Catalogue description Lydia Becker's Letter Book

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Title: Lydia Becker's Letter Book
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(Letters sent in a personal capacity, as Hon. Treasurer of the Manchester Committee for the Married Women's Property Bill, but mostly as Secretary of the Manchester National Society for Women's Suffrage.

 

Letters to Miss Jessie Boucherett, Esther Becker, Mrs. W. Shields of Newcastle and Miss Becker's aunt Mrs. Backhouse, 21 Mar., about petitions [to Parliament for women's suffrage], the latter referring to Mr. Gladstone's antagonism; to Mrs. E. Kyllman, 21 Mar., claiming that the letters she writes are her personal property. The Committee may see copies of those relating to its business, but they will remain in her hands even if a new Sec. is appointed; to Hon. Mrs. Liddell, 24 Mar.; to Miss Boucherett, 22 Mar., about the campaign to put women householders on the electoral register; to Professor Jack, 22 Mar., disagreeing with his support of the vote for single women only; to Miss Florence Hill, 23 Mar.; to R. Harper, esq., of Birmingham, 23 Mar., to Mrs. P.A. Taylor of London, 24 Mar.; to Dr. Brown, 24 Mar.; to her aunt, Mrs. Backhouse, about the Prestbury petition, n. d; to Miss Boucherett, 26 Mar., re same and agitation among ratepayers of Hulme , to Jacob Bright, M.P. 27 Mar., about the Hulme ratepayers meeting, in which many women were involved; to Mrs. Pochin, Miss Boucherett, Dr.Grierson, Mrs. Butler, Miss Garrett, Mrs. P.A. Taylor, 28 Mar.; to Miss Anne J. Robertson of Dublin, 30 Mar., saying Mrs. Pochin, Mayoress of Salford, will accommodate her on her visit to Manchester; to Jacob Bright, 13 Apr.; to Miss Boucherett, 31 Mar., comparing Gladstone and Disraeli "I hope the Tories will remain on the Treasury Bench till the Liberals are united under the leadership of Mr. Bright. He is a far greater man than Gladstone"; procedure for drawing up lists of voters and appealing if one is omitted. Women householders must claim to be on the electoral register, and their claims will be heard; to J. Plant, esq., of the Anthropological Soc., 31 Mar. sending, on request, a copy of her paper prepared for the Ladies Literary Soc. [L.E.B. was Pres. of the Ladies' Literary Soc., which she founded in Jan. 1867]; to Thos. Hare, 1 Apr.; to Miss Boucherett about the Reform Union Conference, 1 Apr.; to Dr. [Rich. Marsden] Pankhurst, 3 Apr., asking for his help in searching in the Law Library for illustrations for her paper; to G. Shaw Lefevre, M.P., 27 Apr., asking for copies of his Bill on Married Women's Property; to Miss Theodosia Marshall, 3 Apr., asking her opinion of a paper, which caused a commotion in the Anthropological Soc., of Manchester. Florence Nightingale has joined the [Women's Suffrage] Soc.; to Jacob Bright, M.P., 4 Apr., sending a resolution of the Committee that qualified women be urged to claim to be on the electoral register; to Miss Boucherett, 6 Apr.; to Miss C. Holland, 8 Apr.; to Miss Sarah Ann Jackson asking if she may stay at her country house to recover her health. More about the Anthropological Soc's. reaction to her paper; to Mrs. Jacob Bright, 9 Apr.; to Miss Boucherett, 9 Apr., about her poor health and asking if she may use some of the "Mission Fund" to recover her strength (this letter has been crossed out); to Rev. S.A. Steinthall, 9 Apr.; to Sarah Ann Jackson, 12 Apr.; to Mrs. Butler, 13 Apr.; to Mrs. Jacob Bright, 16 Apr.; to Sarah A. Jackson of Bowdon, 16 Apr.; to Miss Ann J. Robertson, 16 Apr., about the meeting at which she spoke; to Sarah A. Jackson, 17 Apr., defending Mrs. Pochin and other mothers from Miss Jackson's accusation of disobeying the Scriptures by neglecting their families to attend the Suffrage Meeting; to Miss A.J. Robertson, 25 Apr.; to Miss Wolstenholme, 26 Apr., saying that if Miss Julia Gaskell hesitates about becoming Sec. [of the Committee for the Higher Education of Women] she will propose her; to Mrs. Bright, 27 Apr.; to her sister Esther Becker, 28 Apr., suggesting she applies for the post of Sec. of the Committee for the Higher Education of Women; discusses the power of violence-" more melancholy to me than these occurrences [assassinations etc] is the fact that it needs