Women in Republican China: A Sourcebook: A Sourcebook

partOne Love, Marriage, and the Family; Chapter 1 The Way of Confucius and Modern Life, Dixiu Chen; Chapter 2 My Views On Chastity, Lu Xun; Chapter 3 Is This Also a Human Being?, Ye Shengtao; Chapter 4 Emancipating Women by Reorganizing the Family, Zhang Weici; Chapter 5 How Can We Honor Women?, B. E. Lee; Chapter 6 A Refutation of Yang Xiaochun’s “Against Public Childcare”, Yun Daiying; Chapter 7 Freedom of Marriage and Democracy, Lu Qiuxin; Chapter 8 Public Childcare and Public Dining Halls, Tang Jicang; Chapter 9 Love and Socializing Between Men and Women, Yang Zhihua; Chapter 10 The Debate over “Love and Open Socializing Between Men and Women”, Yang Zhihua; Chapter 11 My View on the Issue of Divorce, Yang Zhihua; Chapter 12 The New Year’s Sacrifice, Lu Xun; Chapter 13 My Marriage, Ye Shengtao; partTwo The New Women Martyrs; Chapter 14 The Question of Miss Zhao’s Personality, Mao Zedong; Chapter 15 Concerning the Incident of Miss Zhao’s Suicide, Mao Zedong; Chapter 16 Commentary on Miss Zhao’s Suicide, Tao Yi; Chapter 17 “The Evils of Society” and Miss Zhao, Mao Zedong; Chapter 18 The Biography of Li Chao, Hu Shi; Chapter 19 Words Spoken at Miss Li Chao’s Memorial Service, Cai Yuanpei; Chapter 20 The Incident of Miss Xi Shangzhen’s Suicide at the Office of the Commercial Press, Chen Wangdao; Chapter 21 In Memory of Miss Liu Hezhen, Lu Xun; partThree Women’s Education; Chapter 22 My Plan for Women’s Emancipation and My Plan for Self-Improvement, Deng Chunlan; Chapter 23 A Plan for Women’s Development; Chapter 24 Report on Yanjing University’s Ceremony to Celebrate the Beginning of Coeducation, Bing Xin; Chapter 25 The Condition of Female Education in Jinan, Deng Enming; Chapter 26 Thoughts on Women, Wang Jingwei; Chapter 27 A Few Words of Encouragement, Shao Lizi; partFour Women’s Emancipation; Chapter 28 The Question of Women’s Character, Ye Shengtao; Chapter 29 The Woman Question in China: Emancipation from a Trap, Wang Huiwu; Chapter 30 The Emancipation of Chinese Women, T.C. Chu; Chapter 31 The Great Inappropriateness of Women’s Emancipation, Zhang Shenfu; Chapter 32 The Women’s Improvement Society’s Hopes for Women, Lu Yin; Chapter 33 Women of the “Advanced Country”, Zhou Zuoren; Chapter 34 Women’s Careers, Yang Zhihua; Chapter 35 What Happens after Nora Leaves Home?, Lu Xun; partFive Women and Social Activism; Chapter 36 The Postwar Woman Question, Li Dazhao; Chapter 37 The Place of Chinese Christian Women in the Development of China, Ida Kahn; Chapter 38 Vanguard Women, Zhang Ruoming; Chapter 39 Women’s Right to Vote, Ming Hui; Chapter 40 How Do We Make the Women’s Movement Truly Powerful?, Shen Yanbing; Chapter 41 I Think, Chen Wangdao; Chapter 42 The Woman Question and Socialism, Chen Duxiu; Chapter 43 The Center of the Women’s Rights Movement Should Move to the Fourth Class, Wang Jianhong;

This collection of essays reflect a time of political and social ferment in early 20th century China, when women were subject to the vicissitudes of war, modernization, and rapid social change. The authors discuss a range of theoretical and practical issues revolving around "the woman question".