Emilia didn’t exactly go out of her way to ask Ozymandias Dempsey about his opinion on women’s right to vote. The conversation had started and he was unlucky enough to be the only ministerial candidate in their company (Jude, hopefully, wasn’t having a more aggressive version of the same conversation in another room) and Emilia had thought it interesting to ask for his opinion.
And so, she had asked: “And what do you think about women’s right to vote?”
He had given her an awfully vague answer and now Emilia wanted to probe deeper.
Women’s suffrage was one thing that she and Jude likely agreed on politically… to a certain extent. She believed it was fair and reasonable to have women of a certain age and station able to vote, but she didn’t think this ought to be extended to all women. Just like she didn’t really think that working class men were as entitled to get the vote. She was very sensitive to the poor, but she also believed that if someone had magic and remained poor, then they were doing something wrong.
In any case, Mr. Dempsey’s answer disappointed her. She’d expected better from a Dempsey, she’d found all the women in that family such intriguing personalities!
“And do you believe women capable of making informed decisions for the future of the country?” she asked in a most pleasant way. “After all, we’ve had female Ministers in the past. Certainly Evangeline Orpington and Josephina Flint has each had to make several informed decisions while in office.”
And so, she had asked: “And what do you think about women’s right to vote?”
He had given her an awfully vague answer and now Emilia wanted to probe deeper.
Women’s suffrage was one thing that she and Jude likely agreed on politically… to a certain extent. She believed it was fair and reasonable to have women of a certain age and station able to vote, but she didn’t think this ought to be extended to all women. Just like she didn’t really think that working class men were as entitled to get the vote. She was very sensitive to the poor, but she also believed that if someone had magic and remained poor, then they were doing something wrong.
In any case, Mr. Dempsey’s answer disappointed her. She’d expected better from a Dempsey, she’d found all the women in that family such intriguing personalities!
“And do you believe women capable of making informed decisions for the future of the country?” she asked in a most pleasant way. “After all, we’ve had female Ministers in the past. Certainly Evangeline Orpington and Josephina Flint has each had to make several informed decisions while in office.”