Table of Contents
Introduction: "Mi patria es la libertad": Context and Introduction to Puerto Rico's First Feminist Treatise Félix V. Matos Rodríguez vii
A Nation of Women
Preface 1
Woman in the Home, in the Family, and in Government 5
An Important Issue for Mothers 24
Man and Woman 26
Free Love: by Magdalena Vernet 31
Varieties: Feminism (from L'Avenir Médical of Paris) 43
Important! 46
On Honesty 51
What Men Do 53
Natural Forces 56
To My Daughter Manuela Ledesma Capetillo 59
Reflections 80
Your Black Scarf: To Maria Luisa Rodriguez 95
Special Excerpts 97
Women During Primitive Times 103
To Jacinto Texidor: Memories 107
Elisa Tavarez de Storer 109
Postcards
To M. Martinez Rossello, Arecibo 113
To Tomás Carrión 115
My Profession of Faith: To Manuel Ugarte, Paris 117
Impressions of a Trip, July 1909: Remembering the Federación Libre (Free Federation) 119
Thinking of You: For M. L., Arecibo 133
Selected Bibliography 136