The Subjection of Women.

Mill, John Stuart

Published by Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, London, 1869

About this Item

First edition of Mill's classic work defending the rights of women, publisher's presentation copy, with a blind stamp to title, "Presented by the Publishers." Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition, names to the half-title page. Rare and desirable. â Many of Millâ s ideas are now the commonplaces of democracy. His arguments for freedom of every kind of thought or speech have never been improved onâ (PMM 345). Millâ s wife, Harriet Taylor, proved especially influential in developing this work; her 1851 essay on the enfranchisement of women directly inspired it. â During the seven years of his married life Mill published less than in any other period of his career, but four of his most closely reasoned and characteristic works, Liberty, the Utilitarianism, the Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform and the Subjection of Womenâ ¦ were thought out and partly written in collaboration with his wifeâ (Britannica). â No one had a more rooted hatred for all oppression [illustrated by] his advocacy of the equality of the sexesâ (DNB).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Subjection of Women.
• Publisher: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, London
• Publication Date: 1869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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