# We Women and Our Authors

Author: Marholm, Laura, 1854-1928; Ramsden, Hermione Charlotte, 1867-1951 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67577

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=We+Women+and+Our+Authors+Marholm&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

We German women are accustomed to look upon ourselves as an appendage to or a part of man. Up till now it has been the chief object and the pride of our existence to subordinate ourselves to him, and to look after his comforts. It is so no longer, or at any rate it is not as common as it used to be. Women have begun to ask: Who am I? and not: Whose am I? which proves that they are conscious of their individuality and wish to live their own lives. At present they are only helpless beginners filled with desires, needs and claims, which they themselves do not understand and which they would rather not admit. Their first longing is for outward independence, and in that they are not even origi...

## Chapters

- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/we-women-and-our-authors-67577/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/we-women-and-our-authors-67577/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/we-women-and-our-authors-67577/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/we-women-and-our-authors-67577/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/we-women-and-our-authors-67577/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/we-women-and-our-authors-67577/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/we-women-and-our-authors-67577/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/we-women-and-our-authors-67577/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/we-women-and-our-authors-67577/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/we-women-and-our-authors-67577/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/we-women-and-our-authors-67577/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/we-women-and-our-authors-67577/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/we-women-and-our-authors-67577/chapters/3/index.md)