text:  Is it not absurd that _women_ in _England_ should be capable of inheriting _the crown_ and yet not intrusted with the representation of a _little borough_ or so much as allowed to vote for a representative? Is this consistent with the rights of a _people_ which certainly includes both _men and women_ though the latter have been generally deprived of their privileges in all countries? I don't mean that the people should be obliged to choose _women_ only as I said before for that would be equally hard upon the _men_--but that the _electors_ should be left at their own liberty; for it is certainly a restraint upon the _freedom of elections_ that whatever regard a _corporation_ may have for a _man of quality's family_ if he happened to have no _sons_ or _brothers_ they cannot testify their esteem for it by choosing his _daughters_ or _sisters_