Name/TitleOn Liberty, Representative Government, The Subjection of Women
MakerMill, John Stuart
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectSmall hardback book with dark blue covers titled 'On Liberty (1859); Representative Government (1861); The Subjection of Women (1869): Three Essays' by John Stuart Mill. first published in a single volume in 1912; reprinted in 1924, 1927 and 1933. The book includes an introduction by Millicent Garrett Fawcett, which begins: "There could not be a more opportune moment than the present for the republication of these three books. For besides laying down general principles of political and social conduct equally worthy of consideration at all times, they deal, in greater or less measure, with questions of practical politics which will probably be the subject of legislation either in 1912 or in the near future."
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 155 x W: 95 x D: 20 mm
Date Made1912 -33
Place MadeEngland, London
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication Date1912 - 1933
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Series TitleThe World's Classics
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill:
John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 7 May 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism and social liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century" by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, he conceived of liberty as justifying the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control. He advocated political and social reforms such as proportional representation, the emancipation of women, and the development of labour organisations and farm cooperatives [continues].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millicent_Fawcett:
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett GBE (née Garrett; 11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was an English political activist and writer. She campaigned for women's suffrage by legal change and in 1897–1919 led Britain's largest women's rights association, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), explaining, "I cannot say I became a suffragist. I always was one, from the time I was old enough to think at all about the principles of Representative Government." She tried to broaden women's chances of higher education, as a governor of Bedford College, London (now Royal Holloway) and co-founding Newnham College, Cambridge in 1871. In 2018, a century after the Representation of the People Act, she was the first woman honoured by a statue in Parliament Square [continues].
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's history
Subject and Association Keywordspolitics, political activism
Subject and Association Keywordssocial justice, equality
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2025-109-3
Spine LabelON LIBERTY ETC. ~ J.S. MILL ~ OXFORD
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