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100 1 _aEllison, Grace,
_d1880-1935
245 1 4 _aThe disadvantages of being a woman
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aBlue booklets ; no. 4
500 _aRelease date is 2026-04-16
508 _aBob Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _aThe disadvantages of being a woman by Grace Ellison is a collection of social essays written in the early 20th century. The book examines the pressures and inequities shaping women’s lives—at work, in law, in politics, and in marriage—arguing for practical reforms, economic security, and a cooperative partnership between the sexes rather than rivalry. Across brief, pointed chapters, the author critiques militant leadership and hasty reforms that ignored average women; warns that poor health and physiology limit many in heavy or high-pressure work; and shows how professional barriers, “pin‑money” undercutting, and biased laws on divorce, inheritance, and illegitimacy harm women. She contrasts English habits with the prudence of French family business and dowry systems, questions the early promise of women’s parliamentary politics, and dissects how “sex in work” and the time cost of femininity complicate careers. Turning to marriage, she urges moral partnership and early unions supported by modest dowries, while proposing pensions or state insurance to protect single and aging women. The closing vision rejects antagonism, calling instead for balanced cooperation—male and female as complementary forces, with children’s welfare at the center. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: A. M. Philpot, 1922
653 _aFeminism
653 _aWomen
653 _aWomen's rights
830 0 _aBlue booklets ; no. 4
856 4 _uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.267656&seq=9
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78463
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