It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men for the most part they have to change their place of living, their method of work, a great many women today changing their occupation entirely on marriage and they must even change their name.
AGNES MACPHAIL
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Agnes MacphailAgnes Macphail Whatever is dirty, it is women’s job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate.
Agnes MacphailAgnes Macphail If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it.
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Agnes MacphailAgnes Macphail When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet.
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Agnes MacphailAgnes Macphail I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men.
Agnes MacphailAgnes Macphail Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the ‘dirt’ than in spite of it.
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