Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chronology - Rossetti -- Chronology - Craik -- Selected bibliography - Rossetti -- Selected bibliography - Craik -- Christina Rossetti -- Maude -- Part 1st -- I -- II -- III -- Part 2nd -- I -- II -- III -- Part 3rd -- I -- II -- III -- Dinah Mulock Craik -- On Sisterhoods -- A Woman's Thoughts About Women -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER I: SOMETHING TO DO -- CHAPTER II: SELF-DEPENDENCE -- CHAPTER III: FEMALE PROFESSIONS -- CHAPTER IV: FEMALE HANDICRAFTS -- CHAPTER V: FEMALE SERVANTS -- CHAPTER VI: THE MISTRESS OF A FAMILY -- CHAPTER VII: FEMALE FRIENDSHIPS -- CHAPTER VIII: GOSSIP -- CHAPTER IX: WOMEN OF THE WORLD -- CHAPTER X: HAPPY AND UNHAPPY WOMEN -- CHAPTER XI: LOST WOMEN -- CHAPTER XII: GROWING OLD -- NOTES