CHAPTER I—­COLONIAL WOMAN AND RELIGION

  I. The Spirit of Woman—­The Suffering of Women—­The Era of
     Adventure—­Privation and Death in the First Colonial
     Days—­Descriptions by Prince, Bradford, Johnson, etc.—­Early
     Concord.

  II.  Woman and Her Religion—­Its Unyielding Quality—­Its
     Repressive Effect on Woman—­Wigglesworth’s Day of Doom—­What
     It Taught Woman—­Necessity of Early Baptism—­Edward’s Eternity of
     Hell Torment—­Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God—­Effect
     on Womanhood—­Personal Devils—­Dangers of Earthly Love—­God’s
     Sudden Punishments.

  III.  Inherited Nervousness—­Fears in Childhood—­Theological Precocity.

  IV.  Woman’s Day of Rest—­Sabbath Rules and Customs—­A Typical Sabbath.

  V. Religion and Woman’s Foibles—­Religious Regulations—­Effect on
     Dress—­Women’s Singing in Church—­Southern Opinion of Northern
     Severity—­Effect of Feminine Repression.

  VI.  Woman’s Comfort in Religion—­An Intolerant Era—­Religious
     Gatherings for Women—­Formal Meetings with Mrs. Hutchinson—­Causes
     of Complaint—­Meetings of Quaker Women.

  VII.  Female Rebellion—­The Antinomians—­Activities of Anne
     Hutchinson—­Her Doctrines—­Her Banishment—­Emotional Starvation—­Dread
     of Heresy—­Anne Hutchinson’s Death.

  VIII.  Woman and Witchcraft—­Universal Belief in Witchcraft—­Signs
     of Witchcraft—­Causes of the Belief—­Lack of Recreation—­Origin
     of Witchcraft Mania—­Echoes from the Trials—­Waning of the Mania.

  IX.  Religion Outside of New England—­First Church in Virginia—­Southern
     Strictness—­Woman’s Religious Testimony—­Religious Sanity—­The
     Dutch Church—­General Conclusions.

CHAPTER II—­COLONIAL WOMAN AND EDUCATION

  I. Feminine Ignorance—­Reasons—­The Evidence in Court Records—­Dame’s
     Schools—­School Curriculum—­Training in Home Duties.

  II.  Woman’s Education in the South—­Jefferson’s Advice—­Private
     Tutors—­General Interest in Education—­Provision in Wills.

  III.  Brilliant Exceptions to Female Ignorance—­Southern and
     Northern Women Contrasted—­Unusual Studies for Women—­Eliza
     Pinckney—­Jane Turell—­Abigail Adams.

  IV.  Practical Education—­Abigail Adams’ Opinion—­Importance of
     Bookkeeping—­Franklin’s Advice.

  V. Educational Frills—­Female Seminaries—­Moravian
     Schools—­Dancing—­Etiquette—­Rules for Eating—­Mechanical Arts
     Toward Uprightness—­Complaints of Educational Poverty—­Fancy
     Sewing—­General Conclusions.

CHAPTER III—­COLONIAL WOMAN AND THE HOME

  I. Charm of the Colonial Home—­Lack of Counter Attractions—­Neither
     Saints nor Sinners in the Home.