English
English, 17.10.2020 19:01, ana2896

Women of the Future Excerpt from Beyond the City

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British doctor and author best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. In 1892, he wrote this novel, Beyond the City, in which a doctor and his two daughters encounter a new neighbor—a suffragist. As in the United States and other parts of the world, women in Britain did not have equal rights or the right to vote until well into the twentieth century. The women who campaigned actively for these rights became known as suffragists.

From that day the Doctor’s peace was gone. Never was a quiet and orderly household transformed so suddenly into a bear garden, or a happy man turned into such a completely miserable one. He had never realized before how entirely his daughters had shielded him from all the friction of life. Now that they had not only ceased to protect him, but had themselves become a source of trouble to him, he began to understand how great the blessing

answer
Answers: 1

Other questions on the subject: English

image
English, 21.06.2019 16:30, legault4983
This device blocks an opening along the base/floor of stairs or other walking or working surfaces where materials or body parts might otherwise inadvertently fall through. it should be 4 inches high, with not more than ÂĽ inch clearance above the floor
Answers: 3
image
English, 21.06.2019 17:40, manlyman31
79 one theme in stowe’s uncle tom’s cabin is a)circle of lifeb)true christianityc)american ideals and realityd)families destroyed by slavery
Answers: 1
image
English, 21.06.2019 21:30, jrfranckowiak
Why witchcraft often the explanation for illness
Answers: 1
image
English, 22.06.2019 03:40, alyxxboothe
Which two of these excerpts from homer’s odyssey depict the gods’ involvement in mortal affairs?
Answers: 1
Do you know the correct answer?
Women of the Future Excerpt from Beyond the City

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Arth...

Questions in other subjects: