ientific standpoint, and was so original in thought that it deserves
to be reproduced almost in full:

....We must bear in mind the old theologic belief that the earth
was flat, the center of the universe, around which all else
revolved--that all created things animate and inanimate, were
made for man alone--that woman was not part of the original plan
of creation but was an after-thought for man's special use and
benefit. So that a science which proves the falsity of any of
these theological conceptions aids in the overthrow of all.

The first great battle fought by science for woman was a
Geographical one lasting for twelve centuries. But finally,
Columbus, sustained and sent on his way by Isabella in 1492,
followed by Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe twenty years
later, settled the question of the earth's rotundity and was the
first step toward woman's enfranchisement.

Another great battle was in progress at the same time and the
second victory was an Astronomical one. Copernicus was born, the
telescope discovered, the earth sank to its subordinate place in
the solar system and another battle for woman was won.

Chemistry, long opposed under the name of Alchemy, at last gained
a victory, and by its union of diverse atoms began to teach men
that nature is a system of nuptials, and that the feminine is
everywhere present as an absolute necessity of life.

Geology continued this lesson. It not only taught the immense age
of creation, but the motherhood of even the rocks.

Botany was destined for a fierce battle, as when Linnaeus declared
the sexual nature of plants, he was shunned as having degraded
the works of God by a recognition of the feminine in plant life.

Philology owes its rank to Catherine II of Russia, who, in
assembling her great congress of deputies from the numerous
provinces of her empire, gave the first impetus to this science.
Max Mueller declares the evidence of language to be irrefragable,
and it is the only history we possess prior to historic periods.
Through Philology we ascend to the dawn of nations and learn of
the domestic, religious and governmental habits of people who
left neither monuments nor writing to speak for them. From it we
learn the original meaning of our terms, father and mother.
Father,