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                Politics, Laws and Parliament Table of Contents

Sample Format

"Title," Sally M. Author, Original Place of Publication, volume.issue number (date): page number.

"Guard Us From Our Guardians," Epaminondas Smith, Punch, or the London Charivari, (March 31, 1866): pp. 139.

“The Law of Divorce.” London Times. 23 May 1853: 5

"Little Miss Budget," Swainse, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 92. (April 16, 1887): pp. 186-187.

Pan the Poster, from "Punch, or the London Charivari", Sept. 24, 1892 p. 138 Vol, C111

Property Rights and Civil Rights : Married Women's Bill from The Times of London, Tuesday May 30, 1854, p. 12 co. 4 AND "Rights or Wrongs" from Punch, Feb. 9, 1878, p. 53

"Statistical Notice of the Asylum for the Blind in Newcastle-upon-Tyne," Joseph M'Alister, Journal of the Statistical Society of London, Vol. 1. No. 6. (Oct., 1838), pp. 377-379.

Song - The Unprotected Female, from "Punch, or the London Charivari", (1846):253.

"The Ovation of Murder" Stephens and Wevill-Hammar, Punchinello 27 Aug. 1870, p. 345.

"The Papacy - Its Position and Aims." J.W. Gambier, Fortnightly Review 64 (1895) 19-32.

Women's Suffrage: A Series of Articles from the 1870 issue of Punch's Almanac 

"The Political Chameleon," Punch, or the London Charivari, vol. 22, (1852): 235.

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A Brief Summary in Plain Language of the Most Important Laws Concerning Women (1854) by Barbara Bodichon