Hannam, June. “Women and Politics”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis, University College London Press, 1995, pp. 217-45.
235
827 results for suffrage
1935
Helena Swanwick (suffragist, pacifist, sister...
According to
this account of cultural and artistic London in the late nineteenth century, of student life at
in the 1880s, of the suffrage movement (from a principled non-violent perspective), and of pacifist campaigning during the first world war, provides a very careful and analytical viewpoint and is a delight to read.
Early 1919
The National Union of Societies for Equal...
The
formed from the
to continue the campaign for equal suffrage.
May 1838
The People's Charter (after which the Chartist...
Chartism was a general rubric for a range of working-class protest movements in England from the 1830s to 1848. The six points of social reform advocated therein were: 1) universal suffrage for men; 2) the secret ballot; 3) removal of property qualifications for Members of Parliament; 4) salaries for Members of Parliament; 5) electoral districts representing equal numbers of people; 6) annually elected parliaments.
May 1909
The Women's Social and Political Union held...
The
held a Votes for Women Exhibition at Prince's Skating Rink, Knightsbridge, London, which netted £5,607 for the suffrage cause.
30 January 1920
The Common Cause, the official organ of the...
The Common Cause, the official organ of the
, ended publication in London under this name, even as subtitle. The next number appeared as The Woman's Leader.
11 November 1908
Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and Margaret Cousins...
and
formed the
, a militant, non-partisan organisation which wanted women's suffrage included in the Home Rule Bill.
After August 1912
James Connolly spoke in favour of women's...
spoke in favour of women's suffrage at an
weekly meeting.