Fawcett Society

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Theme or Topic Treated in Text Emily Faithfull
EF supported the suffrage cause by lecturing on women's suffrage and by reporting on the activities of the National Society for Women's Suffrage in her periodicals.
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany.
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She also publicised the Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women
Textual Production Helen Blackburn
HB 's first publication, a fifteen-page pamphlet entitled Some of the Facts of the Women's Suffrage Question, was published by the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage .
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Textual Production Ray Strachey
RS published Women's Suffrage and Women's Service, the history of the London and National Society for Women's Service .
Chapman, Wayne K., and Janet M. Manson, editors. Women in the Milieu of Leonard and Virginia Woolf: Peace, Politics, and Education. Pace University Press.
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British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Textual Production Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
BLSB wrote regularly on feminist topics for the Journal and other periodicals; her articles were often based on papers delivered for the Kensington Society or at the annual meetings of the Social Science Association .
Textual Production Frances Power Cobbe
The National Society for Women's Suffrage published FPC 's short pamphlet Why Women Desire the Franchise; it was revised and reissued through to the end of the century.
OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press.
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Publishing Helen Blackburn
HB 's other works on the suffrage movement and women's rights include A Handy Book of Reference for Irishwomen (1888) and Some Supporters of the Women's Suffrage Movement (published by the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage
Publishing Harriet Taylor
In 1859 Mill reprinted this essay shortly after HT 's death in the second volume of his Dissertations and Discussions.
Hayek, Friedrich Augustus von et al. John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor; Their Correspondence [i.e. Friendship] and Subsequent Marriage. University of Chicago Press.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press.
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He attributed the essay to its right author and claimed that she...
politics Emmeline Pankhurst
Its members included Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy , Jane Cobden , William Lloyd Garrison , Josephine Butler , and Mrs P. A. (Clementia) Taylor (convenor of the first Women's Suffrage Committee formed in London), among others.
politics Helen Blackburn
HB served as secretary of the Bristol and West of England Suffrage Society .
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.
Banks, Olive. The Biographical Dictionary of British Feminists. New York University Press.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
politics Millicent Garrett Fawcett
MGF was a member of the first Women's Suffrage Committee , formed in July 1867 after John Stuart Mill proposed his suffrage amendment in parliament. She was the youngest woman at the initial gathering. At...
politics Mary Stott
MS served as Chairperson of the Fawcett Society from 1980 to 1982 and was one of its original trustees. In 1981 she joined the Social Democratic Party, or SDP , founded by breakaway members of...
politics Millicent Garrett Fawcett
MGF was acutely aware of the potential represented by members of parliament, as is shown in her initiative in founding the Speaker's Conference on Electoral Reform in 1916, to bring together MPs who were prepared...
politics Kate Parry Frye
She found the occasion amusing and exhilarating; she rushed around and flirted with men; but she continued her account: But I am in earnest. I really do feel a great belief in the need of...
politics Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
BLSB took great satisfaction in the first meeting of the Kensington Society in London, which she had formed, with other feminists, to facilitate political and social activism.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press.
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politics Helen Taylor
HT addressed the National Society for Women's Suffrage at the Hanover Square Rooms, London.
Robson, Ann P. et al. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. Sexual Equality, University of Toronto Press, p. vii - xxxv; various pages.
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Autumn 1867: The London National Society for Women's Suffrage...

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Early 1868: The regional suffrage committees combined...

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Early 1868

The regional suffrage committees combined to form the National Society for Women's Suffrage .

1872: The Central Committee of the National Society...

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1872: The Central Committee of the National Society...

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1877: The Central Committee of the National Society...

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1888: The Central National Society for Women's...

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1888: The Central National Society for Women's...

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1888: Two new groups emerged from the National...

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1888

Two new groups emerged from the National Society for Women's Suffrage after internal dissension about permitting affiliations with other organisations: the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage retained its existing name; the...

June 1889: Nineteenth Century published An Appeal against...

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June 1889

Nineteenth Century published An Appeal against Female Suffrage by Mary Augusta Ward , signed by 103 other women.

1891: The National Society for Women's Suffrage...

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1891

The National Society for Women's Suffrage began publishing its annual in London.

1891: The Central and East of England Society for...

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1891

The Central and East of England Society for Women's Suffrage began to publish an annual paper in London.

January 1896: The Combined Sub-Committee was established...

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January 1896

January 1896: The Combined Sub-Committee was established...

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January 1896

1900: Both the National Society for Women's Suffrage...

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1900

27 April 1909: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...

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27 April 1909

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies organized the Pageant of Women's Trades and Professions.

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