A Short History of Women's Rights, by Eugene A. Hecker

From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. With Special Reference to England and the United States

• PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
• PREFACE.
• CHAPTER I. WOMEN'S RIGHTS UNDER ROMAN LAW, FROM AUGUSTUS TO JUSTINIAN - 27 B.C. TO 527 A.D.
• CHAPTER II. WOMEN AND THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH
• CHAPTER III. RIGHTS OF WOMEN AS MODIFIED BY THE CHRISTIAN EMPERORS
• CHAPTER IV. WOMEN AMONG THE GERMANIC PEOPLES
• CHAPTER V. DIGRESSION OF THE LATER HISTORY OF ROMAN LAW
• CHAPTER VI. THE CANON LAW AND THE ATTITUDE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
• CHAPTER VII. HISTORY OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN ENGLAND
• CHAPTER VIII. WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES
• CHAPTER IX. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
• CHAPTER X. FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS

To MY MOTHER