ABSTRACT
The main speaker was John Stuart Mill, the important philosopher, Member of Parliament for Westminster, and supporter of women's suffrage. The member for the County voted for it, as did the member for the University of Edinburgh, the member for the burghs of Leith, Portobello, and Musselburgh, and the members for the city of Edinburgh. The arguments in favour of women's suffrage on that occasion, so eloquently urged by able men of high position and influence, were intelligently responded to by a crowded and enthusiastic audience. A Public Meeting was held in the Music Hall, on the 12th of January, in favour of conferring the Electoral Franchise on those Women who are duly qualified as being the owners or occupiers of lands or houses in their own right. “The close of another year calls for a brief report of the proceedings of our committee, and of the progress of our cause.
