Excerpt from Men and WomenThe altered osition of women is a subject that requires the most care 1 consideration - she claims rights, and res onsibilities hitherto denied her. She is not content to lees indirectly by her home in¿uence, but wants to take an active part in life's struggles. Women now ask to take those positions in life as bread-earners, as electors and as representatives locally, and inferential] im y, that only men have hitherto occupied. Alt ong there were many disabilities that needed removal, particularly those relatin to property and a wife's earnings, I cannot but view wit misgivmg many of the other claims put for~ ward on behalf of Women's rights. Her strength lies in her weakness, her power for good or evil in her home in¿uence, in her increased knowledge of man's body and brain, that they may develop their children, physically and mentally, to the extent of their capacity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.