Before the Vote was Won
- ISBN-10
- 1136409688
- ISBN-13
- 9781136409684
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 512
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-07-04
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Jane Lewis
Description
First published in 1987. This volume traces the arguments of early suffragists through the last three decades of the nineteenth century. Includes the texts of the House of Commons Debate on the 1871 Disabilities Bill, 1982 Women's Franchise Bill and key documents by those who were opposed to women's suffrage
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