827 results for suffrage

April 1913
The Free Church Suffrage Times began pub...

The Free Church Suffrage Times began publication.
Kaye, Elaine. “A Turning-point in the Ministry of Women: The Ordination of the First Woman to the Christian Ministry in England in September 1917”. Women in the Church, edited by William J. Sheils and Diana Wood, Basil Blackwell, 1990, pp. 505-12.
505

End of 1910
The Women's National Anti-Suffrage League...

The Women's National Anti-Suffrage League and the Men's Committee for Opposing Female Suffrage amalgamated to form the National League for Opposing Women's Suffrage .
Norquay, Glenda. Voices and Votes: A Literary Anthology of the Women’s Suffrage Campaign. Manchester University Press, 1995.
xvi
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
99

January 1912
The Church League for Women's Suffrage began...

The Church League for Women's Suffrage began monthly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
32

End of January 1908
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies sent a deputation to discuss the issue of women's suffrage with Herbert Asquith .
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
44-5

13 June 1908
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies organised a co-ordinated procession in London which included 10,000 women from forty-two organizations.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
79-80
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
41
Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
133-4

16 October 1896
A conference of delegates from twenty suffrage...

A conference of delegates from twenty suffrage groups based in England, Scotland, and Ireland met in Birmingham to co-ordinate efforts to achieve women's suffrage.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
5

July 1889
Women's Suffrage: A Reply appeared in the...

Women's Suffrage: A Reply appeared in the Fortnightly Review to counter Mary Augusta Ward 's Appeal Against Female Suffrage in the previous month's Nineteenth Century.
“Women’s Suffrage: A Reply”. Fortnightly Review, Vol.
52
, July 1889, pp. 123-39.

December 1913
A four-day Suffrage Conference was organized...

A four-day Suffrage Conference was organized by the Irish Women's Suffrage Federation in Dublin.
Murphy, Cliona. The Women’s Suffrage Movement and Irish Society in the Early Twentieth Century. Temple University Press, 1989.
37

21 July 1908
The Women's National Anti-Suffrage League...

The Women's National Anti-Suffrage League was established.
Norquay, Glenda. Voices and Votes: A Literary Anthology of the Women’s Suffrage Campaign. Manchester University Press, 1995.
xv-xvi
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
99

June 1908
The Women Writers' Suffrage League was established...

The Women Writers' Suffrage League was established by Cicely Hamilton and Bessie Hatton .
Norquay, Glenda. Voices and Votes: A Literary Anthology of the Women’s Suffrage Campaign. Manchester University Press, 1995.
xv
Stowell, Sheila. A Stage of Their Own. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
2, 40, 102, 126n1
Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998.
89
Whitelaw, Lis. The Life and Rebellious Times of Cicely Hamilton. Women’s Press, 1990.
68-74
Liggins, Emma. “The ’Sordid Story’ of an Unwanted Child: Militancy, Motherhood, and Abortion in Elizabeth Robins’s Votes for Women and Way Stations”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
25
, No. 3, Aug. 2018, pp. 347-61.
349

1911
The Belfast Women's Suffrage Society was...

The Belfast Women's Suffrage Society was founded.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
42-3
Murphy, Cliona. The Women’s Suffrage Movement and Irish Society in the Early Twentieth Century. Temple University Press, 1989.
23-4
Moody, Theodore William et al., editors. A New History of Ireland. Clarendon, 1976–2025, 10 vols.
8: 383

Autumn 1867
The London National Society for Women's Suffrage...

The London National Society for Women's Suffrage was formed under the direction of Frances Power Cobbe , Millicent Garrett Fawcett , and others.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. What I Remember. Hyperion Press, 1976.
221
Blackburn, Helen. Women’s Suffrage. Facsimile Edition, Source Book Press, 1970.
63-4
Kent, Susan Kingsley. Sex and Suffrage in Britain, 1860-1914. Princeton University Press, 1987.
186
Smith, Janet. “Helen Taylor’s Anti-imperial Feminism: Ireland and the Land League question”. Women’s History, Vol.
2
, No. 4, 1 Mar.–31 May 2016, pp. 19-24.
20

April 1910
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies passed a resolution supporting the Conciliation Bill proposed by the Conciliation Committee .
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
70
Lytton, Constance. Prisons and Prisoners. Heinemann, 1914.
311-12

May 1909
Gertrude Jennings's one-act suffrage play...

