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Women's Suffrage: A Short History of a Great Movement

Chapter 20: Transcriber's Notes
By Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett
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The work traces the campaign for women's voting rights from its intellectual and reformist roots through mass political agitation and legal contention, showing how early advocates and participants in broader reform movements challenged exclusion. It examines contested claims about historic precedents and statutory rights, describes episodes of public protest and reaction, and follows the growth of organized suffrage societies and their evolving tactics. Alongside a chronological account, the text analyzes the arguments marshaled for enfranchisement—on grounds of education, citizenship, and justice—and considers how public opinion, parliamentary debate, and legal practice shaped the movement's progress.

The volumes now (February 1912) issued are marked with an asterisk. A further twelve volumes will be issued in May
SCIENCE
1.Introduction to ScienceBy C. D. Whetham, M.A., F.R.S.
2.Embryology—The Beginnings of LifeBy Prof. Gerald Leighton, M.D.
3.Biology—The Science of LifeBy Prof. W. D. Henderson, M.A., B.Sc., Ph.D.
4.Animal LifeBy Prof. E. W. MacBride D.Sc., F.R.S.
*5.Botany; The Modern Study of PlantsBy M. C. Stopes, D.Sc., Ph.D., F.L.S.
6.BacteriologyBy W. E. Carnegie Dickson, M.D., B.Sc.
7.GeologyBy the Rev. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S.
8.EvolutionBy E. S. Goodrich, M.A., F.R.S.
9.DarwinBy Prof. W. Garstang, M.A., D.Sc., F.Z.S.
*10.HeredityBy J. A. S. Watson, B.Sc.
11.Chemistry of Non-living ThingsBy Prof. E. C. C. Baly, F.R.S.
*12.Organic ChemistryBy Prof. J. B. Cohen, B.Sc., F.R.S.
*13.The Principles of ElectricityBy Norman R. Campbell, M.A.
14.RadiationBy P. Phillips, D.Sc.
*15.The Science of the StarsBy E. W. Maunder, F.R.A.S., of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
16.Light, according to Modern ScienceBy P. Phillips, D.Sc.
17.Weather-ScienceBy R. G. F. K. Lempfert, M.A., of the Meteorological Office.
18.HypnotismBy Alice Hutchison, M.D.
19.The Baby: A Mother's Book by a MotherBy a University Woman.
20.Youth and Sex—Dangers and Safeguards for Boys and GirlsBy Mary Scharlieb, M.D., M.S., and G. E. C. Pritchard, M.A., M.D.
21.Marriage and Motherhood—A Wife's HandbookBy H. S. Davidson, M.B., F.R.C.S.E.
22.Lord KelvinBy A. E. Russell, M.A., D.Sc., M.I.E.E.
23.HuxleyBy Professor G. Leighton, M.D.
24.Sir W. Huggins and Spectroscopic AstronomyBy E.W. Maunder, F.R.A.S., of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION
25.The Meaning of PhilosophyBy Prof. A. E. Taylor, M. A., F.B A.
*26.Henri Bergson: The Philosophy of ChangeBy H. Wildon Carr.
27.PsychologyBy H. J. Watt, M.A., Ph.D.
28.EthicsBy the Rev. Canon Hastings Rashdall, D.Litt., F.B.A.
29.Kant's PhilosophyBy A. D. Lindsay, M.A.
30.The Teaching of PlatoBy A. D. Lindsay, M.A.
31.BuddhismBy Prof. T. W. Rhys Davids, M.A., F.B.A.
*32.Roman CatholicismBy H. B. Coxon. Preface, Mgr. R. H. Benson.
33.The Oxford MovementBy Wilfrid P. Ward.
34.The Bible in the Light of the Higher CriticismBy the Rev. Principal W. F. Adeney, M.A., D.D., and the Rev. Prof. W. H. Bennett, Litt.D., D.D.
35.Cardinal NewmanBy Wilfrid Meynell.

HISTORY
36.The Growth of FreedomBy H. W. Nevinson.
37.Bismarck and the Foundation of the German EmpireBy Prof. F. M. Powicke, M.A.
38.Oliver CromwellBy Hilda Johnstone, M.A.
*39.Mary Queen of ScotsBy E. O'Neill, M.A.
40.Cecil RhodesBy Ian Colvin.
41.Julius Cæsar: Soldier, Statesman, EmperorBy Hilary Hardinge.
History of England—
42.England in the MakingBy Prof. F. J. C. Hearnshaw, M.A., LL.D.
43.Medieval EnglandBy E. O'Neill, M.A.
44.The Monarchy and the PeopleBy W. T. Waugh, M.A.
45.The Industrial RevolutionBy A. Jones, M.A.
46.Empire and DemocracyBy G. S. Veitch, M.A.

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
*47.Women's Suffrage—A Short History of a Great MovementBy M. G. Fawcett, LL.D.
48.The Working of the British System of Government to-dayBy Prof. Ramsay Muir, M.A.
49.An Introduction to Economic ScienceBy Prof. H. O. Meredith, M.A.
50.SocialismBy F. B. Kirkman, B.A.

LETTERS
*51.ShakespeareBy Prof. C. H. Herford, Litt.D.
52.WordsworthBy Miss Rosaline Masson.
*53.Pure Gold—A Choice of Lyrics and SonnetsBy H. C. O'Neill.
54.Francis BaconBy Prof. A. R. Skemp, M.A.
55.The BrontësBy Miss Flora Masson.
56.CarlyleBy the Rev. L. MacLean Watt.
*57.DanteBy A. G. Ferrers Howell.
58.RuskinBy A. Blyth Webster, M.A.
59.Common Faults in Writing EnglishBy Prof. A. R. Skemp, M.A.
60.A Dictionary of SynonymsBy Austin K. Gray, B.A.

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Transcriber's Notes

Minor punctuation and printer errors repaired.

Footnote anchors for footnotes 30 and 37 were missing in the original and have been inserted.