Because, in the ceremony of the marriage celebration for instance, if woman does not appear as magistrate, not only is society insufficiently represented, but the wife may regard herself as delivered up to the power of a man by all the men of the country.
AUTHOR. Why ought woman to have her place in boards of trade and mercantile associations?
READER. Because she shares equally in industrial production;
Because she shares equally in commerce;
Because she understands business transactions and contracts as well if not better than man;
Because, in all questions of interests, she should be her own representative.
AUTHOR. When will woman become the equal of man in the employment of her activity and of her other faculties?
READER. When she shall have colleges, academies and schools for special instruction, and when all vocations shall be accessible to her.
AUTHOR. Why ought women to receive the same national education as men?
READER. Because they exercise a vast influence over the ideas, sentiments and conduct of men, and because it is for the interest of society that this influence should be salutary;