Chapter 33

CONTINENTAL EUROPE.

The Woman Question in the Back-ground--In France the Agitation Dates from the Upheaval of 1789;--International Women's Rights Convention in Paris, 1878--Mlle. Hubertine Auclert Leads the Demand for Suffrage--Agitation Began in Italy with the Kingdom--Concepcion Arenal in Spain--Coeducation in Portugal--Germany: Leipsic and Berlin--Austria in Advance of Germany Caroline Svetla of Bohemia--Austria Unsurpassed in Contradictions--Marriage Emancipates from Tutelage in Hungary--Dr. Henrietta Jacobs of Holland--Dr. Isala Van Diest of Belgium--In Switzerland the Catholic Cantons Lag Behind--Marie Goegg, the Leader--Sweden Stands First--Universities Open to Women in Norway--Associations in Denmark--Liberality of Russia toward Women--Poland--The Orient--Turkey--Jewish Wives--The Greek Woman in Turkey--The Greek Woman in Greece--An Unique Episode--Woman's Rights in the American Sense not Known 895