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Pray You, Sir, Whose Daughter?

By Helen H. Gardener

2020-12-20 05:50:10

Pray You, Sir, Whose Daughter? is a novella written by early feminist and suffragist, Helen H Gardener. It was published in the early 1890s and deals with the double standard of morality between the sexes. The story is critical of the low age of cons ... Read more
Pray You, Sir, Whose Daughter? is a novella written by early feminist and suffragist, Helen H Gardener. It was published in the early 1890s and deals with the double standard of morality between the sexes. The story is critical of the low age of consent at the time and the lustful desires of outwardly respectable men. It sold over 25,000 copies in its first 5 months of publication and was a cause of controversy. It includes a forward by fellow suffragist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Less

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File size139.96 KB
Print pages124
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-0469879621
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Helen H. Gardener
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Helen Hamilton Gardener (1853–1925), born Alice Chenoweth, was an American author, rationalist public intellectual, political activist, and government functionary. Gardener produced many lectures, a...

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