LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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| TO FACE PAGE | |
| "AT LAST" | [frontispiece] |
| THE CATCH OF THE SEASON | [16] |
| A PLEASURE DEFERRED | [52] |
| PRO PATRIA | [113] |
| THE MAN OF THE WORLD | [117] |
THE WOMEN'S VICTORY—AND AFTER
CHAPTER I
THE TWO DEPUTATIONS
"I have a passionate love for common justice and common sense."—Sydney Smith.
In 1911 I wrote a little book called "Women's Suffrage: a Short History of a Great Movement." My intention in the following pages is to bring my story up to February 6th, 1918, when the Royal Assent was given to the Representation of the People Act, which for the first time placed women on the register of parliamentary voters.