deeds of bloodshed or violence before the British Government can be roused to do justice."; to Miss Wolstenholme, n.d., and 29 Apr., about getting up petitions and writing to M.P.s urging them to support Bill [Shaw Lefevre's Married Women's Property Bill]; to Mrs. Massey, 29 Apr., about same; to Miss McLaren 29 Apr., asking for Miss Boucherett's pamphlet on Married Women's Property Law; (half of page torn out at this point); to J.F. Morgan, Esq., 1 May, sending petition form; to Miss Winkworth, 29 Apr. (very faded); to Mrs. Jacob Bright; to Professor W. Jack, 2 May, about the Married Women's Property Bill; to Rev.W. Hulme Rothery, 2 May saying they are not petitioning for legislation on women's suffrage because they believe women have the right to be registered already. They are looking for women claimants. She believes in universal suffrage; to Miss Robertson, 2 May, to Miss Wolstenholme, 2 & 3 May; to W. Dewhurst, 3 May ordering notepaper to be printed; to Esther Becker, 2 May. Miss Gaskell has become Sec. of the Committee for the Higher Education of Women; to J. Holding esq., 3 May sending petition forms; to Miss Johnson [Sec. of Birmingham Society of W.S.], 6 May; to Miss Helen Taylor, 6 May thanking her for her and J.S.Mill's donations supporting the [Women's Property] Bill; to Miss Wolstenholme, n.d. and 7 May; to Mrs. Jacob Bright, 8 May about a meeting in Birmingham; to Miss Wolstenholme, 9 May and 14 May; to Mrs. Bright, n.d., about the deputation to the Manchester Overseers about placing women's names on the register. Dr. Pankhurst conducted their case admirably; to Rev. Steinthal 15 May, about the same; to Mr. and Mrs. Poole and Miss Young, 15 May announcing end of the paid canvass; to Miss Wolstenholme, 16 May; to Hen. Nicol, 17 May, thanking him for his subscription towards the Married Women's Property Bill; to Miss Johnson, 18 May; to Miss Holland, 19 May, wondering if Mr. Hickes will get on with Miss Marshall the new Sec. Florence Nightingale's was the second signature on the great petition presented by J.S. Mill; to Miss Boucherett, 19 May; to Miss Wolstenholme, n.d., about appointment of a Sec. [of Women's Suffrage Soc.?] "Mrs. Max Kyllman would possibly consent to be the Manchester Secretary if we cannot find an English woman -----"; to Mrs. Carroll, 18 May, thanking her for her donation to Committee in support of Mr. Shaw Lefevre's Bill; to Helen Taylor, 18 May, to Miss Johnson, 19 May, sending a letter for her to copy out and send to the Editor, of the Birmingham Journal telling the Committee afterwards. "The writing of such a letter is quite within the ------- independent judgement of the Secretary"; encloses letter, to Mrs. Bright, 19 May, to Mrs. Smith of Carlisle, 20 May; to Miss Wolstenholme, 20 May, about dubious signatures to petition [for Women's Property Bill] obtained by Mr. Poole in Rochdale. Mrs. Poole, however, has done good work. Must stick to her opinions and not be overpowered by Dr. Pankhurst's.Petition from the inhabitants of Stockport should be sent to J.B. Smith to present; to Mrs. Pennington, 20 May, sending list of subscriptions. They must have a strong petition to present on 10 June for the second reading of the Bill [for Married Women's Property]; to Dr. Pankhurst, 20 May, hoping he can attend meeting with the overseers of Chorlton upon Medlock [on registration of female ratepayers], and about the need to present the petition on the Women's Property Bill on 10 June; to Mrs. Jacob Bright, n.d., about proposed unity of the Manchester and London committees [on women's suffrage]; "Rough sketch of Proposals for concerted action" by the London, Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham committees to request overseers to place female ratepayers on the electoral register; to J.S. Cliffe Leslie, esq., 22 May, to Miss Johnson, 20 May, giving advice on being Secretary of the Birmingham Committee; to Mrs. Bright, 22 and 23 May; to Miss Wolstenholme, 23 May, saying the petition should be presented at once in view of the possible dissolution of Parliament; to Thos. Hare sending slips about the meeting with the Manchester overseers; to Dr. Pankhurst, 24 May,[transcribed in The Suffragette Movement, by Sylvia Pankhurst] asking him to distribute copies of their paper. She