First published in 1897, the book is considered to be the best summary of the arguments against woman suffrage. It allows readers to understand better why opposing views towards women's suffrage were prevalent even among women themselves then.
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I would like to contribute to this project. Since I'm the first to throw in my hat, perhaps I could read the Introductory chapter? I'm guessing this would be considered section 1. I would also be willing to read the following Chapter, presumably section 2.
Availle wrote: ↑October 9th, 2019, 4:43 pm
Sounds like an interesting project! And it's always good to hear the other side.
I'll MC this for you - back in a moment with the MW.
Edit: and here we are! Let's wait here for a bit and see if we can attract a DPL together with the readers. Have fun!
Thank you, Availle! It's just so nice to have you as the MC here
At the moment, I don't have access to the section compiler to edit the magic window yet. This is supposed to be the case for the time being, right?
chrisgooleyvoice wrote: ↑October 10th, 2019, 11:01 am
I would like to contribute to this project. Since I'm the first to throw in my hat, perhaps I could read the Introductory chapter? I'm guessing this would be considered section 1. I would also be willing to read the following Chapter, presumably section 2.
Thanks for getting back to me about this.
~Chris
Welcome and thanks for expressing your interest, Chris!
Can you submit your 1-minute test in the Listeners Forum first? This is just to make sure your settings are fine. https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=Newbie_Guide_to_Recording
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Hello Availle!
The word count for my magic window is ready now. I will be able to update it once it becomes available for me to use!
1 Chapter I Introductory
1177 words
2 Chapter II, Part 1
3535 words until “The Transvaal Republic has no woman suffrage amid its hand-to-hand struggles”
3 Chapter II, Part 2
3351 words from “To comprehend the condition of European governmental affairs”
4 Chapter III, Part 1
3519 words until “The difference is world-wide”
5 Chapter III, Part 2
3749 words from “The third count in the indictment runs” to “There is true division of labor now, in peace as well as in war”
6 Chapter III, Part 3
5114 words from “Suffragists mention as a final indignity the extension of the suffrage to...” to “at the prosperity and honor of every citizen”
7 Chapter III, Part 4
4212 words from “Fifteen years ago Suffrage leaders wrote in view of the wonderful advance of woman”
8 Chapter IV, Part 1
4422 words until “split their ranks asunder, were on their way to England”
9 Chapter IV, Part 2
4022 words from “These quarrels, stirred up through the unseemly conduct of men and women” to “and John B. Gough was principal orator”
10 Chapter IV, Part 3
3428 words from “The writers of the ‘History’ further say”
11 Chapter V, Part 1
3631 words until “without reference to her previous position before the law”
12 Chapter V, Part 2
3823 words from “One of the earliest demands made by the Suffrage Association”
13 Chapter VI
5613 words
14 Chapter VII
2861 words
15 Chapter VIII
5869 words
16 Chapter IX, Part 1
4235 words until “the contemptible status woman occupies in the Christian Church to-day”
17 Chapter IX, Part 2
3622 words from “So the woman who spurns the Bible as the book that..”
18 Chapter X
5805 words
19 Chapter XI
4389 words
20 Chapter XII Conclusion
1641 words
You don't need to post the word counts here, you can just add everything straight into the MW.
As far as I'm concerned, you're in the database as the BC for this project. Just click the "BC Admin" link underneath the MW, enter your username "YuqingJune" and password for the workflow and off you go.
Cheers, Ava.
Resident witch of LibriVox, channelling
Granny Weatherwax: "I ain't Nice."
-- AvailleAudio.com
Availle wrote: ↑October 14th, 2019, 1:46 am
You don't need to post the word counts here, you can just add everything straight into the MW.
As far as I'm concerned, you're in the database as the BC for this project. Just click the "BC Admin" link underneath the MW, enter your username "YuqingJune" and password for the workflow and off you go.
Thank you for the suggestion! This is exactly what I've been doing, but apparently I "don't have permissions for this area"...
The status stated there is "--select status--", and I'm afraid I cannot edit that either.
Thanks in advance for your assistance!
I quickly checked the file and can hear no background noise, it's not necessary to PL to such a standard.
Many of our recordings are listened to in the bus, on the train, during exercising...
Besides, we are not professionals, and many things may get worse when trying to over-edit.
It's fine as it is.
Cheers, Ava.
Resident witch of LibriVox, channelling
Granny Weatherwax: "I ain't Nice."
-- AvailleAudio.com
cjb188 wrote: ↑December 12th, 2019, 7:24 pm
PL OK for Chapter 2: Part 1.
I did hear a bit of background noise at 8:02 but I believe that's an easy edit.
Otherwise, amazing!!!
I’ll make sure it doesn’t happen next time! Thank you for pointing out the issue