Table of Contents
Preface, i
Introduction, 1
Marriage and American Freedom, 9
The Puritan Ideal of Marriage, 11
The American Free-Love Movement, 31
Here Come the Brides, 57
God’s Gracious Preparation, 59
A Great Wail of Agony, 81
Preparing for a Mission (1866 to 1869), 97
Eddy’s Primitive Christianity, 99
Woodhull’s New Social Order, 103
Evangel of Womanhood, 107
Emerging into Civic Life (1870 to 1872), 111
The Social Freedom Campaign, 113
Moral Science, 127
Will Marriage Survive? (1872 to 1875), 139
Woodhull’s Bomb, 141
Eddy’s Text Book, 155
Two Worlds Collide (1876), 169
Eddy’s Centennial Celebration, 171
Woodhull’s Boston Lectures, 177
A New Chapter in Life (1877 and Beyond), 201
Union of Hearts, 203
Becoming a Lady, 215
Postscript, 223
Acknowledgements, 231
Bibliography, 233
Notes, 239
Index, 265
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