likes his additions to the report of his speech; to Miss Boucherett, 24 May, about campaign to get women on the electoral register. Praises Dr. Pankhurst, and Miss Johnson of Birmingham; to Mrs. Nellie O'Connell, 24 May, about family affairs; to Miss Robertson, 24 May; to Helen Taylor, 24 May, wishing that notices to overseers would go out in the name of the National Society, not just the local one; proposals for concerted action; to Miss Wolstenholme, 25 May, about the poor state of the finances; to J.S. Thomasson, Esq., 26 May, acknowledging donation and sending a petition form [for Married Women's Property Bill]; to Mrs. Taylor, 26 May , thanking her for donation to same, to Mrs. Poole, n.d., asking for petition to be brought in; to Theodosia Marshall, 26 May, to Miss Wolstenholme, 26 May. "The Mayor of Manchester has vindicated his reputation, for being a stupid ass by refusing to sign the petition ----", to Miss Boucherett, 26 May. Will send the Manchester petition with 4,000 names to Mr. Bazley tomorrow; to Mrs. Bright, 26 May; to A.O. Rutson, Esq. 26 May, about working on the London overseers over registration; to Mrs. Bright, 27 May, about the campaign, to Mrs. Carroll, 28 May, asking if her husband, as a clergyman, knows of any cases which would be useful examples in favour of the Married Women's Property Bill; to Mrs. Bright, 28 May, about the registration question; to Miss Johnson, 29 May, criticising the London Committee for publishing a circular under the title of National Society instead of London National Society and for recommending application to Liberal registration agents. The Society should not be identified with any political party, but should seek help from all; to Mrs. Massey, 29 May; to Stephen Heelis, 29 May, about the registration of women; to Alderman Harvey, 30 May; to Miss Boyd sympathising at the death of her mother, 8 June; to H.L. Becker, her father, 29 May, about him moving house; to Mrs. Winkworth, 30 May, asking her to check the names obtained by Mr. Poole in Bolton for the petition; to Miss Boucherett, 30 May, that the Salford Overseers will place women on the register; to Mrs. Bright, 31 May, about the same Criticism of the London Committee's slowness in the matter, and Mrs. P.A. Taylor for being unbusinesslike to Miss Wolstenholme, 31 May; to Mary M. Stephens, 31 May; to Sarah Ann Jackson, 31 May; to Miss Johnson, 1 June; to Miss Wolstenholme, 1 June, about the Rochdale petition; to Mrs. Bright about the adverse decision of the Manchester overseers, 1 June; to Miss Boucherett, 3 June; to Miss M. Calder, 3 June, sending £2 for the canvass of Liverpool. (Lydia Becker signs herself Treasurer), to Sarah Jackson, 7 June, sending her a copy of her paper read to the Ladies Literary Society which will appear in the July edition of the Englishwoman's Review. The fee will pay her subscription to the British Association. Describes Dr. Pankhurst as"a very clever little man-with some most extraordinary sentiments about life in general and women in particular---"; to Jacob Bright, 7 June, saying she is sending a petition signed by 5078 Manchester people in favour of the Married Women's Property Bill for him to present; to Mrs. Bright, 7 June; to Jacob Bright, 8 June. The Manchester petition contains 5101 names; to Mrs. Stephenson of Nottingham, 8 June, re same; to Miss Wolstenholme, 8 June, about proposals for constitution of [Soc. for the Women's Property Bill]. Criticises it as being too much like the Women's Suffrage Soc's. Constitution. Hopes they find an efficient Secretary soon; to same, 8 June, re same, and differences in organisation of the London and Manchester Societies [for Women's Suffrage]. Advises caution in formation of a Soc. In Manchester the same people work for the Property Bill as on the franchise question; to Helen Taylor, 12 June, about the meeting with the Chorlton overseers on the registration of women, and Miss Wolstenholme's desire to form a General Committee or Soc. in support of the Women's Property Bill on the lines of the Suffrage Soc. Miss Wolstenholme is obliged to retire as Sec. so a new one must be found; Mrs. Bright, 12 June; to Miss Wolstenholme, 12 June and 13 June; to her brother, J. Leigh Becker in Australia, 10 June, describing an eye defect; to