JOHNSTON, Thomas.

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The Case for Woman's Suffrage and Objections Answered. First edition, annotated on the front cover in black ink, "For review". The author puts forward the reasons for enfranchising women and counters the "silly little objections" (p. 9) commonly raised against the movement. He concludes that women's "abject economic and political dependence on man must inevitably… render futile and vain the progress, advancement, and development of man" (p. 15). Thomas Johnston (1881-1965) was a Scottish socialist, journalist, and later politician who went on to become the Secretary of State for Scotland for most of World War Two. He founded the socialist newspaper Forward in 1906. It was an early proponent for women's right to vote, with the rear cover of this pamphlet claiming that "'Forward' is the only paper in Scotland wholeheartedly supporting the Women's Movement". Alongside the newspaper, the Forward Printing and Publishing Company published socialist literature, including Johnston's work promoting women's suffrage.Provenance: from the collection of the suffrage historian Elizabeth Crawford.

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