National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies

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politics Eleanor Rathbone
ER became President of the Lancashire and Cheshire's regional federation of suffrage groups, which operated under the auspices of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies .
Stocks, Mary. Eleanor Rathbone: A Biography. Gollancz.
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politics Katharine Tynan
KT became a member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (established by Millicent Garrett Fawcett in 1897) around 1910, on moving to Tunbridge Wells, where she found a strong Suffrage party.
Tynan, Katharine. The Middle Years. Constable.
380
politics Millicent Garrett Fawcett
The organisation was formed by consolidating all the local societies working for Women's Suffrage. By 1907, however, MGF turned definitively against the policy of direct action, which had become linked especially with the name of...
politics Eleanor Rathbone
ER resigned from the NUWSS executive after opposing changes to the group's Election Fighting Fund. She later rejoined, however.
Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press.
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politics Virginia Woolf
Virginia's work consisted mainly of addressing envelopes, and she committed herself only to some weeks of this at the beginning and end of 1910. But she was also associated with the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
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 Eleanor Rathbone
ER succeeded Millicent Garrett Fawcett as President of the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship (NUSEC )—formerly the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS )—a post she held for ten years.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
politics Sarah Grand
As president of the Tunbridge Wells branch of the NUWSS , SG recruited a large contingent of pilgrims to march in the Women's Pilgrimage to Hyde Park, London.
Kersley, Gillian. Darling Madame: Sarah Grand and Devoted Friend. Virago Press.
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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...
politics Eleanor Rathbone
Her friend and biographer Mary Stocks observes that [i]n due course, she became its leading spirit,
Stocks, Mary. Eleanor Rathbone: A Biography. Gollancz.
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particularly as a public speaker and administrator. She also joined the Women's Industrial Council and the National Executive...
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF was elected to sit on the Executive Committee of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
xii, 122
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF , along with thirteen other executive members, resigned from the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies because they believed the demand for the vote should be linked with the advocacy of the deeper principles...
politics Maude Royden
MR spoke in support of the NUWSS 's Election Fighting Fund policy at the meeting of the NUWSS and the Labour Party at the Royal Albert Hall.
“The Papers of Agnes Maude Royden”. Archives Hub: London Metropolitan University: Women’s Library.
Fletcher, Sheila. Maude Royden: A Life. Basil Blackwell.
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politics Isabella Ormston Ford
Along with several retiring members of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies , IOF joined the the newly-formed British Women's International League for Peace and Freedom , who were committed to advocating negotiated peace...
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
She became Vice-President in 1907. The Society, which had only a few active members, nevertheless organized petitions, put on public speeches, and took part in election campaigns to advocate female suffrage sentiment.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
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