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The news that arrived from Britain while she was in Naples concerned several different issues. A topic of great interest for her was the attempt by John Stuart Mill, English philosopher and political economist, to show the profound injustice of British laws regarding women, who were not allowed to vote. With his conception of liberty, Mill was obviously in favour of this important necessity. He even wrote a little book on The Subjection of women, with the intention of showing his support for the cause, and it had a strong positive reaction. Soon afterwards, he presented a petition to the British parliament for the extension of suffrage to women, and Mary signed it gladly.
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Strickland, E. (2016). A Peaceful End. In: The Ascent of Mary Somerville in 19th Century Society. Springer Biographies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49193-6_11
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