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Why it would be beneficial to admit women to the franchise

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PETHpam 342
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[Melbourne?] : Victorian Women's Suffrage Society, 1884
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WHY IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO ADMIT WOMEN  

TO THE FRANCHISE.  

Leaflet No. 3.  

NOVEMBER, 1884.  

J««ued 6y the VICTORIAN WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE SOCIETY  

It is evident that more unbiassed consideration would be  

given by Parliament to arguments for granting women equit-  

able rights, in all legislation touching the relative position of  

the sexes, if the voice of women could be exercised in the election  

of its members.  

It is believed that the exercise of the voting power would have  

the gradual effect of enlarging the comprehension and under-  

standing of women regarding the interacting effect of laws made  

by Parliament, thus educating them to consider the common  

benefit.  

As the progress from the subordinate position of the Australian  

“ gin ” to the advanced position of European women has been  

accompanied by successive steps in civilization or association, so  

the final raising of women to the political level of men would  

be accompanied by the fulfilment of duties on her part, in the  

management of our concerns, the loss of their participation  

in which has retarded the symmetrical and perfect working of the  

principle of association or civilization.  

As the bias in the minds of men, when judging womans  

case in the courts of law, is the result of the former low consider-  

ation for women as human beings, it would follow that her equal  

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