The Subjection of Women -
John Stuart Mill
1869 - Longmans, London - First Edition
‘The principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes–the legal subordination of one sex to the other–is wrong in itself’. [page one]
First edition of Mill's canonical statement in defence of the rights of women, enormously important in the history of the women's suffrage movement, as well as feminist thought. An argument built on legal and social practices, highly informed by the writings of his wife, Harriet Taylor Mill. ‘Many of Mill’s ideas are now commonplaces of democracy. His arguments for freedom of every kind of thought or speech have never been improved on’. – Printing and the Mind of Man.  More Details
Price: HK$ 18,000 |
