Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Part one: Marriage and Divorce
5. On Marriage 3
6. On Marriage 18
7. St. Simonism in London 21
8. Stability of Society 25
9. Bentham on Divorce 28
10. Liberty and Divorce 32
11. Comte on Women 34
12. Married Women’s Property 38
13. Extracts 42
14. Part two: Domestic Cruelty and Injustice
15. The Suicide of Sarah Brown 53
16. The Case of William Burn 57
17. The Case of the North Family 61
18. The Case of Anne Bird 66
19. The Case of Mary Ann Parsons 71
20. The Case of Susan Moir 78
21. The Law of Assault 82
22. Wife Murder 87
23. Remarks on Mr. Fitzroy’s Bill for the More Effectual Prevention of Assaults on Women and Children 92
24. A Recent Magisterial Decision 99
25. Part three: Social Equality
26. Women and Criticism 103
27. What Are the Subjects on Which It Is Desirable to Lay the Greatest Stress in the Education of Women? 112
28. Self-Education 117
29. Equality in Russia 125
30. The Contagious Diseases Acts 127
31. Prostitution and Marriage 130
32. The Contagious Diseases Acts 133
33. Nursing 144
34. Election to the London School Board 1 148
35. Election to the London School Board 2 150
36. Extracts 153
37. Part four: Political Equality
38. Women’s Rights 161
39. The Enfranchisement of Women 178
40. Political Rights 204
41. Part five: The Suffrage Campaign
42. Parliamentary Suffrage for Women 211
43. The Exclusion of Women from the Franchise 213
44. The Ladies’ Petition 216
45. The Admission of Women to the Electoral Suffrage 234
46. Propagandizing for the Cause 247
47. Women’s Suffrage 1 265
48. Women’s Suffrage 2 273
49. Women’s Suffrage 3 279
50. Speech on Women’s Suffrage 4 284
51. Women’s Rights as Preached by Women 292
52. Part six: The Subjection of Women
53. The Subjection of Women 305
54. Additional Reading 401
55. Index 403