women, the Problem
184
1
Man's Actions and Woman's Sentiments
Susan B. Anthony
185
2
Women Not Ready for Emancipation
Gerrit Smith
187
2
Woman Alone Must Be the Judge
Elizabeth C. Stanton
189
4
Women and Power: Myth, Reality and Potential
193
18
The Lie of Woman's Influence
Frances D. Gage
195
1
Sneers and Ridicule a Mother's Reward
Amelia Bloomer
195
1
``Woman's Influence'' A Vile Myth
Frances Dana Gage
196
2
We Have Them Now!
198
1
Have Women Souls?
Amelia Bloomer
198
1
Women Build Monuments for Men Who Deny Woman's Rights
Elizabeth C. Stanton
199
1
Duty Versus Fame
L.A.M.
200
2
Courage, Not Endurance
A. Holley
202
1
Selfish Tyrants Prefer Plastic Character
203
1
How Women Contribute to War
Paulina W. Davis
204
1
War in Home and Country
Louisa T. Whittier
204
2
``Happy Wives'' and Politics
Caroline Healey Dall
206
1
Two Political Parties: ``Ladies'' and ``Women''
Mary Warrington
207
1
Woman's National Party
208
1
Rally Around Freedom, Not ``Union and its Laws''
Lydia S. Hasbrouck
209
2
Organizing for Social Change
211
42
More Glory in Resistance than in Submission
215
1
Let Reform Roll On
216
1
Ignis.
Strength in Unity
Elizabeth Aldrich
216
1
Arouse Women to Action
Almira M. Smith
217
1
Women! Organize for Women
L.A. Mack
218
1
Work First for Power, then Temperance
218
2
His Griefs Are Not Her Griefs
Frances Dana Gage
220
1
Woman's Rights Taints Temperance Movement
C.I.H. Nichols
221
1
Women's Talk on Intemperance
Amelia Bloomer
222
1
Sons of Temperance Insult Women
222
1
Sons Oppose Women of Voice
Amelia Bloomer
223
1
Guests Shouldn't Demand Rights
Angelina Fish
224
1
Closed Mouths Will Not Open Doors
Amelia Bloomer
225
1
Women-Only Conventions More Effective
S.P.
226
1
Women Should Withdraw from Men's Societies and Churches
Elizabeth C. Stanton
227
1
Don't Withdraw, Work from Within
Amelia Bloomer
228
1
Women Control the Purse
Amelia Bloomer
229
1
Fight White Slavery First
Isola
229
1
White Women Must Not Forget Black Sisters
H.M.C.
230
3
All Victims of Tyranny Important
Anne E. McDowell
233
2
Fashion Responsible for Woman's Bondage
Louisa Humphrey
235
1
Women's Servility to Marriage and Fashion
Elizabeth C. Stanton
236
2
Labor of More Immediate Importance than the Vote
Anne E. McDowell
238
2
All Rights Hinge on Suffrage
Amelia Bloomer
240
1
Justice - Simple, Pure Justice
Paulina W. Davis
240
1
Practice as Well as Preach
241
1
Use Broomstick, Bar, and Bolts to Fight Taxation
242
1
Why Women Should Refuse to Pay Taxes
Lydia S. Hasbrouck
243
1
Uncle Sam's Legal Thief
Lydia S. Hasbrouck
244
1
Women More Fit to Rule than Men
245
2
Crossdressing at the Polls
247
1
Women Survive the Polls Without Calamity A Maine Law Advocate
248
1
Women's Mob Violence
249
1
Plain Talk on Angels and Drunkards
Jane G. Swisshelm
249
1
Wife Cleans Out Saloon
250
1
Love is the Answer?
251
2
Our Bodies, Our Lives
253
37
Men's Sensitivity to Women's Dress
Amelia Bloomer
257
1
Men Prescribe Women's Dress
Amelia Bloomer
258
1
Let Men Wear Our Dress for Awhile
Amelia Bloomer
259
1
Men's Inconsistency About Fashion
Luna
260
1
Martyrs for Freedom, Not Fashion
Elizabeth O. Smith
261
2
The Cut of Liberty
263
1
``But What Will the People Say?''
Elizabeth C. Stanton
264
1
``Bloomer'' Not a Work Dress
C.E.B.
265
1
The Sibyl Shows Reader She is Not Alone
E.E.S.
266
1
Fiery Ordeal of a Reformer
Mrs N. Whittlesy
267
1
Dress Reform is Foundation of Other Victories
L.H.
267
2
Traitors to the Cause
Lydia S. Hasbrouck
269
2
Intolerance Not in Harmony with Reform
Dr Fidelia Harris
271
1
Women Not Ready for Dress Reform
Lucy Stone
272
1
Plain Truth About Dress Reform
Sister Carrie Lydia S. Hasbrouck
273
1
Men's Medicine, Women's Ignorance
Rachel B. Gleason
274
1
Men's Invasion of Women's Sick Rooms
275
1
Man-Midwifery Destructive of Human Life
Sarah J. Hale
275
2
Monstrosity of Male Quackery
Lydia Jane Pierson
277
1
Woman Physicians for Women
278
1
Raising Money for the Women's Hospital
279
1
The Word from a Midwife
A Midwife
280
1
Women Physicians Needed to Protect Women
Mary S. Gove Nichols
281
1
Don't Give Us Romance, We'll Take Self-Dependence
Elizabeth C. Stanton
282
1
Independent Livelihood More Important than Marriage
Betsey D. Hawks
283
1
Self-Rule
283
1
A Fair Start in the Race of Life
Helen Hazlewood
284
1
Building Homes for Women
Paulina W. Davis
285
1
Creating a Separate Society
Elizabeth C. Stanton
285
3
As a Man She Made a Living
Mary Warrington
288
2
Appendix I Contributors
290
25
Appendix II Keeping Time: Selective Calendar of Events, 1777-1870
315
12
Index
327
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