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| able slur of disfranchisement—Direct effect of the vote—What women want—How Bills are made—Peaceful penetration—Indirect effect of the vote—Responsibility, independence, cooperation | 59 |
CHAPTER VII The Economic Problem: (i) The Wage-Earner | |
| The domination of economic force—Woman's natural handicap, motherhood—Woman's artificial handicap, law and custom—Laissez-faire abandoned—Case of the pit-brow girls—Opening up of trades and professions—A living wage—Danger of sweated womanhood | 69 |
CHAPTER VIII The Economic Problem: (2) The Mother | |
| Neglected motherhood—King Log and King Stork—The Englishman's almost absolute power over his wife—Socialistic legislation—Endowment of motherhood—Payment of wives—Man's outlook mainly personal, not racial—Woman's outlook | 78 |
CHAPTER IX The Economic Problem: (3) The Housewife | |
| The mother is generally the housewife—Convenient and economical—Bad conditions of housework— | |
