Project Gutenberg 2025-05-09 Public domain in the USA. 12442 Miller, George Noyes 1845 1904 The strike of a sex : $b A novel. $aLondon :$bWm. Reeves, $c1895. The Bellamy library, no. 12 Carla Foust, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) “The Strike of a Sex: A Novel” by George Noyes Miller is a novel written in the late 19th century. Set against a backdrop of social upheaval, the story delves into the consequences of women collectively withdrawing from traditional roles to demand control over their own bodies and lives. Through its fictional premise, the book addresses themes of gender equality, personal autonomy, and societal reform, presenting its arguments through the eyes of its male protagonist and those he encounters in a world transformed by the unprecedented “Great Woman’s Strike.” The opening of “The Strike of a Sex” introduces Rodney Carford, who arrives in a city thrown into disarray and gloom by the complete absence of women. Through Carford’s bewildered perspective, the reader encounters a society unravelled: men are dishevelled, homes are untidy, and joy is gone. Carford soon learns from locals—including Justin Lister, a young man affected deeply by the Strike—that the women have withdrawn to demand not just political and economic rights (now rapidly granted), but above all, an irrevocable right to their own bodily autonomy, especially in matters of maternity. The mood blends gently satirical social commentary with earnest advocacy, and the narrative quickly introduces the profound impact of the strike on every aspect of life—from household order to the abolition of prostitution, to desperate debates over the future of the human race, all leading toward a climax hinging on women’s “Magna Charta”: the full right to consent to motherhood. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/strikeofsexnovel00milliala/page/n5 20190627033829miller 1895 GB Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Birth control -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature Category: Gender & Sexuality Studies 186438 2025-06-30T06:13:28.932590 text/html 161490 2025-05-09T10:19:36 text/html 1229335 2025-06-30T06:13:33.097551 application/epub+zip 1227422 2025-06-30T06:13:30.008596 application/epub+zip 182922 2025-06-30T06:13:29.432582 application/epub+zip 1451110 2025-06-30T06:13:35.544556 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1424940 2025-06-30T06:13:32.631611 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162641 2025-06-30T06:13:28.590581 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 142735 2025-05-09T10:19:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15910 2025-06-30T06:13:35.676544 application/rdf+xml 13794 2025-06-30T06:13:29.621579 image/jpeg 2299 2025-06-30T06:13:29.525578 image/jpeg 1214511 2025-06-30T06:13:28.997580 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog