Part First: Soprano Obligato

For they the Royal-hearted Women are
Who nobly love the noblest, yet have grace
For needy, suffering lives in lowliest place;
Carrying a choicer sunlight in their smile,
The heavenliest ray that pitieth the vile.

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Though I were happy, throned beside the king,
I should be tender to each little thing
With hurt warm breast, that had no speech to tell
Its inward pangs; and I would soothe it well
With tender touch and with a low, soft moan
For company.

George Eliot.

Part First Contents

• Womanhood a Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race
• The Higher Education of Woman
• “Woman Versus the Indian”
• The Status of Woman in America

Introduction: Our Raison d’Être

A Voice from the South

Womanhood a Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race

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• Frontmatter
• Introduction: Our Raison d’Être
• Part First: Soprano Obligato
• Womanhood a Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race
• The Higher Education of Woman
• “Woman Versus the Indian”
• The Status of Woman in America
• Part Second: Tutti ad Libitum
• Has America a Race Problem; If so, How can it best be Solved?
• The Negro as presented in American Literature
• What Are We Worth?
• The Gain from a Belief