Mary Ritter Beard

by Beard, Mary Ritter; Lane, Ann J.

• ISBN13: 9781555530297
• ISBN10: 155553029X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-05-01
• Publisher: Northeastern Univ Pr

Summary

The only collection of work by a groundbreaking historian.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface to the Feminist Press Edition	p. ix
Mary Ritter Beard: An Appraisal of Her Life and Work	p. 1
Mary Ritter Beard: Selections from Her Writings and Speeches	p. 73
Political Activism--The Early Years	p. 75
Mothercraft	p. 77
Votes for Workingwomen	p. 80
Have Americans Lost Their Democracy?	p. 85
The Legislative Influence of Unenfranchised Women	p. 89
The Congressional Union	p. 95
Statement to the House Committee on Woman Suffrage	p. 100
Woman's Work in Municipalities	p. 108
Feminism as a World View--Theory	p. 129
American Women and the Printing Press	p. 131
On Understanding Women	p. 138
University Discipline for Women-Asset or Handicap?	p. 147
The College and Alumnae in Contemporary Life	p. 152
The Direction of Women's Education	p. 159
Feminism as a Social Phenomenon	p. 168
Woman as Force in History: A Study in Traditions and Realities	p. 172
Woman-the Pioneer	p. 192
What Nobody Seems to Know About Woman	p. 195
Feminism as a World View--Practice	p. 201
A Changing Political Economy as It Affects Women	p. 203
The World Center for Women's Archives	p. 210
A Study of the Encyclopaedia Britannica in Relation to Its Treatment of Women	p. 215
The Economic Background of the Sex Life of the Unmarried Adult	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 240
Index	p. 245
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