ELIZABETH ROBINS

(C. E. Raimond)


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Elizabeth Robins

The late Sir Horace Davy introduced a Bill, which proposed that father and mother should be acknowledged equal guardians of their children. This just and logical reform secured only nineteen votes in the House of Commons.
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Of course all the members were men. At that time, the father was always the guardian of the children by law. Although born and educated in the United States, she lived mostly in England and was politically active there.

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The children’s mother has no legal right to a voice in deciding w whether they shall be nursed; how or where educated; what trade or profession they shall adopt; in what form of religion they shall be instructed… If the father wishes the child to be left unvaccinated, the mother cannot legally have it done.
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At the time, the mother had no legal rights whatsoever over the upbringing of their own children. If the father did not want the mother to nurse a child, she could not. Although born and educated in the United States, she lived mostly in England and was politically active there.

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My own adhesion to the Suffrage Cause was given largely because I saw that only through political equality may we hope to see established a true understanding and a happier relationship between the sexes.
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Although born and educated in the United States, she lived mostly in England and was politically active there.

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  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actress, Novelist, Suffragette
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Elizabeth Robins (August 6, 1862 – May 8, 1952) was an actress, playwright, novelist, and suffragette. She also wrote as C. E. Raimond.