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Paperback Struggle and Suffrage in Manchester: Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality Book

ISBN: 1526712067

ISBN13: 9781526712066

Struggle and Suffrage in Manchester: Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality

'Women are not persons.' That was the ruling of the Court of Appeal when Gwynneth Bebb challenged the Law Society to allow her to take exams and become a solicitor. The case was dismissed because only 'persons' (i.e. males) could become members of the Law Society and it proved the depth of misogyny within the Establishment at that time.

'Suffrage and Struggle in Manchester' celebrates the struggle for the recognition of female rights, the centenary...

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