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National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
Connections
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politics | Isabella Ormston Ford | |
Employer | Isabella Ormston Ford | IOF
's usually unpaid work for the causes near and dear to her heart drew on a wide range of skills: as speaker and propagandist, administrator and organizer, and translator. Such work—during this later time... |
politics | Isabella Ormston Ford | Early in the war, particularly up to the end of 1914, members of the mainstream suffrage movementt—with the notable exception of the WSPU
—were united in their desire for peace. The immediate reaction of the... |
politics | Isabella Ormston Ford | IOF
was elected to sit on the Executive Committee of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
(NUWSS). Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell. xii, 122 |
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 | Kate Parry Frye | This event motivated her to leave the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
and join the Women's Social and Political Union
. Her true activism, however, began in 1911, when she began working for the... |
politics | Mary Gawthorpe | |
Textual Production | Mary Gawthorpe | By early 1906 MG
was speaking at endless meetings for various causes in and around Leeds; by the middle of that year she was speaking further afield. Before the end of the year she... |
politics | Eva Gore-Booth | The congress was organized by a pacifist group that had split from the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
(NUWSS
) over the issue of supporting the British war effort. Margaret Llewelyn Davies
,... |
politics | Sarah Grand | |
politics | Sarah Grand | In an interview in 1896, SG
made clear her belief in the need for female suffrage: We shall do no good until we get the Franchise, for however well-intentioned men may be, they cannot understand... |
Textual Production | Cicely Hamilton | CH
joined the editorial board of The Englishwoman, a new journal edited by Elisina Grant Richards
, whose launch owed much to Jane Strachey
and the NUWSS
. A predecessor under the same title... |
Literary responses | Beatrice Harraden | The play's outspoken support of the Women's Social and Political Union
was apparently not popular with the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
. Hayman, Carole, and Dale Spender, editors. How the Vote Was Won: and Other Suffragette Plays. Methuen. 91 |
Textual Features | Judith Kazantzis | Again contemporary documents in facsimile accompany explanatory broadsheets (on the suffrage campaign itself and contextual subjects beginning with The Prison House of Home) and an illustrated timeline, Women in Revolt, running from 1743... |
Textual Features | Rose Macaulay | Daphne Sandomir's character is based on those many middle-class women activists involved in suffrage and peace organizations like the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
, the Peace Pledge Union
, and the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace |
Timeline
28 June 1910: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...
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28 June 1910
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
sponsored a meeting in Queen's Hall in support of the Conciliation Bill.
9 July 1910: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...
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9 July 1910
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
sponsored a demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, attended by over 10,000 people, in support of the impending second reading of the Conciliation Bill.
23 July 1910: A march in London was held in support of...
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23 July 1910
A march in London was held in support of the Conciliation Bill; originally proposed by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
, it was eventually taken over by the Women's Social and Political Union
.
17 June 1911: The Women's Coronation Procession was attended...
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17 June 1911
The Women's Coronation Procession was attended by 40,000 women from at least twenty-eight women's suffrage organisations, including both the Women's Social and Political Union
and the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
.
9 November 1911: The Women's Social and Political Union ended...
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9 November 1911
The Women's Social and Political Union
ended its unoffical truce with the Government in reaction to the exclusion of women from the proposed Reform Bill.
May 1912: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...
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May 1912
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
voted to support Labour
candidates.
May 1912: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...
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May 1912
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
established the Election Fighting Fund to allow it to support Labour
candidates in constituencies where a Liberal
anti-suffragist was running.
26 July 1913: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...
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26 July 1913
The National Union of Women's Suffrage SocietiesWomen's Pilgrimage culminated in London with a meeting in Hyde Park.
5 May 1914: The House of Lords voted down a suffrage...
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5 May 1914
The House of Lords
voted down a suffrage bill which would give votes to women who were on the municipal register.
4 August 1914: Late in the day of England's declaration...
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4 August 1914
Late in the day of England's declaration of war on Germany, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
membership demonstrated with members of trades unions and women's socialist organizations at a large peace rally held...
6 August 1914: After England's declaration of war on Germany,...
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6 August 1914
After England's declaration of war on Germany, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
decided to suspend all political activity.
Early August 1914: In response to the support for Britain's...
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Early August 1914
In response to the support for Britain's war effort pledged by Millicent Garrett Fawcett
and other National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
Executive Committee members, several leading members of the Union resigned to form the...
Early 1919: The National Union of Societies for Equal...
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Early 1919
The National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship
formed from the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
to continue the campaign for equal suffrage.
30 January 1920: The Common Cause, the official organ of the...
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30 January 1920
The Common Cause, the official organ of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
, ended publication in London under this name, even as subtitle. The next number appeared as The Woman's Leader.
15, 17 June 2011: The Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) released...
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15, 17 June 2011
The Visual Arts Data Service (VADS)
released a digitized version of documents, photos, banners, and personal mementoes from the struggle of British women for suffrage, housed at the Women's Library
and the British parliamentary
archives.
Doherty, Teresa. Emails to the Women’s History Network.
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