... and arguments that did many of the supposedly intellectual men of the time, such as Dr. Henry Maudsley in his 1874 article in 'Fortnightly Review' (to which we will come). She was also a key player in the campaign to persuade Cambridge University to provide more opportunities for women students (http:///spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/611.htm), a campaign led by Emily Davies, ...for many women to get knowledge is the only way to get bread (http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/butler/edu.html, pp.7-8) It stemmed not from "ambition of the prizes of intellectual success" (ibid.), but from a need for money. In a society where a woman's possessions belonged to her husband, and any wage she earned was legally his, higher education meant a way in to a profession, and a ticket to independent earnings. For, if a woman had her own money, she didn't need to depend on her husband. A twist to this viewpoint is outlined by Harrison as he cites ...

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