Miss Lydia Becker was a formidable campaigner for womens rights in 19th Century Manchester
During the 1860s there was mounting concern about extravagance & inefficiency in the way that the City Council used ratepayers money
At a public meeting to discuss these issues Miss Becker rose to object to the use of the word mismanagement to describe these failings
She thought the word would encourage people to think that this would be the style of management the city could expect were they to be governed by unmarried ladies
Related post
Free Lance humour
