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Woman in the Golden Ages

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Woman in the Golden Ages (1901)
by Amelia Gere Mason
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Copyright, 1901, by
The Century Co.
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Published October, 1901.










THE DIVINE PRESS













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