The Commons Debate on Woman Suffrage (1908)

Slim pamphlet titled ‘The Commons Debate on Woman Suffrage with a reply by Christabel Pankhurst, L.L.B.’, which begins: “The second reading of the Women’s Enfranchisement Bill has been carried by a large majority, and our object now is to force the Government to adopt the Bill. The difficulty of this task has been increased by Mr. Stanger’s [Henry Yorke Stanger, Liberal Party] ill-advised compromise with the opponents of the Bill.”

The pamphlet is divided into the following sections:

1. An Introductory Note by Christabel Pankhurst, March 1908
2. Answers to Opponents
3. Impressions of the Debate by F.W. Pethick Lawrence

Also includes information about the NWSPU (inside cover) and a list of Newspapers, Books, Picture Postcards, Button Badges, Leaflet and Pamphlets for Women published by The Women’s Press (back cover). Priced one penny.

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