Miss Boucherett, 14 June, about interviews with overseers. Dr. Pankhurst will argue their case before the revising barrister; to Jacob Bright, 14 June; to Miss Butler, 14 June; to Miss Johnson, 16 June, advising her how to proceed in Birmingham in getting women on the electoral register, to Jacob Bright, 17 June, asking him to speak to Kirkman Hodgson, M.P. for Bridport, on behalf of her brother Wilfred, an applicant for the Fishmonger's Scholarship. The Chetham and Ardwick overseers have decided against registering women; to J.C. Anstey, Esq., 19 June, regretting that they have incurred his displeasure; to Dr. Pankhurst, 20 June; to Miss Johnson, 20 June, praising Dr. Pankhurst; to Miss Wolstenholme, 21 June, suggesting she asks A.J. Mundella of Nottingham, M.P., to be a witness for the [Select Committee on the Married Women's Property Bill]; to Miss Johnson, 9 July; to Miss Wolstenholme, 21 June. In Manchester about 13,000 women have the property qualifications for voting; to Jacob Bright, 24 June, thanking him for exerting his influence to secure the Fishmonger's Scholarship for her brother; to Mary M. Stephens, 25 June, about family news; to Mrs. Bright, 25 June, regretting Miss Helen Taylor's advice not to press the women's claims for fear of disenfranchisement; to Mrs. Bright, 28 June. The Rochdale overseers refuse to meet them. Mr. F.W. H. Myers has given £20. Quotes from Helen Taylor's letter. Has no intention of being governed by London in the matter; to Theodosia Marshall, 28 June; to Mrs. Bright, 30 June. Have 1,000 claims from Chorlton women to go on the register. Praises Dr. Pankhurst; to Miss Johnson, 7 July, complaining of the inactivity of the Bristol Committee in canvassing women for the electoral register; to Mrs. Butler, 8 July, thanking her for the gift of a bonnet. Praises Dr. Pankhurst, who is working for them despite parental opposition, and his pretence of despising women; to Mrs. Bright, 9 July; to Miss Wolstenholme, 10 July. Dr. Pankhurst is working on a scheme for an establishment for the supply of clothing conducted by women on co-operative lines; to Dr. Pankhurst, 11 July, about progress of the suffrage campaign; to Mrs. Bright, 11 July, about the canvass; to Mrs. Butler, 12 July, hoping she will attend a Committee meeting and support her desire to canvass further; to Sir Elkanah Armitage, 11 July, asking if he supports their aims; to Miss Wolstenholme, 12 July. She will try and get the co-operative plan from Dr. Pankhurst, but he talks so much it is difficult to get done the business one went to see him about. The overseers of Marsden, Lancs., have agreed to put women on the electoral register; to Miss Johnson, 13 July; to Dr. Pankhurst, 17 July, about Mrs. Butler, [transcribed in The Suffragette Movement, by Sylvia Pankhurst]; to Mrs. Butler, 19 July, about the canvas; to Hen. Nichol, 19 July, acknowledging a donation for the canvas; to Miss Wolstenholme, 20 July, about Dr. Pankhurst's co-operative plan; to Mrs. Butler, 15 Aug.; to Mary Johnson, 27 July. The canvas fund is spent; to Miss Wolstenholme, 27 July. Her uncle,Mr. Backhouse of Prestbury, is interested in the co-operative scheme; to Miss Wolstenholme, 28 July, about dissolving the Executive Committee [of the Married Women's Property Committee]; to Miss Hare, 2 Aug.; to Miss Boucherett, 3 Aug. They have 5,000 claims from Manchester women to be put on the electoral register. Salford have registered 1208 women; to Sarah Jackson, 9 Aug. Will not be able to afford to go to the British Association at Norwich unless she can persuade Mr. Dunckley to send her as correspondent for the Examiner and Times . An article by her appeared in the Free Lance of 25 July; to Mr. Bright, 11 Aug. thanking him for supporting the franchise claims [in his election address]; to Mary Johnson, 11 Aug, about the same. Praises Jacob Bright. "The younger brother seems to me to be of a far higher nature than the other".; to Mrs. Bright, 12 Aug.; to Sarah [Jackson] 14 Aug.; to Miss Wolstenholme, 14 Aug., about reconstituting the Executive Committee; to Jacob Bright, 9 Sept. Mr. Rogers has explained why he has withdrawn his support from Mr. Bright and proposed-Murphy against him. He is against interference with the Irish Church after attending a meeting at