Eve's century : a sourcebook of writings on women and journalism, 1895-1918

This Unique Collection Of Extracts Is Taken From Women's Journals And Magazines - Both British And American - On The Eve Of The Twentieth Century. Arranged By Subject, The Collection Focuses On What This Pivotal Moment Represented For Women And Includes An Introduction To Women's Journalism Of The Period. The Rapidly Changing Conditions Then Surrounding A Woman's World Are Illustrated Here By Sections On: Monarchy; Women And War; Colonial Women; The Politics Of Emancipation; And Girlhood.--googlebooks. 1. The New Century -- The So-called Twentieth Century -- Where The New Century Will Really Begin / John Ritchie, Jr. -- Progress Of The American Woman / Elizabeth Cady Stanton. -- The Two Centuries And This Magazine / Edward Bok. -- The Last Day Of The Nineteenth Century -- The Form Of Prayers Used At St. Paul's -- Greetings For The New Century -- 2. Futures -- The Twentieth Century Woman / Mrs. E. Lynn Linton -- The Position Of Woman In The Twentieth Century / Lady Henry Somerset -- Women In The Twentieth Century -- A Forecast / Florence Balgarnie -- The Twentieth Century Woman / Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- The Future Of Society / Lady Jeune -- What May Happen In The Next Hundred Years / John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. -- The Courtship Of Lord Arthur Armstrong / E. F. Benson -- 3. Retrospects -- A Nineteenth Century Valedictory / H.b.b. -- The Closing Century -- Its Losses And Its Gains -- American Women As Inventors / Elizabeth L. Banks -- 4. Politics. An Independent Woman / Annie S. Swan -- The Woman Suffrage Movement / Helene Reinherz -- Why Women Are Employed In Factories In The United States -- Unwomanly Employments / Priscilla E. Moulder -- Famous Women Dramatists -- The Woman's International Conference / Sarah A. Tooley -- Old Women / Louisa Lawson -- Sovran Woman / Marie Corelli -- What We Women Owe Our Queen / Mrs. Henry Chetwynd -- 5. Colonials -- Besieged In Kumassi / Lady Hodgson -- Some Ladies Of South Africa / Marie A. Belloc -- Women's Medical Work In India / Mrs. Frank Penny -- Pioneer Women In India: Being Outline Sketches Of Their Work And Life. 1 / Mrs. Diver -- Cruelty Of Hindoo Child-marriage [hindu?] / H.b.b. -- The Cricket And The Lion. As Told By An Old Indian Woman From Mexico / Katherine A. Chandler -- The Colonial Dame, Her High Living And Her Noble Life / Ella Morris Kretschmar -- 6. War -- Women's Work In South Africa. Interview With Mrs. Richard Chamberlain / Edwin Collins Woman And War / Olive Schreiner -- How Can I Do My Bit? His Christmas Letter To His Mother. The Letter Of A 19-year-old Ambulance Driver Somewhere In France -- 7. Girls -- Manual Training In Girls' Schools / Mrs. Arthur Francis -- Domestic Economy In Schools / Mary C. Tabor -- Some Recollections Of My Schooldays / Sarah Grand -- The Girl Ranchers Of California / W. F. Wade -- The Ideals Of The American School-girl / Catherine Dodd -- What Shall We Do With Our Daughters? / Frank Crane -- 8. Christmas -- Christmas On The Mayflower / Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Cookery, Menu For A Christmas Supper -- How To Dress A Christmas Tree For Thirty Shillings -- Amusing Xmas Games For Little People -- The Christmas Card Craze / Mrs. E. T. Cook -- 9. Advertising -- Ladies Who Preach -- Girls That Whistle -- Gentlewomen In Business -- 10. Reference. A Nineteenth Century Bibliography Of Suffrage Journals From The Englishwoman's Review, 1900. Edited By Anne Varty. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 255-256) And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of illustrations......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 13 INTRODUCTION......Page 14 THE NEW CENTURY......Page 19 'The So-Called Twentieth Century,' editorial, Queen, The Lady's Newspaper, 6 January 1900......Page 21 'Where the New Century Will Really Begin,' John Ritchie, Jr., Ladies' Home Journal, January 1900......Page 22 'Progress of the American Woman,' Elizabeth Cady Stanton, North American Review, December 1900......Page 23 'The Two Centuries and This Magazine,' Edward Bok, Ladies' Home Journal, January 1901......Page 26 'The Last Day of the Nineteenth Century. The Form of Prayers used at St. Paul's,' Queen, The Lady's Newspaper, 5 January 1901......Page 29 'Greetings for the New Century,' Englishwoman's Review, 15 January 1901......Page 30 FUTURES......Page 32 'The Twentieth Century Woman,' Mrs E. Lynn Linton, Great Thoughts and Christian Graphic, 23 February 1895......Page 34 'The Position of Woman in the Twentieth Century,' Lady Henry Somerset, Great Thoughts and Christian Graphic, 23 February 1895......Page 37 'The Twentieth Century Woman,' Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Woman's Journal, 5 January 1901......Page 40 'The Future of Society,' Lady Jeune, Lady's Realm, January 1902......Page 41 'What May Happen In The Next Hundred Years,' John Elfreth Watkins, Jr., Christmas Ladies' Home Journal, December 1900......Page 47 'The Courtship of Lord Arthur Armstrong,' E. F. Benson, Gentlewoman Christmas Number, December 2000 [1900]......Page 52 RETROSPECTS......Page 96 'A Nineteenth Century Valedictory,' H.B.B., Woman's Journal,29 December 1900......Page 97 'The Closing Century Its