Chinese Women through Chinese Eyes

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface and Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction xiii
• Notes xxx
• Part I - Historical Interpretations 1
• 1 - Women's Place in Chinese History 3
• 2 - Female Rulers in Ancient China 16
• 3 - Feminist Thought in Ancient China 34
• Notes 57
• 4 - Influences of Foreign Cultures on the Chinese Woman 59
• 5 - The Chinese Woman Past and Present 72
• 6 - Chinese Women's Fight for Freedome 87
• 7 - Historical Roots of Changes in Women's Status in Modern China 102
• Notes 118
• Part II - Self-Portraits of Women in Modern China 123

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface and Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction xiii
• Notes xxx
• Part I - Historical Interpretations 1
• 1 - Women's Place in Chinese History 3
• 2 - Female Rulers in Ancient China 16
• 3 - Feminist Thought in Ancient China 34
• Notes 57
• 4 - Influences of Foreign Cultures on the Chinese Woman 59
• 5 - The Chinese Woman Past and Present 72
• 6 - Chinese Women's Fight for Freedome 87
• 7 - Historical Roots of Changes in Women's Status in Modern China 102
• Notes 118
• Part II - Self-Portraits of Women in Modern China 123
• 8 - Opposition to Footbinding 125
• 9 - Remembrances of an Elderly Aunt 129
• 10 - When I Learned How to Cook 133
• 11 - Remembrances of the May Fourth Movement 144
• 12 - The Family Prison 156
• 13 - My Escape from Hardship to a Free Life 167
• 14 - Sorrows of a Factory Worker 175
• 15 - A Village Schoolteacher 182
• 16 - Scientific Entrepreneurship 186
• 17 - Struggling against Discrimination in Business 192
• 18 - Shen-Shen 199
• 19 - Problems Confronting an Ideal Couple 204
• 20 - Mother's Books 209
• 21 - Why I Parted with T'Ang Na 216
• 22 - My Life in the Imperial Palace 226
• 23 - A Young Nurse in Manchuria 247