"How the 'House of Lords Question' Was Settled. A Tale of the Terrace or, Mrs. Ponsonby-Jones's Revenge"
| Title | "How the 'House of Lords Question' Was Settled. A Tale of the Terrace or, Mrs. Ponsonby-Jones's Revenge" |
| Year for Search | 1899 |
| Authors | Escott, T[homas] H[ay] S[treet](1844-1924) |
| Tertiary Authors | Escott, T. H. S. |
| Secondary Title | A Trip to Paradoxia and Other Humours of the Hour. Being Contemporary Pictures of Social Fact and Political Fiction |
| Pagination | 97-109 |
| Date Published | 1899 |
| Publisher | Greening & Co. |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Satire. Because women visitors are distracting the Peers from the business of Parliament, the Prime Minister gets a bill passed prohibiting them from the terrace. Women vote in a majority in favor of abolishing the House of Lords. A compromise is reached in which women elect women representatives to a female house and the entire House of Lords becomes the Privy Council. |
| Holding Institutions | L |
| Author Note | (1844-1924) |
| Full Text | 1899 Escott, T[homas] H[ay] S[treet] (1844-1924). “How the ‘House of Lords Question’ Was Settled. A Tale of the Terrace or, Mrs. Ponsonby-Jones’s Revenge.” In his A Trip to Paradoxia and Other Humours of the Hour. Being Contemporary Pictures of Social Fact and Political Fiction ( Satire. Because women visitors are distracting the Peers from the business of Parliament, the Prime Minister gets a bill passed prohibiting them from the terrace. Women vote in a majority in favor of abolishing the House of Lords. A compromise is reached in which women elect women representatives to a female house and the entire House of Lords becomes the Privy Council. |
