Sharp, Evelyn. Unfinished Adventure. John Lane, Bodley Head.
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Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence
Standard Name: Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick William
Used Form: F. W. Pethick-Lawrence
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Ethel Sidgwick | The Congress, held from 28 April to 1 May, attracted 1,200 women from twelve countries, both warring and neutral, to discuss means of achieving peace. Others meeting with the delegates on the subsequent peace tour... |
| Textual Production | Evelyn Sharp | |
| Friends, Associates | Evelyn Sharp | Others with whom she shared this or that memorable experience were the Meynells (Wilfrid
, Alice
, and Viola
), Clarence Rook
and his wife, and Henry W. Nevinson
, whom she eventually married... |
| politics | Evelyn Sharp | She later wrote that she was less able to endure her two weeks in prison with equanimity than were most of the more than three hundred suffragists arrested with her. |
| Friends, Associates | Evelyn Sharp | Some of the friends with whom she remained in contact into her final years were Eleanor Farjeon
, Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
, and Elizabeth Robinson
. John, Angela V. Evelyn Sharp: Rebel Woman, 18691955. Manchester University Press. 224-5 |
| politics | Lady Margaret Sackville | Some detail about the Union of Democratic Control
is in order here because her membership of its General Council is at odds with the accepted image of LMS
, and suggests that a side of... |
| politics | Elizabeth Robins | Aligning herself with the non-militant Pethick-LawrencesFrederick William Pethick-Lawrence
, ER
resigned from the Women's Social and Political Union
and the Women Writers' Suffrage League
. John, Angela V. Elizabeth Robins: Staging a Life, 1862-1952. Routledge. 167-71 |
| politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | While EPL
was in prison, her husband
took over for her as joint-treasurer of the WSPU. Over the years, Frederick Pethick-Lawrence mediated interactions between the police and the suffragists, and often he was the one... |
| politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | EPL
went to prison at least five more times over the course of her fight for female suffrage. She did not suffer from claustrophobia or anxiety in later imprisonments; on the contrary, at times she... |
| Occupation | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | EPL
stayed with the WSPU, which, after the split, composed a pledge which all members had to sign: I endorse the objects and methods of the Women's Social and Political Union
and hereby undertake not... |
| politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | The police refused to allow her to enter the House, and since she then refused to leave they arrested her. In her autobiography she describes the process of arresting suffragists as routine: she and the... |
| politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | Christabel Pankhurst
had escaped imprisonment by going into hiding in Paris. The Pethick-Lawrences were released on bail on 28 March, and their trial was set for 15 May. It ran until 22 May. The... |
| politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | She and her husband
probably managed to get there because they came by ship from America, not from Britain, whose authorities were blocking all sea travel. Only two other British women were permitted to attend... |
| politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | After the British government passed the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act on 2 July 1928, which allowed equal voting rights to men and women, EPL
turned her energies back to her original concern... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | Emmeline Pethick
's close friend Mark Guy Pearse
officiated at her wedding to Frederick Lawrence
at the Town Hall in Canning Town. Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. My Part in a Changing World. Hyperion. 107, 124 Brittain, Vera. Pethick-Lawrence: A Portrait. George Allen and Unwin. 30 |
Timeline
: The Women's Social and Political Union moved...
National or international item
Summer1906
The Women's Social and Political Union
moved its headquarters to London; this relocation was emblematic of its shift away from its Independent Labour Party
and working-class origins.
October 1907: Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline...
National or international item
October 1907
Emmeline
and Christabel Pankhurst
and Emmeline
and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
, wanting to maintain control over the Women's Social and Political Union
agenda, removed by fiat dissident members of the executive and cancelled the forthcoming annual conference.
October 1907: Votes for Women, the official organ of the...
Building item
October 1907
Votes for Women, the official organ of the Women's Social and Political Union
, began publication in London.
28 March 1912: The Conciliation Bill (on suffrage) was defeated...
National or international item
28 March 1912
The Conciliation Bill (on suffrage) was defeated in a House of Commons
vote, after passing its second reading (the previous year) with a huge majority.
6 February 1914: The United Suffragists was established as...
National or international item
6 February 1914
The United Suffragists
was established as a new organisation open to men and women, militant and non-militant members.
February 1918: Votes for Women, an organ of the Women's...
Building item
February 1918
6 July 1928: Four days after the Representation of the...
Building item
6 July 1928
Four days after the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act received the royal assent, a celebratory breakfast was held at the Hotel Cecil in London.
Texts
Pankhurst, Christabel. Unshackled: The Story of How We Won the Vote. Editor Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick William, Hutchinson, 1959.
Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick William, and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, editors. Votes for Women. Reformer’s Press.