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A Short History of Women's Rights / From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions.

Chapter 33: INDEX
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The work surveys the legal and social condition of women from Roman law through medieval canon and Germanic codes to modern legal reforms, tracing changes in guardianship, marriage, property, inheritance, education, and divorce. It compares ecclesiastical and civil influences, analyzes comparative law, and documents developments in England, the United States, and continental jurisdictions with statutory summaries. The author examines common objections to political equality, records suffrage campaigns and legislative debates up to the present, and highlights trends toward legal equality, humanitarian reform, and increased participation of women in public life.

Twenty-six senators did not vote. The question of negro suffrage complicated the matter with Southern senators. Mr. Williams of Mississippi wished to limit the franchise to "white citizens"; but his amendment was voted down. The list of senators voting for and against the woman suffrage amendment appears on page 5472 of the Congressional Record, March 19, 1914. The debate is contained in pages 5454-5472. Senator Tillman of South Carolina inserted a vicious attack on northern women by the late Albert Bledsoe, who advised them to "cut their hair short, and their petticoats, too, and enter a la bloomer the ring of political prizefighters." Bledsoe's article will be found in the Record, July 28, 1913, 3115-3119.

Record, May 6, 1913, 1221-1222.

Record, May 6, 1913, 1222.

Essays of Schopenhauer. Translated by Mrs. Rudolf Dircks Pages 64-79.

Any criticism of the Kaiser leads to arrest. The most vigorous checks to Bourbon rule come from the Socialists, who in 1912 polled 4,250,300 votes. But as the Kaiser, as King of Prussia, controls a majority of votes in the Bundesrath, or Federal Council, can dissolve the Reichstag, or House of Representatives, at any time with the consent of the Bundesrath, has sole power to appoint the chancellor, and is lord supreme of the army and navy, anything like real popular government is far off.

Philadelphia, 1906. The F.A. Davis Company.


INDEX


Adultery, under Roman Law,
-

laws modified by Justinian, 68-69

among Germanic peoples, 80, 86, 87

see also under various States.


Age of Consent, under English Law,
-

in the United States, 155-156, 167-168, 275

see also under various States.


Alabama,
-


Apostles, teachings about women,
-


Arizona,
-


Arkansas,
-


Attainder, bills of, in Roman Empire,
-

laws of Arcadius, Honorius, and Constantine, 75-76

of Pope Innocent III, 116.



B


Breach of Promise, under Roman Law,

modification by Constantine, 72

by Justinian, 73


Business, woman in, under Roman Empire,

in England, 143

in the United States, 173-174

see also under each State



C


California,
-


Chastisement, right of husband to chastise wife under English Law,
-


Christ, teachings about women,
-


Colorado,
-


Connecticut,
-


Consent of women to marriage, under Roman Law,

opinions of Church Fathers, 60

enactments of Christian Emperors, 74


Crimes against women, under Roman Law,
-
,

among Germanic peoples, 94-97

under English Law, 138-139


Curtesy, defined,

under English Law, 127-129

see also under various States.


Custom, power of,
-



D


Delaware,
-


Discrepancy in wages paid to women,
-


District of Columbia,
-


Divorce, under Roman Law,
-
;

modified by Theodosius and Valentinian, 66;

by Justinian, 67;

by Justin, 68;

among Germanic peoples, 85-86, 88;

under Canon Law, 111-116;

under English Law, 133-137;

general considerations, 285-287;

see also under various States.


Double standard of morality,
-


Dower, defined,
;

right of, in English Law, 128;

see also under different States.


Dowry, under Roman Law,
-
,
;

among ancient Gauls, 78;

among Germanic peoples, 80, 83, 92



E


Education, rights of women to an,

under Roman Empire, 42-45;

in England, 139-143;

in the United States, 168-170



F


Fathers of the Church, their commands concerning women,
-


Florida,
-



G


Georgia,
-


Gifts between husband and wife, under Roman Law,
-
;

changes by Justinian, 73-74


Guardian, decay of power of, under Roman Law,
-


Guardians, women as, under Roman Law,
;

laws modified by Justinian, 75;

see also under various States.


Guardianship under Roman Law,
-
;

among Germanic peoples, 81-82



H


Husband and wife, under Roman Law,
-
;

among Germanic peoples, 84-85;

under Canon Law, 106, 110, 111;

under English Law, 124-133;

see also under various States



I


Idaho,
-


Illinois,
-
;

Ritchie case, 283-284


Indian Territory,


Indiana,
-


Inheritance rights of women, under Roman Law,
-
,
;

modified by Justinian, 75;

among Germanic peoples, 88-91;

under English Law, 121, 122, 128


Intellectual inferiority of women, argument discussed,
-