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All the ultra-radicals were advocates of the rights of women as well as of men. But by the rights of women they more often meant sexual than political rights, and the sexual emancipation of women involved easier divorce and freedom from unwanted childbearing.
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Royle, E. (1976). Women’s Rights. In: Royle, E. (eds) The Infidel Tradition. History in Depth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02410-0_13
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