AUTHOR. Why ought the testimony of woman to be admitted in all cases in which that of man is required?
READER. Because woman is as credible as man; because she is, like him, a civil personage.
AUTHOR. Why ought woman to have a place on the jury?
READER. Because the Code declaring her the equal of man as regards culpability, misdemeanor, crime and punishment, she is thus declared capable like him of comprehending wrong in others;
Because the jury being a guarantee for the male culprit, the female culprit should have a similar guarantee;
Because if the male criminal is better comprehended by men, the female criminal will be better comprehended by women;
Because society in its aggregate being offended by the crime, it is necessary that this society, composed of two sexes, should be represented by both to judge and to condemn it. Because, lastly, where the moral sense is concerned, the feminine element is the more necessary inasmuch as men claim that our sex is in general more moral and more merciful than their own.
AUTHOR. Why ought woman to hold a place among civil functionaries?
READER. Because society, represented by these functionaries, is composed of two sexes;
Because even now in a number of public functions, there is a department more especially belonging to woman;