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MAN'S EQUAL.
BY Rev. THOS. WEBSTER, D.D.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BISHOP SIMPSON.
CINCINNATI:
HITCHCOCK AND WALDEN.
NEW YORK:
NELSON AND PHILLIPS. 1873 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, BY HITCHCOCK & WALDEN, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
TO READERS. The publishers of "WOMAN MAN'S EQUAL" conscientiously feel that they are
placing before the public the discussion of one of the most important
topics of the day; and they indulge the strong conviction that the
author of this little volume presents this important topic in a manner
at once attractive and convincing. The teachings of nature, history, and
the Word of God are freely drafted, and skillfully arranged to show what
nature designed, what God has taught, and what woman has proved herself
capable of being and doing in the world. The abuses to which the sex has
been subject from the physically stronger "lords of creation," in
heathen nations and in brute ages, are ably and fully set forth. The lessons of the past are the teachings of the future. Christianity
has enlarged woman's area, and multiplied her duties and
responsibilities. America is ahead of all other nations in
opportunities offered to woman. Public sentiment is in favor of
enlarging her sphere, and woman is venturing into hitherto untried
avenues of employment and usefulness. This is an age of experiment. An
ounce of experiment is worth a pound of theory. Woman's capacity will
first be tested; and, if found equal to the opportunity, no door will be
closed against her. She may preach, orate, lecture, teach, practice
medicine or law or politics; may vote, marshal armies, navigate ships,
and go sailoring or soldiering to her heart's content, and at her own
good will and pleasure, if she only proves to the age that she has
ability to do and dare in all these directions. This is an age of
discovery, as well as of experiment; and man is daily waking up,
applying, and marshaling new forces for the benefit of the race. Steam,
light, electricity, magnetism, mechanics, have all contributed of their
boundless capacities to human welfare. Man is gradually coming to be
aware that, in the latent powers of woman, only just now on the eve of
development, half the capacities of the human race, like the powers of
steam and lightning, have slumbered, until now, from the beginning of
the creation. A new era is dawning upon the world. This little volume is
one of the rays that herald the coming sun.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. NATURAL RIGHTS. Equals in the Beginning Apparent Mental Inferiority result to be
expected when Means of Mental Culture are denied Natural
Rights Flattery not an Equivalent for Justice Dawning
CHAPTER II. WOMAN IN ANTIQUITY. Women of Antiquity Their Condition in Heathen and Mohammedan
Countries Marriage, Divorce, etc.
CHAPTER III. LATER ESTIMATE OF WOMAN. Estimation in which Women were held later Cause and Effect Mental
Attainments despite of Oppression and Prohibition Equal Men in
Government, etc. Frivolity, Literature, and Home Duties Muscle not
Mind Marriage Ceremonies
CHAPTER IV. THE SEXES EQUAL AT CREATION. Created Equal Genesis iii, 16, considered Monogamy Lapse into
Heathenism Polygamy The Patriarchs The Law of Maid servants and
Bondwomen Divorce; Christ recognized the Equality of Right
therein Eminent Women of Israel Virtue and Vice of no Sex
CHAPTER V. NEW TESTAMENT TEACHINGS. The New Testament Scriptures How they Define the Position of Women
CHAPTER VI. WOMAN BEFORE THE LAW. Equally amenable to Laws, Human and Divine To rear and govern a Family
rightly, requires Sound Judgment Relative Mental Capacity of the Sexes
not yet fairly tested Comparisons Christianity has done much, yet much
remains to be done Right in Each Other's Property Men juster than the
Laws Query Justice should be even handed A United Head Women trained
to perpetuate the Wrongs of their Sex
CHAPTER VII. WOMAN AND LEGISLATION... Continue reading book >>
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