Lydia Becker
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This article is on the scientist and human rights leader. For the Elysian Charter School prinicpal, see Lydia Becker
Lydia Ernestine Becker (1827-1890) was an active leader in the early British suffrage movement and an aspiring amateur scientist. Becker differed from many early feminists in her disputation of essentialized femininity. Arguing that there was no natural difference between the intellect of men and women, Becker was a vocal advocate of a non-gendered educational system in Britain. She established the Women's Suffrage Journal in 1870 and was elected leader of the NUWSS in 1887.
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- 1864: Botany for Novices: A Short Outline of the Natural System of Classification of Plants
- 1867: "Female Suffrage" in The Contemporary Review
- 1868: "Is there any Specific Distinction between Male and Female Intellect?" in Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions
- 1869: "On the Study of Science by Women" in The Contemporary Review
- 1872: "The Political Disabilities of Women" in The Westminster Review
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