Woman in the Golden Ages

by Amelia Gere Mason

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Copyright, 1901, by
The Century Co.
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Published October, 1901.










THE DIVINE PRESS

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TO THE
REPRESENTATIVE WOMEN
OF TO-DAY

Contents
Preface	vii
Introduction	xiii
Woman in Greek Poetry	1
Sappho and the First Woman's Club	25
Glimpses of the Spartan Woman	51
The Athenian Woman, Aspasia, and the First Salon	69
Revolt of the Roman Women	105
The "New Woman" of Old Rome	137
Some Famous Women of Imperial Rome	167
Marcella, Paula, and the first convent	205
The Learned Woman of the Renaissance	241
The Literary Courts and Platonic Love	291
Salon and Woman's Club	353
Index