Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
WOMAN IN GREEK POETRY
SAPPHO AND THE FIRST WOMAN’S CLUB
GLIMPSES OF THE SPARTAN WOMAN
THE ATHENIAN WOMAN, ASPASIA, AND THE FIRST SALON
REVOLT OF THE ROMAN WOMEN
THE “NEW WOMAN” OF OLD ROME
SOME FAMOUS WOMEN OF IMPERIAL ROME
MARCELLA, PAULA, AND THE FIRST CONVENT
THE LEARNED WOMEN OF THE RENAISSANCE
THE LITERARY COURTS AND PLATONIC LOVE
SALON AND WOMAN’S CLUB
