Contents
Introduction
Part one: Marriage and Divorce
On Marriage
On Marriage
St. Simonism in London
Stability of Society
Bentham on Divorce
Liberty and Divorce
Comte on Women
Married Women’s Property
Extracts
Part two: Domestic Cruelty and Injustice
The Suicide of Sarah Brown
The Case of William Burn
The Case of the North Family
The Case of Anne Bird
The Case of Mary Ann Parsons
The Case of Susan Moir
The Law of Assault
Wife Murder
Remarks on Mr. Fitzroy’s Bill for the More Effectual Prevention of Assaults on Women and Children
A Recent Magisterial Decision
Part three: Social Equality
Women and Criticism
What Are the Subjects on Which It Is Desirable to Lay the Greatest Stress in the Education of Women?
Self-Education
Equality in Russia
The Contagious Diseases Acts
Prostitution and Marriage
The Contagious Diseases Acts
Nursing
Election to the London School Board 1
Election to the London School Board 2
Extracts
Part four: Political Equality
Women’s Rights
The Enfranchisement of Women
Political Rights
Part five: The Suffrage Campaign
Parliamentary Suffrage for Women
The Exclusion of Women from the Franchise
The Ladies’ Petition
The Admission of Women to the Electoral Suffrage
Propagandizing for the Cause
Women’s Suffrage 1
Women’s Suffrage 2
Women’s Suffrage 3
Speech on Women’s Suffrage 4
Women’s Rights as Preached by Women
Part six: The Subjection of Women
The Subjection of Women
Additional Reading
Index