Women''s Suffrage

A succinct description and rejection of the main contemporary anti-suffrage arguments, first published in 1885.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Reply to habitual objections - physical and mental; 2. Reply to habitual objections - would women be less womanly?; 3; Reply to habitual objections - expediency; 4. The hardships of exclusion; 5. Party politics; 6. Women's grievances; 7. Rights already obtained; 8. A limited demand for justice; Appendices; Index.

Summary

Margaret Mary Dilke (1857-1914) was a leading campaigner for female suffrage. This volume, first published in 1885, contains Dilke's response to some of the major contemporary anti-suffrage arguments, including women's supposed mental and physical weakness. This fascinating volume succinctly describes and rejects the main contemporary anti-suffrage arguments.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Mary Dilke, Mary Dilke, Dilke Margaret Mary
• Assisted by: Woodall William (Introduction)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.2011
• EAN: 9781108030021
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03002-1
• No. of pages: 126
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Gender studies: women, Civil rights & citizenship, Gender studies: women and girls, Civics and citizenship