which several Irishmen physically attacked the speakers. Lydia Becker fears thousands of votes may be lost to Mr. Bright because of this; to Miss Boucherett, 13 Sept.; to Dr. Edmunds, 12 Sept., thanking him for his paper on the Female Medical College; to Mary Johnson, 13 Sept.; to Mrs. Kyllman, 29 Sept., asking that in making the balance sheet she should put the sum paid to her as "grant" to Sec., not "salary"; to Miss Hare, 13 Sept.; to Miss Boucherett, about the women of Salford being struck off the electoral register by the revising barrister. Mrs. Max Kylman's freehold claim for a vote for S.E. Lancashire will be heard on the 24th. Lady Scarisbrick is among 29 women claimants at Ormskirk; to Mrs. Butler, n.d. There is no money to prosecute the appeal against the disenfranchisement; to Mrs. Bright, 4 Oct. Thinks the Liberal party will fall through making the Irish Church question so important in its campaign; to Dr. Pankhurst, 4 Oct., praising his paper on International Law; to Mrs. Alfred Roberts of Australia, 4 Oct, about the forthcoming election. Compares Jacob and John Bright; to Mary [Johnson]. Wonders what she thought of Dr. Pankhurst. Mrs. McLaren, Pres. of the Edinburgh Soc. for Women's Suffrage was at the last meeting. She is very like her brother, John Bright. Fears the strain of the election will be too much for Jacob Bright; to Professor F.W. Newman, 5 Oct., asking him to tell her what he agrees and disagrees with in her paper ["Some Supposed Differences in the Minds of Men and Women with regard to Educational Necessities"]. Criticises Gladstone; to Mr. Heatherley, 6 Oct., about the importance of teaching children to read; to Mrs. Bright, 8 Oct. Wishes women would attend the election meetings and question the candidates. At an election meeting "Mr. Bazley was dry. Mr. Jones was full of clap trap ---- Mr. Bright ---- was calm, dignified and statesmanlike, to H.W. Bates, 10 Oct., asking for information on the position of women in the Royal Georgraphical Soc., for a paper she has promised to give at Nottingham on "the Study of Science by Women"; to Professor Leone Levi of Norwich, 10 Oct, sending him a pamphlet; to Miss Susan B. Anthony of America, 13 Oct., writing in reply to a letter to Lilly Maxwell, the first claimant for the vote in Manchester. Describes the origin of the Manchester Soc. for Women's Suffrage in Jan. 1867. The three Liberal candidates for Manchester are members of the National Soc. for Women's Suffrage. Jacob Bright is the only English candidate except J.S. Mill who includes women's suffrage in his manifesto. May publish any of this letter in the Revolution (Part of this letter has been crossed through); to Mr. Acworth, 15 Oct., thanking him for his donation, and hoping he is not in the hands of a doctor who believes in starving a patient. Wishes she could have had her brother's opportunity of a scholarship to Oxford; to Mrs. Bright, 15 Oct., about the committee's decision against her and Mr. Bright's view, and about Jacob Bright's election speech; to Mr Levi, 16 Oct, giving,at his request, her views of the rights of women --- "the rights of women ought to be in every respect exactly equal to those of men. The duties of each sex are, of course, different in some special points ----- but ---- the things which men and women have separately by reason of their sex are little compared to the things they have in common as rational and responsible human beings ------- they ought therefore to receive equal acknowledgement in the shape of personal independence-political privileges, honours, rewards and last, though not least-pay."; to Jacob Bright, 20 Oct.; to the Sec. of the Royal Institution, 21 Nov., asking if it offers men and women equal advantages; to Mrs. Butler, of Liverpool, 19 Oct., urging her to leave philanthropic work to those who cannot do anything else and to turn her efforts to obtaining political power for women; to Miss Gough, 21 Oct., to Theodosia Marshall, 21 Oct., asking her to come to the annual meeting of the Suffrage Soc. The three candidates for Manchester will be there; to Miss Boucherett, 22 Oct.; to Mr. Reeks of the Royal School of Mines, enquiring on the status of women, 23 Oct.; to Mrs. Bright, 24 Oct. Another woman, Copeland Christain, has been found on the