unknown (1892) Central National Society for Women's Suffrage [175]. Women's Penny Paper, 5 (175). p. 5.
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At a meeting for the promotion of women's suffrage in London, Millicent Fawcett spoke in favour of female enfranchisement. She mentioned various examples (e.g. the State of Wyoming where women are allowed to vote) to show that Women's Suffrage did not have the detrimental effects that were often used as an argument against it. Miss Gittens also spoke in favour of women's suffrage. She mentioned the positive fact that people from different political parties were together at this meeting, all united in the common cause of female enfranchisement. Alice Scatcherd also spoke briefly. Leonora Wynford Philipps said the political parties in both Houses should not perceive women's suffrage to be a danger. She spoke strongly in favour of female enfranchisement. Mrs. Bateson "pleaded for the vote to be given for women for the protection of the weak and not as a privilege of the strong." Mrs. Russel Cooke thanked the Right Hon. Leonard Courteney, M.P., for presiding and for "his many services in the cause of women."
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