Art and Handcraft in the Woman's Building
of the World's Columbian Exposition

IN THE WOMAN’S BUILDING. 171 Section i .—Education. Physique. Morals. Instruction: Primary, secondary, superior. Institutions: Schools, lyceums (colleges), courses of instruction. Grades of liberal culture open to women. Section 2 . Institutions of philanthropy and social economy founded by women or depending largely upon their cooperation. Section 3 . Manual labor: Industrial, commercial, administrative, and so on, for use either in home or in the workshop. Section 4 .—Art. Under this head we have made the following division: Fine arts, properly so called, namely, painting, drawing, sculpt- ure, music. Industrial and decorative art. Literature. In this last division are comprehended works produced by women relating especially to art criticism, the drama, romance, history, etc. For an exhibit of each of these sections the committee desired that all contributions should be so arranged as to facilitate public inspection, in an attractive and condensed form. To this end all works produced by, or relating to, women have been divided into two classes, both well defined. First—General statistics embracing the economic and social condition of women in France, together with special accounts of philanthropic works and industrial institutions illustrating these general statistics. Second—Various articles displaying the labor and talent of the exhibitors. The main features of the exhibit being thus outlined, the fol- lowing is the order of details pertaining to each section: Section i.—Education. Instruction. Here woman is considered as the first instructor, receiving the child from the cradle, rearing, educating, and directing her charge until, in his turn, the object of her care shall be called upon to found a new family. Monographs and general data are supplied relating to children’s aid societies, apprenticeships, grades of instruction given to girls, women’s education at the time of