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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
October 2011
Print publication year:
2011
First published in:
1885
Online ISBN:
9781139003032
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139003032
Subjects:
Social and Population History, British History after 1450, History
Series:
Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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Book description

Margaret Mary Dilke (1857–1914) was a leading campaigner for female suffrage. In 1878 she became an active member of the National Society for Women's Suffrage and later was appointed to its executive committee. After the society split in 1888, she joined the Central National Society for Women's Suffrage and was appointed treasurer in 1896. This volume, first published in 1885 as part of Charles Buxton's 'The Imperial Parliament' series, contains Dilke's response to some of the major contemporary anti-suffrage arguments. Women's suffrage is introduced in its contemporary political context. Dilke also discusses medical assertions such as that women were mentally and physically inferior to men, and the idea that female suffrage would erode women's commitment to marriage and family life. This fascinating volume succinctly describes and rejects the main contemporary anti-suffrage arguments, illustrating the connections between the issue of female suffrage and other areas of contemporary society.

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