Woman's Voice: An anthology

Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World. To which are added rules for determining the precise figure, the degree of beauty, the habits, and the age of women, notwithstanding the aids and disguise of dress.

Anonymous

The work presents itself as a sweeping survey of women across history and geography, framed as a moral and…

Sesame and Lilies

John Ruskin

John Ruskin’s “Sesame and Lilies” is a self‑selected compilation of essays and lectures written in the…

Woman: A Vindication

Anthony M. Ludovici

The work is a polemical essay that sets out to “vindicate” woman by dissecting what its author, Anthony M.

The disadvantages of being a woman

Grace Ellison

Grace Ellison’s “The Disadvantages of Being a Woman” is a polemical treatise that opens with a sweeping,…

The Truth About Woman

C. Gasquoine Hartley

Hartley’s The Truth About Woman is a polemical study that seeks to articulate a single, overarching…

Taboo and genetics: A study of the biological, sociological and psychological foundation of the family

Knight, Melvin M. (Melvin Moses); Blanchard, Phyllis; Peters, Iva Lowther