Contents:- About the ... I. INTRODUCTION (Hans-Bernd Zöllner): Connecting Burma to modernity - and vice versa; The personal and the political; Facts before fantasy; New and old ways of educating people; About this volume... II. MATERIAL on Hla Shwe, Husband and Wife: 1. Bibliographical Information (Kyaw Hoe, Translation: Gunnar Peters); Hla Shwe, Foreword (Translation: Phone Kyaw Myat); 2. Thwe Thwe Nwe, Book Review (Translation: Thiri Than Win); Summary of contents; Thinking about this book; 3. Dagon Tayar, Dr. Hla Shwe (1947) (Translation: Phone Kyaw Myat); 4. Maung Maung Nyo, Dictator Dr. Hla Shwe (1961); 5. Aung Min Htut, A Commentary on Dr. Hla Shwe?s Translation, Prof. Mg Mg Nyo?s Book on the Same Subject and His letter... III. MATERIAL on Mya Sein, Women: 1. Bibliograpgraphical Information (Kyaw Hoe, Translation: Gunnar Peters); Mya Sein, Picture; Mya Sein, Photo Gallery; 2. Advertisment of "Woman" in book no. 96, "Sinn Fein"; 3. Deedoke U Ba Choe, Foreword (Translation: Phone Kyaw Myat); 4. Min Maw Thant, Book Review (Translation. Ma Thida); Brief biography of the author; Summary of the contents; Khin Khin Su?s problem; Lecture 1: Women in world history; A marriage proposal; Lecture 2: Male - female relations; Khin Khin Su in love; Lecture 3: Developments in England; Khin Khin Su?s reaction; Lecture 4: Women in China; Lecture 5: Women in Japan; Lecture 6: Women in India; Khin Khin Su?s own investigations - Women in Burma; Comments; 5. Andrea Fleschenberg, Commentary; 6. Ma Thanegi on Women; 7. Biography of Mya Sein (from the Who?s Who in Burma (1961)); 8. Mya Sein?s speeches at the BurmaRound Table Conference 1931... IV. Additional Material: 1. The "Upper Garments" controvery (1938) (Translation: Phone Kyaw Myint); 1.1 A Kyawt, The monks and the thin upper garments; 1.2: Sein Hlaing, The monks and the thin upper garments (response); 2. Khin Myo Chit, Problems of the Women of Burma (1940); 2.1 Review Maung Yoe (Translation: Ye Nyunt); 2.2: Review Shwe Pyi Soe (Translation: Phone Kyaw Myat); 3. The Bhikkuni Controversy; 3.1 Nagani News, Reference to a Book of Ashin Adiccavamsa (1938); 3.2 Shwe Oak Oar, Biography of Ashin Ardessa Wuntha (Adiccavamsa) Translation: Aung Min Htut; 3.3 Bricker, Discrimination of Women in Modern Burma (2006); 4. Than Than Nwe, Gendered Space: Women in Burmese Society; 5. Cherrryl Barron, Burma: Feminist Utopia?; 6. Chie Ikeya, The ?Traditional? High Status of Women in Burma - Conclusion ... V. APPENDICES: SHORT INFORMATION on the MAKING of the BOOK REPORTS; INFORMATION about COMMENTARIES on BOOK REPORTS.