'The Parliamentary Female', 1850. Artist: John Leech

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'The Parliamentary Female', 1850. The 'dreadful consequences' of the emancipation of women. A househusband bringing the family to his busy wife to beg her to take them all to the theatre. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 1850).

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