Eliza Burt Gamble

PREFACE TO NEW EDITION

PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION

CONTENTS

PART I The Theory of Evolution

PART II Prehistoric Society

PART III Early Historic Society

INDEX

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

The precise location of footnote 256 is speculative since it is not indicated in the original.

An Inquiry into the Dogma of Woman’s
Inferiority to Man

By

Eliza Burt Gamble

A revised edition of “The Evolution of Woman”

G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1916

Copyright, 1893
Under the title The Evolution of Woman, by
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS

Copyright, 1916
for the revised edition, by
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS

The Knickerbocker Press, New York