THE

HISTORY

OF THE

CONDITION OF WOMEN.

VOL. II.

THE

HISTORY

OF THE

CONDITION OF WOMEN,

IN VARIOUS AGES AND NATIONS.

BY

MRS. D. L. CHILD,

AUTHOR OF “MOTHER'S BOOK," "FRUGAL HOUSEWIFE,' ETC.

"In youth women are our idols, at a riper age our companions, in old age our nurses, and
in all ages our friends."
Lord Bacon.

VOL. II.

COMPRISING THE WOMEN OF EUROPE, AMERICA, AND

SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.

LONDON:

SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.,

STATIONERS' HALL COURT.

1835.

41.

J. S. Hodson, Printer, Cross Street, Hatton Garden.

PLUTARCH speaks with disapprobation of the Persian manner of treating women; yet the Greeks themselves kept them under very strict discipline. They had distinct apartments, in the highest and most retired part of the house, and among the wealthier classes these rooms were often kept locked and guarded. Women belonging to the royal fami