Men's ideas/women's realities : popular science, 1870-1915 / edited by Louise Michele Newman.

New York ; London : Pergamon Press, [1985], ©1985.

xxviii, 337 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part I. The problem of biological determinism (1870-1890) -- "Psychology of the sexes," November, 1873 / Herbert Spencer -- "Woman's place in nature," January, 1875 / Frances Emily White -- "Science and the woman question," March, 1882 / M.A. Hardaker -- "A reply to Miss Hardaker on the woman question," May, 1882 / Nina Morais -- "Emotions versus health in women," February, 1888 / Mary T. Bissell -- Part II. The evils of education (1870-1900) -- "The higher education of woman," April 1874 / Editor -- "Normal co-education," January, 1875 / Editor -- "Who shall study the babies?" June, 1876 / Editor -- "Sex in mind and in education," June, 1874 / Henry Maudsley -- "Some reflections upon the reaction from coeducation," November, 1902 / James Rowland Angell -- "The higher education of women," December, 1902 / David StarrJordan -- Part III. The birth rate question (1890-1905) -- "Plain words on the woman question," December, 1889 / Grant Allen -- "Is education opposed to motherhood?" April, 1890 / Alice B. Tweedy -- Alumna's children," May, 1904 / An Alumna -- "Alumna's children again," July 1904 / Another Alumna -- "Higher education of women and race suicide," March, 1905 / A. Lapthorn Smith -- "Does higher education unfit women for motherhood?" April, 1905 / Olivia R. Fernow.

Part IV. The professional homemaker (1880-1910) -- "Improved domestic economy," January 1879 / Editor -- "Education for domestic life," August 1898 / Mary Roberts Smith -- "College women and the new science," September 1898 / Charlotte Smith Angstman -- "Food preparation and its relation to the development of efficient personality in the home," September, 1911 / LauraClarke Rockwood -- Part V. The suffrage debate (1890-1900) -- "The relations of the sexes to government," October, 1888 / Edward D. Cope -- "The extension of the suffrage to women," January, 1889 / Frank Cramer -- "The mental force of woman," April 1889 / Theresa A. Jenkins -- "The political rights and duties of women," May, 1896 / George F. Talbot -- "Woman and the ballot," June, 1896 / Alice B. Tweedy -- "Occupations, privileges, and duties of woman," September, 1896 / Grace A. Luce -- "Women and politics," August, 1896 / Editor -- Part VI. Working for wages (1875-1915) -- "The relations of women to the professions and skilled labor," February, 1875 / Ely Van de Warker -- "The industrial position of women," July, 1883 / Emily Blackwell -- "Progress and the home," July, 1883 / Editor -- "Women teachers and equal pay," July, 1913 / Elfrieda Hochbaum Pope -- "Women in industry," October, 1913 / D.R. Malcolm Keir -- Part VII. The "New Woman" (1890-1915) -- "Individuality for woman," September, 1891 / Editor -- "The mother as a power for woman's advancement," March, 1895 / Mrs. Burton Smith -- "The new woman' and the problems of the day," November, 1896 / Editor -- "Let us therewith be content," July, 1897 / Ellen Coit Elliott -- "The celibate women of today," June, 1915 / Earl Barnes