National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies

Philippa Strachey was also active in the bureau, which shifted after the war to dealing with the problems of women newly unemployed because of men returning from the armed forces. Edith Lyttelton joined in the...

MR , a staunch supporter of women's rights and suffrage, began speaking regularly for the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) . She served on the executive committee from 1911 to 1915.

At the time of writing, the number of Women's Suffrage societies was growing very rapidly and MGF often received gifts of money to aid the work of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies ...

Since her resignation as President of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies , she had more time for her writing, which she enjoyed. This work was re-issued by Cambridge University Press in 2011,online...

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 . Recent editor Carole Hayman remarks that this play offers the...

The close friendship of these two was near its end. Letters on The Freewoman from Mary Augusta (Mrs Humphry) Ward and Agnes Maude Royden , a prominent member of the NUWSS , were printed in...

MR suffered from severe headaches and migraines throughout her adult life. She was forced to take a sick leave from her work at the NUWSS from April 1914 to the end of the year.

Courtney and Royden served together as executive members of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) , of which in 1911 Courtney became secretary. They also worked together as vice-chairs for the Women's International League (WIL)

Margaret Ashton , a Manchester cousin, resigned from the Liberal party over the issue of suffrage in 1906. Two years later she became the first woman elected to the Manchester City Council . She was...

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...

Though some of DM 's activities and affiliations are unclear, studying and living in Manchester was a highly formative experience for her. By then the city had established strong ties with the labour and suffrage...