Gertrude Jennings 's one-act suffrage play A Woman's Influence was performed at the Votes for Women Exhibition at the Prince's Skating Rink in Knightsbridge.
Stowell, Sheila. A Stage of Their Own. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
53-4
Gale, Maggie B. West End Women: Women and the London Stage, 1918-1962. Routledge, 1996.
117

January 1907
The Artists' Suffrage League was founded...

The Artists' Suffrage League was founded to further the cause of Women's enfranchisement by the work and professional help of artists.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
16
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
16
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
16

5 May 1914
The House of Lords voted down a suffrage...

The House of Lords voted down a suffrage bill which would give votes to women who were on the municipal register.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
201-202

19 September 1819
A Reform meeting in favour of universal suffrage,...

A Reform meeting in favour of universal suffrage, involving 30,000 men and women, was held at Clayknowes, the east side of Glasgow.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
89 (1819): 267

1909
The Church League for Women's Suffrage, later...

The Church League for Women's Suffrage , later the League of the Church Militant , was formed by the Rev. Claude Hinscliff and his wife to lobby for suffrage and promote the deep religious significance of the woman's movement.
Heeney, Brian. “The Beginnings of Church Feminism: Women and the Councils of the Church of England, 1897-1919”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 260-84.
272
Heeney, Brian. “The Beginnings of Church Feminism: Women and the Councils of the Church of England, 1897-1919”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 260-84.
272
Kaye, Elaine. “A Turning-point in the Ministry of Women: The Ordination of the First Woman to the Christian Ministry in England in September 1917”. Women in the Church, edited by William J. Sheils and Diana Wood, Basil Blackwell, 1990, pp. 505-12.
505
Thane, Pat. “What difference did the vote make? Women in public and private life in Britain since 1918”. Historical Research, Vol.
76
, No. 192, May 2003, pp. 268-85.

Early 1868
The regional suffrage committees combined...

The regional suffrage committees combined to form the National Society for Women's Suffrage .
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
63
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
288

After July 1908
The Women's National Anti-Suffrage League...

The Women's National Anti-Suffrage League collected 337, 018 signatures in an anti-suffrage petition.
Norquay, Glenda. Voices and Votes: A Literary Anthology of the Women’s Suffrage Campaign. Manchester University Press, 1995.
xv-xvi

December 1917
The Church League for Women's Suffrage ended...

The Church League for Women's Suffrage ended monthly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
32

28 June 1910
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies sponsored a meeting in Queen's Hall in support of the Conciliation Bill.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
76
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
75-6

1900
Both the National Society for Women's Suffrage...

Both the National Society for Women's Suffrage and the Central and East of England Society for Women's Suffrage ceased publication of their annual papers.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
14

1901
The Dublin Women's Suffrage Association became...

The Dublin Women's Suffrage Association became the Irish Women's Suffrage and Local Government Association .
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
23, 25, 32
Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
271
Ó’Céirín, Kit, and Cyril Ó’Céirín, editors. Women of Ireland: A Biographic Dictionary. Tír Eolas, 1996.
101

8 September 1893
A motion for women's suffrage was passed...

A motion for women's suffrage was passed by the New Zealand legislature, giving the vote to all, including Maori, women. Though New Zealand was still part of the British Empire, it ranks as the first country in the world where women could vote.
Grimshaw, Patricia. Women’s Suffrage in New Zealand. Auckland University Press, 1972.
90-93
Blackburn, Helen. Women’s Suffrage. Facsimile Edition, Source Book Press, 1970.
236
Polwhele, Richard. The Unsex’d Females. Cadell and Davies, 1798.
I: 941
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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