John Stuart Mill ~ Speeches Of Mr Jacob Bright,M.P., Mr Robert Lowe,M.P. Mr J.S.Mill,M.P. And Mr G.Shaw Lefevre, M.P., In The Debate On The Second Reading Of “The Bill To Amend The Law With Respect To The Property Of Married Women”

Speeches Of Mr Jacob Bright,M.P., Mr Robert Lowe,M.P. Mr J.S.Mill,M.P. And Mr G.Shaw Lefevre, M.P., In The Debate On The Second Reading Of “The Bill To Amend The Law With Respect To The Property Of Married Women”

MILL,John Stuart. Speeches of Mr Jacob Bright,M.P., Mr Robert Lowe,M.P. Mr J.S.Mill,M.P. and Mr G.Shaw Lefevre, M.P., in the Debate on the Second Reading of "The Bill to amend the Law with respect to the Property of Married Women". Manchester, A.Ireland & Co, 1868

Octavo, disbound, pp.23.

First edition. The speeches are on pp.3-16.

"The Married Women's Property Act, introduced in 1870 – and which Mill clearly helped to bring about – gave women the right to hold property in their own name after matrimony" Reeves, p.425.

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Speeches Of Mr Jacob Bright,M.P., Mr Robert Lowe,M.P. Mr J.S.Mill,M.P. And Mr G.Shaw Lefevre, M.P., In The Debate On The Second Reading Of “The Bill To Amend The Law With Respect To The Property Of Married Women”