register; to Miss Jewsbury, 24 Oct.; to Sarah Ann Jackson, 24 Oct.; to Miss Robertson, 25 Oct. She would like to have been a lawyer; to Mrs. Fitch, 31 Oct.; to Mrs. Bates, 1 Nov., urging her to put the franchise movement before other good works; to Leigh Becker a doctor, in Australia,-Nov., urging him to look after his health as Jacob Bright does ]In several letters she mentions Bright's sense in knowing not to overdo things]. Expects the Liberal candidates to be returned for Manchester, but has found she knows the Conservative, Jos. Hoare. About the people, she met at the British Association Meeting at Nottigham. Her work for women's franchise will leave its "mark on the civilisation of this age --". The eye defect described in her previous letter has gone, but she is still very short sighted; to [Miss Wolstenholme], 4 Nov., trying to console her in her illness; to Mrs. Bright, n.d., about canvassing the women on the electoral register; to Mrs. Bright, 14 Nov., urging Mr. Bright to take the chair at a committee meeting at which the two Mrs. Kyllmans are to raise some objection to her correspondence with Helen Taylor; to Dr. Pankhurst, 15 Nov., about the same. If Mrs. Kyllman resigns a new Treasurer will be needed and she proposes Mrs. Bright who would get as much in a month as either of the Mrs. Kyllmans in a year; to Mr. Rusden, n.d, about the same; to E.J. Lowe esq., 16 Nov.; to Mrs. Bright, 16 Nov., about the forthcoming election; to Miss Anthony, 18 Nov., about Lilly Maxwell. The court of Appeal decision was adverse. About taking women to vote in the Manchester election; to W.T. Charley, M.P., 17 Nov., asking him to become a member of the Society. She hopes the sixteen women on the register in his constituency [Salford] voted; to Mrs. Brewer, 19 Nov., congratulating Dr. Brewer on being elected to Colchester. The Tories used the religious cry to win votes in Manchester and Salford; to [Miss Wolstenholme?] n.d. Has placed herself in Mr. Steinthal's hands over the problem with the Committee; to Mrs. Bright, 21 Nov., about the trouble with the Committee; to Walter Morrison, M.P., 21 Nov., congratulating him on his election to Plymouth, and describing taking Manchester women to the poll; to Mrs. Bright, 23 Nov., pleased that she will be Treasurer if necessary. Asks her not to propose Mr. Steinthal. Thinks it better to have a woman. Anxious to start campaign for Parliament to amend the 1867 Act; to Sarah [Jackson], 23 Nov., about the problem of living in lodgings; to Miss Robertson, 25 Nov., about the women who vote in Manchester at the election. Will be taking women on the register in Longsight to vote in the S.E. Lancs. election; to Mrs. Bright, 25 Nov.; to Mr. White asking about the position of women in the Royal Society, 23 Nov.; to Mr. Steinthal, 26 Nov., asking him to defer the discussion of any subject relating to the committee till after her return from Nottingham where she is giving a paper. Thinks it an insult for the Treasurer to offer J.S. Mill his donation back; to Mr. Stepney, 27 Nov., thanking him for Madam Grey's letter; to Miss Boucherett, 27 Nov., wondering about the London Committees intend to do if they are not going to petition Parliament. The Manchester Committee want consultation with the other Committee to draft a Bill which Mr. Russell Gurney and Jacob Bright will introduce; to Mr.[W.T.Charley], 27 Nov., explaining the way women in Salford voted and regretting that he will not join the Soc.; to Mary [Johnson?], 27 Nov.; to Mr. Steinthal, 29 Nov., putting herself in his hands in order to promote the harmony and efficiency of the Committee; to -, 29 Nov. She has promised Mr. Steinthal to do as he wishes at the next Committee meeting. She is grateful for her good advice.

Date: 21 Mar-29 Nov 1868
Related material:

See also Women's Suffrage. A Record of the Women's Suffrage Movement in the British Isles, by Helen Blackburn, 1902, pages, 71-88, for other letters of this peiod from L.E. Becker, and The Suffragette Movement, by E. Sylvia Pankhurst, 1931, pages 35-46, for correspondence between Miss Becker and Dr. Pankhurst. The library also has annual reports and other papers about the Married Women's Property Bill, 1869-1878 (396.2 M1) )

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