Chapter 7

WOMAN AND LEGISLATION.

Taxation without Representation--One-sided Legislation--Similar Objections urged against the Extensions of Franchise--Domestic Discord--Present Causes--Citizenship not Inconsistent with Home Duties--The State has been benefited at the Risk of her Life through all Ages--Assertions confuted--Modern Churches have departed from Primitive Usages--The Friends--Women as Philanthropists, Public Speakers, Artists, Physicians--Educated Women during the Late War--The Universities