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Constitutional equality a right of woman ; or A consideration of the various relations which she sustains as a necessary part of the body of society and humanity : with her duties to herself--together with a review of the Constitution of the United States, showing that the right to vote is guaranteed to all citizens. Also a review of the rights of children.
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- by Tennie C. Calflin
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- English
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- New York : Woodhull, Claflin & Co., 44 Broad Street, 1871
- New York : Co-Operative Press, 30 Beekman Street
- ©1871
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- 8 unnumbered pages, 148 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 24 cm
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- ocm61277600
- Frontispiece portrait of Tennie C. Claflin signed: Photo. by Brady; eng'd by J.C. Buttre.
- Written by one of the more radical women's rights activists of the nineteenth century and covers a wide range of topics concerning the role of women in American society. It also includes a chapter on the rights of children that focuses on the question of prenatal care.
- Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- Equality for woman -- Woman's position -- The future of American women -- Woman as a social element -- Woman as a political element -- Woman as an economist -- Woman as the companion -- Woman as the reformer -- Independence or dependence, which? -- Prejudice vs. justice -- What does the XVI Amendment imply? -- Will women accept the consequences of equality? -- Who are representative women? -- The Mr. Temples of society -- Equality a necessity -- Are women individuals, or are they political nonentities? -- Importance of the woman question -- Rapid spread of the woman question -- One of the main issues of the coming canvass -- The XVI Amendment -- Woman's duties -- Suffrage and marriage -- Intolerance and bigotry -- The question of dress : no. 1 -- The question of dress : no. 2 -- Constitutional equality : no. 1 -- Constitutional equality : no. 2 -- Constitutional equality : no. 3 -- Marriage and divorce -- Children, their rights, privileges and true relations to society