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Contents Introduction xiii VOLUME 1: 1775–1954 Chapter 1: 1775–1850: Divisions of Labor in an Agrarian Nation 1 Thomas Paine’s “Occasional Letter on the Female Sex,” 1775 9 Abigail Adams Urges Her Husband to “Remember the Ladies” at the Second Continental Congress, 1776 12 Benjamin Rush Expresses Support for the Education of Women, 1787 14 A New England Minister Describes Moral Instruction of Children as the Primary Role of Women, 1833 18 Gustave de Beaumont Surveys the Lives of American Women and Girls, 1835 21 A Female British Sociologist Describes Societal Limitations Imposed on Women, 1838 27 John O’Sullivan Cites “the Natural Rights of Man” in a Call for Continental Expansion, 1839 33 A New York Assemblyman Calls for Equal Property Rights for Women, 1839 37 Alexis de Tocqueville Assesses the Educational Options for Young American Women, 1840 40 A Female Textile Worker Condemns Conditions of “Degrading Servitude,” 1845 44 Catharine Beecher Talks about Career Choices for Women, 1846 48 Martha Coffin Wright Offers “Hints for Wives,” 1846 55 Sarah Bagley Admits to Flagging Spirits in the Fight for Labor Reforms, 1848 56 Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, 1848 58