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politics | Gladys Henrietta Schütze | GHS
's first suffrage meeting, in fact, became a deputation heading for the House of Commons
, where it was met by violence. She dreamed about the event that night and joined the WSPU next... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Richardson | Elizabeth, Lady Ashburnham
, became (at St Giles in the Fields in London) the second wife of Sir Thomas Richardson
, then Speaker of the House of Commons
and Chief Justice. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under Thomas Richardson |
politics | Eleanor Rathbone | During a House of Commons
debate on Indian rule, ER
asserted that the only safeguard against [Indian women's] oppression was to give the women themselves a say. Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press. 111 |
politics | Eleanor Rathbone | In the House of Commons
, ER
opposed legislation that lowered married women's health insurance benefits. Wives received less than single women, while both groups received and contributed less than men. Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press. 85 |
politics | Eleanor Rathbone | In the House of Commons
, ER
spoke against the government's Incitement to Disaffection Bill, which, she declared, would tear a hole in British liberties through which an elephant may get through [sic]. Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press. 129 |
politics | Eleanor Rathbone | In the same month that the House of Commons
was officially informed of the Nazi
holocaust of Jews and other minorities, ER
began to pressure the government for a formal debate on the catastrophe. Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press. 135 |
politics | Eleanor Rathbone | When the House of Commons
first debated the extermination of the Jews and other despised minorities in Germany and conquered nations, ER
urged Britain to secure safety for refugees in neutral states. Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press. 135 |
Occupation | Eleanor Rathbone | ER
was the object of misogynistic attacks, personal and professional, throughout her parliamentary career. When she was absent from a House of Commons
debate in June 1942, someone called A. McLaren commented, I see that... |
politics | Eleanor Rathbone | |
politics | Eleanor Rathbone | The movement of this bill involved many prominent women in the House of Commons
: it had been introduced by Margaret Bondfield
, the nation's first female cabinet minister, while Jennie Lee
, Lady Cynthia Moseley |
politics | Eleanor Rathbone | She remained a staunch feminist and patriot. As she had recognized two decades earlier, times of war did allow for social change and improvement, despite the extensive, brutal devastation of armed conflict. On 20 March... |
politics | Eleanor Rathbone | The final shape of the bill constituted a particular triumph for Rathbone. Though comparatively liberal, the Beveridge Plan was based on the paradigm of the male breadwinner and the dependent wife. Pedersen, Susan. Family, Dependence, and the Origins of the Welfare State: Britain and France, 1914-1945. Cambridge University Press. 343 |
politics | Eleanor Rathbone | She ran this last time because she believed that the House of Commons
still needed a strong voice to further family allowances and measures for refugees. Also, she wrote that there were too few women... |
Textual Production | Eleanor Rathbone | During her parliamentary career, ER
spoke frequently in the House of Commons
on many issues: family allowances, the franchise and women's suffrage, foreign policy, and war, along with many specific pieces of legislation. All her... |
politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | The militancy of the suffragists changed from being mostly symbolic to being actually embattled on 29 June 1909. That day Emmeline Pankhurst
and her deputation were arrested for refusing to leave the premises at the... |
Timeline
14 January 1766: William Pitt appealed to the House of Commons...
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14 January 1766
William Pitt
appealed to the House of Commons
to treat America as a kindly, paternalistic husband would treat a wife.
4 February-13 April 1769: Disputes occurred over John Wilkes's right...
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4 February-13 April 1769
Disputes occurred over John Wilkes
's right to take his seat in the House of Commons
, from which he had been expelled for the first time in 1764.
After March 1770: Following representations by merchants to...
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After March 1770
Following representations by merchants to the House of Commons
, the duties on colonial trade with America imposed in 1767 were repealed—all except that of threepence a pound on tea.
6 February 1772: The House of Commons rejected a petition...
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6 February 1772
The House of Commons
rejected a petition to drop the Creeds and Thirty-Nine Articles as requisites to Anglican
belief.
1778: The House of Commons barred women from attending...
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1778
The House of Commons
barred women from attending debates to listen from the gallery, as they had often done until then.
6 April 1780: The Radical cause in Britain was advanced...
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6 April 1780
The Radical cause in Britain was advanced when the House of Commons
passed a motion by John Dunning (later Baron Ashburton)
, that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to...
27 February 1782: The House of Commons, on news of the British...
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27 February 1782
The House of Commons
, on news of the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, urged George III
to end the war with the United States.
17 June 1783: Sir Cecil Wray, a maverick independent politician...
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17 June 1783
Sir Cecil Wray
, a maverick independent politician and reformer, presented in the House of Commons
a Quaker petition for the abolition of slavery.
1-2 July 1784: Famine in the Shetland Islands was brought...
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1-2 July 1784
Famine in the Shetland Islands was brought to the attention of the House of Commons
.
5 November 1788-10 March 1789: George III's illness and palpable incapacity...
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5 November 1788-10 March 1789
George III
's illness and palpable incapacity produced the Regency Crisis: the issue was whether or not power would devolve to the Prince of Wales
.
1789: During the year following passage of the...
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1789
During the year following passage of the Slave-Trade Regulation Bill, the House of Commons
postponed until next session a decision about abolition; meanwhile a push for regulation as opposed to abolition was gaining ground.
2 March 1790: Charles James Fox proposed in the House of...
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2 March 1790
Charles James Fox
proposed in the House of Commons
the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts (instruments of discrimination against Dissenters
). Next day his motion was voted down (its third rejection in four years).
19 April 1791: Wilberforce's motion to abolish the slave-trade...
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19 April 1791
Wilberforce
's motion to abolish the slave-trade (put on 18 April) was defeated in the House of Commons
.
2 April 1792: William Wilberforce moved once again in the...
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2 April 1792
William Wilberforce moved once again in the House of Commons
for complete abolition of the slave trade. The ensuing all-night debate ended in a victory, 230 votes to 85.
11 May 1792: Fox again proposed in the House of Commons...
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11 May 1792
Fox
again proposed in the House of Commons
that civil rights should be extended to Dissenters
; Burke, who had defended Dissenters in the past, furiously disagreed.
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