A SCIENTIST AND THE SUFFRAGE
Alfred Wallace, Ihe iV.mr.iis scientist, was a strong and earnest ;'d-voi-ate for e<|tia! rights for women as ii moans of improving the humau ra'...•. ''When men and women sh.ill have freedom to follow their best impulse, when both shall receive the best possible education, when no false restraints shall be imposed on any li'iii.nn being, by reason oi' accident oL" sex. and when public opinion shall be regulated by the wisest and best, a)., 1 shall be systematically impressed upoi: \outh, then we shall find that a system of human selection will arise that j-: bound to have a reformed humanity for its result. So long as woman :s compelled to regard marriage as a means by which to escape poverty and avoid neglect, she is and remains at .i disadvantage." Hence he advocated the free admission of women to all employments as a. first step to their emancipation. And he added: —''But w-j must go further, and allow women thh exercise of her political rights. Mauy oj: the restraints under which women have suffered until now would have been spared to her had she had direct representation in Parliament."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11975, 12 May 1914, Page 3
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195A SCIENTIST AND THE SUFFRAGE Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11975, 12 May 1914, Page 3
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