The follower of Islam points out that every woman in Islam retains her own name after marriage, which shows that she stands as a responsible individual both in the home and outside it. He will remember also that the Prophet always upheld the ideal of womanhood, making his followers swear in their oath of allegiance to him to speak no evil of woman; and asking women themselves to show dignity by their clothing and manner. He who felt so keenly the degeneration of his people, in his campaign for reform first struck at the degradation to which the brutality of men subjects woman. And the follower of Islam reflects also on the long gallery of women who would surely have fallen victims to superstition for their unusual talents, and been killed as "witches" or "servants of the devil", had they lived in the same periods in Christian countries, but who shine like stars in the annals of the history of Islam on account of their intellectual accomplishments or spiritual attainment.