Excerpt from Women and the Franchise F what use were words from a mind tuned in one key to a mind tuned in another? Asks one of Galsworthy's characters in The Free lands. SO at times prejudices do seem so in grained that words are futile, especially when one tries to present so colossal a cause as justice to women. But, after all, there is a faith within those Of us who believe in a better order, which keeps alive the hope that the many minds making up pub lic opinion may eventually become harmonized and that the ballot will be granted women. In the hope of playing some part toward bringing about this order, this volume is written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ...to which they were formerly indifferent. It is beginning to dawn upon the consciousness of every woman that her little world is part of the world at large, and that the solution of her problems lies in the solution of community problems. She is beginning to realize that the price of her dinner is voted up and down at election time; that safety of the lives of her children from disease is now a political matter; that the moral conditions surrounding her boy and her girl, when they step from the home into the outer world, are matters controlled by the ballot. How can anyone imagine that she would be willing to remain peacefully at home, unmindful of her duty toward her children? Can anyone imagine that, with the education and awakening of the modern woman, she would go along without interest in community affairs, even if she has no children to be cared for? She has been taught to read and write, the natural result of which is to think; therefore, it is logical that she should demand the most simple and direct method of having her voice count in the solution of these problems. It is idle to say to the average woman of today, " Your place" is within the four walls of your house." It may be admitted that woman's sphere could be thus defined in the days when everything was made at home, and the housewife held control of all the forces affecting her dominion; but with the changed economic conditions the home also has changed, and for her own protection she too must have a voice and a hand in determining the problems which so decidedly affect the welfare of those she holds most dear. We are reminded by those opposing suffrage that there are still problems of the hearthstone to be solved; that when the domestic-servant problem is solved, and not...

Excerpt from The Modern and the Municipal Franchise for Women We are accustomed to say, even in regard tofederal affairs, that a sense of national stability is of even more fundamental 1mportance than national defense. We add to that, and this applies to the city government as well, that any thing which. Diminishes the elector's love of country or interest in its preservation is a menace to the nation; and in the past great stress has been laid upon ownership and that sense of responsibility which property entails. But in the modern city the renters outnumber the landlords a thousand fold, and the ownership of the home becomes less frequent as we leave the farm and the village and proceed to the great centers. As the modern city dweller looks about for other forms of investment as a substitute for real estate, so we must appeal to those interests which are more general, more primordial, and much more trustworthy, in our effort to substitute in the modern city the sense of stability for the spirit of defense. If one could connect these'old maternal anxieties, which are really the basis of family and tribal life, with the'candidates who are seeking offices, it would never 'be necessary to scold cit-her men or women for remaining at home on election day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Faith of a Quaker There arise also the insistent questions which beset all mystics, and which in Quakerism demanded a corporate, instead of an individual, answer. Was the light infallible? Was the claim to it an assumption of spiritual exaltation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Outlines of the Women's Franchise Movement in New Zealand Recently my attention has been called to a number of erroneous statements concerning the Suf frage Movement in this Colony which have been given publicity in various magazines and books. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Human Woman The spirit in which the following pages are offered to the public is not one in which any claims are made for women, as against men neither equality nor superi ority, nor any quality the insistence upon which tends to provoke the desire to con trovert or to condemn, is made the basis of what is hoped will be regarded as a sane and temperate exposition of the views of many women and perhaps more men. The arguments in favour of extending the franchise in any given direction being perfectly familiar to all who have con sidered the political aspect of public affairs, it has not been thought necessary to dwell upon them in connection with the present demand of duly qualified women to partici pate in the election of the representatives of the people. For, briefly, all the reasons that have in the past been advanced in favour of extending the franchise to men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.