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Read Ebook: British freewomen by Stopes C C Charlotte Carmichael
Font size: Background color: Text color: Add to tbrJar First Page Next PageEbook has 341 lines and 61741 words, and 7 pagesCHAP. PAGE PREFACE vii Queens Consort 27 Queens Regnant 28 Queens Regent 33 They paid Homage 36 They received Homage 37 They held Courts Baron 37 They held by Military Service 40 They could be Knights 42 They could inherit Public 42 Offices They could be High Sheriff 43 They could be Earl Marshal 45 They could be High Constable, 47 High Steward, High Chamberlain They could be Champion, 48 Governor of Royal Castles They could be appointed to 51 various offices They could act as Femes Soles 51 when married They had the Cure of Churches 53 As Peeresses summoned to 53 Parliament in person or in proxy Could be Freeholders 61 Could act as Femes Soles when 61 married Could hold by Military Tenure 62 Paid and received Homage 63 Could present to Churches 63 Could hold Motes and attend 64 Motes Could be Suitors at County 64 Courts, Pares, Judges or Jury Could elect Knights of the 67 Shire Could elect Members of Private 69 Boroughs Could be Members of Guilds 79 Could have Guilds of their own 83 Were free of the City of 84 London Were free in other Boroughs 86 Could be Members of 90 Corporation Could vote for Members of 94 Parliament The Errors of Sir Edward Coke 99 A Believer in Coke's Views 107 Protesting Women 112 Anne Clifford 112 Mary Astell's Protest 124 Mary Wolstonecroft Godwin 127 Legal Cases decided in their 128 favour The Reform Bill of 1832 136 The Reform Bill of 1867 139 Something has been done 147 Municipal Franchise--School 148 Boards Married Women's Property Acts 149 Lady Sandhurst's Case 150 What a Woman can do 152 Women and the Universities 155 The Test of Civilisation 162 Labour the basis of Property 165 Add to tbrJar First Page Next Page |
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