ABSTRACT

First published in 1987. This volume traces the arguments of early suffragists through the last three decades of the nineteenth century. Includes the texts of the House of Commons Debate on the 1871 Disabilities Bill, 1982 Women's Franchise Bill and key documents by those who were opposed to women's suffrage

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

part II|42 pages

The debate In the House of Commons on the Women's Disabilities Bill 3 May 1871

part III|398 pages

Her sphere

chapter |5 pages

Women's suffrage 6 December 1872

chapter |13 pages

The political claims of women

chapter |5 pages

Women's suffrage

chapter |14 pages

Woman's claim February 1881

chapter |7 pages

Home and politics

chapter |12 pages

The case of the helots 1894

chapter |16 pages

The civil rights of women

part IV|3 pages

Text of the Women's Franchise Bill 1892