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WHY IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO ADMIT WOMEN
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Fix this textLeaflet No. 3.
Fix this textNOVEMBER, 1884.
Fix this textJ««ued 6y the VICTORIAN WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE SOCIETY .
Fix this textIt is evident that a more unbiassed consideration would be
Fix this textgiven by Parliament to arguments for granting women equit-
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Fix this textthe sexes, if the voice of women could be exercised in the election
Fix this textof its members.
Fix this textIt is believed that the exercise of the voting power would have
Fix this textthe gradual effect of enlarging the comprehension and under-
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Fix this textAs the progress from the subordinate position of the Australian
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Fix this textaccompanied by successive steps in civilization or association, so
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Fix this textAs the bias in the minds of men, when judging a womans
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Fix this textation for women as human beings, it would follow that her equal
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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