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The Sexes in Science and History



Description The Sexes in Science and History


In this revised second edition of her first book "The evolution of woman" (1894), subtitled "An inquiry into the dogma of woman's inferiority to man", Eliza Burt Gamble uses Darwin's theory of evolution and other scientific information to compare the development of the male and female organisms and describe their differences. Introducing the role of the woman in prehistoric society, we see how that changed through the course of history, from evidence both in less advanced tribes and in civilized historic societies, to the marked progress in the social and economic conditions of women in the time this edition was published (1916). - Summary by Rapunzelina

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PrefaceDevelopment of the OrganismThe Origin of Sex DifferencesMale Organic DefectsThe Development of the Social Instincts and the Moral SenseThe Supremacy of the MaleMethod of InvestigationThe Relation of the Sexes among Early MankindThe Gens - Women under Gentile InstitutionsThe Origin of MarriageThe Mother-RightTheories to Explain Wife-CaptureEarly Historic Society Founded on the GensWomen in Early Historic TimesAncient SpartaAthenian WomenRoman Law, Roman Women, and ChristianityThe RenaissanceConclusion

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