On March 28th of 1912, an eminent bacteriologist named Almroth Wright wrote a lengthy, pompous letter to The Times in which he argued that women should not be allowed to vote, and in fact should be kept away from politics altogether, due to their supposed psychological and physiological deficiencies. Unsurprisingly his opinion generated many responses, the best of which was the following witty letter from “One of the Doomed,” printed in the paper two days later. Unbeknownst to all, its sender, “C.S.C.,” was 26-year-old Clementine Churchill. (Read transcript on Letters of Notes)