Epigraph
INTRODUCTION............ 21
Programme of This Treatise—Motives from which
Women Claim the Suffrage—Types of Men who Sup-
port the Suffrage—John Stuart Mill.
Part I Arguments Which a Re Adduced in S Up - Port of Woman’s S Uffrage
I
ARGUMENTS FROM ELEMENTARY NATURAL
RIGHTS............. 33
Signification of the Term “Woman’s Rights”—Argu-
ment from “Justice”—Juridical Justice—“Egalitarian
Equity”—Argument from Justice Applied to Taxation
—Argument from Liberty—Summary of Arguments
from Elementary Natural Rights.
II
ARGUMENTS FROM INTELLECTUAL GRIEV-
ANCES OF WOMAN......... 54
Complaint of Want of Chivalry—Complaint of “In
sults”—Complaint of “Illogicalties”—Complaint of
“Prejudices”—The Familiar Suffragist Grievance of
the Drunkard Voter and the Woman of Property Who
is a Non-Voter—The Grievance of Woman being Re-
quired to Obey Man-Made Laws.
III PAGE
ARGUMENTS WHICH TAKE THE FORM OF
“COUNSELS OF PERFECTION” ADDRESSED
TO MAN............. 72
Argument that Woman Requires a Vote for her Pro-
tection—Argument that Woman ought to be Invested
with the Responsibilities of Voting in Order that She
May Attain Her Full Intellectual Stature.