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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
ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE CONCESSION OF THE PARLIAMENTARY SUFFRAGE TO WOMAN
I WOMAN'S DISABILITY IN THE MATTER OF PHYSICAL FORCE . . . . . . . . . 79 International Position of State would be Imperilled by Woman's Suffrage--Internal Equilibrium of State would be Imperilled.
II WOMAN'S DISABILITY IN THE MATTER OF IN- TELLECT . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Characteristics of the Feminine Mind--Suffragist Illu- sions with Regard to the Equality of Man and Woman as Workers--Prospect for the Intellectual Future of Woman--Has Woman Advanced?
III WOMAN'S DISABILITY IN THE MATTER OF PUB- LIC MORALITY . . . . . . . . . . 98 Standards by which Morality can be Appraised--Con- flict between Different Moralities--The Correct Standard of Morality--Moral Psychology of Man and Woman--Difference between Man and Woman in Mat- ters of Public Morality.
IV PAGE MENTAL OUTLOOK AND PROGRAMME OF THE FEMALE LEGISLATIVE REFORMER . . 114
V ULTERIOR ENDS WHICH THE WOMAN'S SUF- FRAGE MOVEMENT HAS IN VIEW . . . 136
PART III IS THERE, IF THE SUFFRAGE IS B ARRED, A NY PALLIATIVE OR C ORRECTIVE FOR THE DISCONTENTS OF WOMAN ?
I PALLIATIVES OR CORRECTIVES FOR THE DIS- CONTENT OF WOMAN . . . . . . . 155 What are the Suffragist's Grievances?--Economic and Physiological Difficulties of Woman--Intellectual Grievances of Suffragist and Corrective.
APPENDIX LETTER ON MILITANT HYSTERIA . . . . . . 167