The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage

THE UNEXPURGATED CASE AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE
BY SIR ALMROTH E. WRIGHT M.D., F.R.S.
NEW YORK PAUL B. HOEBER 69 EAST 59TH S TREET
Copyright, 1913 BY PAUL B. HOEBER
PAGE PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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.
PART II