Source 2: Pamphlet, Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage, 1876
Description
The National Society for Women's Suffrage began as a partnership of local suffrage societies established in Edinburgh, Manchester, London and Dublin. The Edinburgh Society was founded in November 1867.
'The Eighth Annual Meeting of the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage' was held in the Hall of the Literary Institute, South Clerk Street, 15th February 1876.
[NLS Shelfmark: Acc. 4546/5]
Source: The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928, by Elizabeth Crawford
Transcript
Without detaining you longer, and without going into the argument on the question in a minute way, I may say that we hold this to be an important and pressing question, because we think that it is wrong that many burdens should be imposed on women without their having any voice in the decision whether they should be imposed; because we think it wrong that in a great many questions of legislation affecting the daily lives and interests of women, women themselves should not be consulted; and because we see that at present thre is a demand and new scope for the energies of women and for the development of their powers in all directions.
