Transcriber’s Notes

This e-text is a translation of August Bebel’s DieFrau und der Sozialismus.

Table column headings that have been supplied by the transcriberare enclosed in [square brackets].

Gesperrt (spaced-out text) in the original is denoted by underline.

Book cover

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WOMAN AND SOCIALISM

Jubilee 50th Edition

AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY
Meta L. Stern (Hebe)

SOCIALIST LITERATURE CO.
15 Spruce Street, New York
1910

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The Co-Operative Press, 15 Spruce St., New York

CONTENTS

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Introduction3

WOMAN IN THE PAST.

  • Chapter I.The Position of Woman in Primeval Society9
    • 1. Chief Epochs of Primeval History 9
    • 2. Family Forms 14
    • 3. The Matriarchate 20
  • Chapter II.Conflict between Matriarchate and Patriarchate28