Sylvia Pankhurst, The Birth-Rate- Seeks reform for poor mothers and their children by Pankhurst, Sylvia

Pankhurst, E. Sylvia. The Birth-Rate: Notes and Views on the Report of the National Birth-Rate Commission, 1916. London: The Workers' Suffrage Federation, 1916. First edition. 8 pages. 9 ¾ x 7 ¼ in. In original paper wrappers. No known copy in any library or institutional collections as per OCLC Worldcat.

Sylvia Pankhurst, the famed suffragette, writes on the importance of social and economic support for pregnant women and mothers of young children. "Under present conditions an increasing number of women feel that the world is not fit to receive their children. But it is useless merely to complain of it--our task is to make the world anew." The pamphlet explores Pankhurst's belief in the benefits of contraception and education for women, as she seeks reform measures to reduce suffering for poor children: "What we desire is not more children, but children better born, with happier lives secured to them; children who shall come to their parents not as a burden to be dreaded, but as the most precious and joyously welcomed of all gifts." While she covers family planning issues for women of all classes, she especially focuses upon the hardships that poor, working mothers must endure as they struggle to make ends meet: "Yet to the poor the problem is infinitely more difficult than to the rich. No economic pressure needs hinder a Bishop from having as many children as he pleases." Horizontal crease, toning to front and back cover. Very good condition. No known copy in any library or institutional collections as per OCLC Worldcat.