Wimmin

Miss Lydia Becker was a formidable campaigner for womens rights in 19th Century Manchester



During the 1860s there was mounting concern about extravagance & inefficiency in the way that the City Council used ratepayers money



At a public meeting to discuss these issues Miss Becker rose to object to the use of the word mismanagement to describe these failings



She thought the word would encourage people to think that this would be the style of management the city could expect were they to be governed by unmarried ladies



Freelance, the Manchester satirical magazine