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 VOL. II. COMPRISING THE WOMEN OF EUROPE, AMERICA, AND SOUTH SEA ISLANDS. FIFTH EDITION. BOSTON: OTIS, BROADERS, & CO. SOLD ALSO BY H. & E. PHINNEY, COOPERSTOWN, N, Y, 1843. Soc 4837.17 HARVARD COLLEGE FEB 25 1935 LIBRARY Donald Born Cambridge Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1835, ky in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. 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 |