Losses and Its Gains,' editorial Englishwoman's Review, 15 October 1900......Page 99 'American Women as Inventors,' Elizabeth L. Banks, Cassell's Magazine, June 1901......Page 102 Gentlewoman: Old and New Century Number, 5 January 1901......Page 106 'Woman in Science,' Miss Agnes M. Clerke, p. 12......Page 108 'Woman and the Law,' Dr J.G. Shipman, LL.D., MP, p. 16......Page 112 'Woman and the Stage,' Mrs Kendal, p. 26......Page 115 'Woman and Fashion,' Juno, p. 28......Page 117 'Woman in Literature,' Mrs Wilfrid Meynell, p. 30......Page 120 'Children in the Century,' Mrs Jack Johnson, p. 32......Page 123 'Woman and Education,' Miss Mabel Hawtrey, p. xxiv......Page 127 Compendium of Dates for the Century, from Woman's Suffrage Calendar for 1899, ed. Helen Blackburn......Page 129 POLITICS......Page 153 'The Woman Suffrage Movement,' Miss Helene Reinherz, Humanitarian, September 1900......Page 162 'Why Women are Employed in Factories in the United States,' Englishwoman's Review, 17 April 1900......Page 169 'Famous Women Dramatists,' Woman's Life, 22 December 1900......Page 171 'The Woman's International Conference,' Sarah A. Tooley, Lady's Realm, May 1899......Page 172 'Old Women,' Louisa Lawson, Dawn, November 1891......Page 174 'Sovran Woman,' Marie Corelli, Lady's Realm, July 1901......Page 176 'What We Women Owe Our Queen,' Hon. Mrs Henry Chetwynd, Lady's Realm, July 1899......Page 179 COLONIALS......Page 182 'Besieged in Kumassi,' Lady Hodgson, Lady's Magazine, January 1901......Page 183 'Some Ladies of South Africa,' Marie A. Belloc, Lady's Realm,January 1900......Page 192 'Women's Medical Work in India,' Mrs Frank Penny, Monthly Packet, September 1891......Page 195 'Pioneer Women In India: Being Outline Sketches Of Their Work And Life. 1,' Mrs Diver, Womanhood, December 1900......Page 198 'Cruelty of Hindoo Child-Marriage,' H.B.B., Woman's Journal, 16 February 1901......Page 200 'The Cricket and the Lion. As Told by an Old Indian Woman from Mexico,' translated by Katherine A. Chandler, Good Housekeeping, July 1902......Page 201 'The Colonial Dame, Her ~High Living~ and her Noble Life,' Mrs Ella Morris Kretschmar, Good Housekeeping, November 1902......Page 202 WAR......Page 205 'Women's Work in South Africa. Interview with Mrs Richard Chamberlain,' Edwin Collins, Womanhood, December 1900......Page 206 'Woman and War,' Olive Schreiner, Woman's Home Companion, November 1914......Page 210 'How Can I Do My ~Bit~? An Editorial Answer to the American Housewife,' Ladies' Home Journal, June 1917......Page 212 'His Christmas Letter to His Mother. The Letter of a 19-Year-Old Ambulance Driver ~Somewhere in France~,' Ladies' Home Journal, December 1917......Page 213 GIRLS......Page 215 'Manual Training in Girls' Schools,' Mrs Arthur Francis, Woman's Signal, 3 November 1898......Page 216 'Domestic Economy in Schools,' Mary C. Tabor, Woman's Signal, 15 December 1898......Page 218 'Some Recollections of My Schooldays,' Sarah Grand, Lady's Magazine, January 1901......Page 219 'The Girl Ranchers of California,' W.F. Wade, Lady's Magazine, June 1901......Page 221 'The Ideals of the American School-Girl,' Miss Catherine Dodd, National Review, June 1901......Page 224 'What Shall We Do With Our Daughters?' Dr Frank Crane, Woman's World, January 1914......Page 233 CHRISTMAS......Page 237 'Christmas on The Mayflower,' Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Woman's Journal, 29 December 1900......Page 238 'Cookery. Menu for a Christmas Supper,' Woman at Home,December 1899......Page 240 'How to Dress a Christmas Tree for Thirty Shillings,' Woman's Life, 22 December 1900......Page 243 'Amusing Xmas Games for Little People,' Woman's Life, 9 December 1899......Page 245 'The Christmas Card Craze,' Mrs E. T. Cook, Woman at Home, December 1899......Page 247 ADVERTISING......Page 250 'Ladies who Preach,' Woman's Signal, 20 October 1898......Page 255 'Girls that Whistle,' Woman's Life, 15 December 1900......Page 256 'Gentlewomen in Business,' Lady's Magazine, February 1901......Page 257 REFERENCE......Page 259 Selected Biographies......Page 266 Selected Further Reading......Page 268 Index......Page 270 This collection of women's journals and magazines on the eve of the twentieth century offers a mixture of prophesy and retrospect, looking forward to the new age and back at the birth of the modern women. Both the American and British journals of the time couple excitement with anxiety as women contemplate a coming era of inclusion. Articles range form the iconoclast to the trivial, from proposals for the disenfranchisement of the male to a dinner menu for the first Christmas of the twentieth century. Women's anticipations were driven by the rapidly changing conditions then surrounding a woman's world, illustrated here by sections on: * monarchy * women and war * colonial women * the politics of emancipation * girlhood With an introduction about womens journalism at the turn of the century, the book is arranged by subject to focus on what the pivotal moment of transition into the twentieth century represented for women. This collection of extracts is taken from women's journals and magazines on the eve of the 20th century. The collection focuses on what this pivotal moment represented for women and includes an introduction to women's journalism of the period