Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/, http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Women's Liberal Federation
Connections
Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
---|---|---|
Family and Intimate relationships | Elinor Glyn | EG
gave birth to her second daughter (Juliet, later Rhys Williams
) on 15 December 1898. Hardwick, Joan. Addicted to Romance: The Life and Adventures of Elinor Glyn. Andre Deutsch, 1994. 78 |
Occupation | Inez Bensusan | IB
launched a full-scale production of Alison Garland
's The Better Half at King's Hall
in Covent Garden for delegates of the Women's Liberal Federation
. Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol. 15 , pp. 123-37. 124 |
politics | Laura Ormiston Chant | Much of LOC
's life was spent in social and political activism, particularly under the auspices of groups involved in working for women's rights (including the suffrage) and women's protection—that is, in favour of social... |
politics | Isabella Ormston Ford | By the mid-1880s, IOF
's commitment to feminist, socialist, and labour concerns were overlapping: she maintained that trade union organization, female suffrage, and socialism were all integral parts of women's emancipation. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/, http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Publishing | Mona Caird | MC
wrote to the Times again on a more delicate subject: to oppose the plan of the Women's Social and Political Union
to sabotage a meeting of the Women's Liberal Federation
. “The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive. (30 November 1908): 6 |
Textual Production | Isabella Ormston Ford | IOF
gave her first public speech when she decided to support striking female weavers in Leeds in October 1888. Despite her nervousness—she sometimes characterized herself as terrified by the faces gazing at me Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell, 1989. 72 |
Textual Production | Henrietta Müller | The paper ran for about two years, issuing its final number under this title on 27 December 1890 and then on 3 January 1891 reappearing as the The Woman's Herald. Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987. 13-14 |
Timeline
25 February 1887
Forty local Women's Liberal Associations
came together to form the Women's Liberal Federation
.
1888
Two new groups emerged from the National Society for Women's Suffrage
after internal dissension about permitting affiliations with other organisations: the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage
retained its existing name; the...
9 August 1888
Women's Gazette and Weekly News: A Journal Devoted to the Social and Political Position of Women, and the Official Organ of the Women's Liberal Federation began weekly publication in London and Manchester.
9 August 1888
Women's Gazette and Weekly News: A Journal Devoted to the Social and Political Position of Women, and the Official Organ of the Women's Liberal Federation began weekly publication in London and Manchester.
7 December 1891
The Women's Gazette and Weekly News: A Journal Devoted to the Social and Political Position of Women, and the Official Organ of the Women's Liberal Federation, ceased publication.
May 1892
The Women's National Liberal Association
formed when sixty moderate associations withdrew from the Women's Liberal Federation
to protest the WLF's new pro-suffrage policy.
December 1895
The Women's National Liberal Association
began publishing a quarterly review in London.
16-17 October 1903
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
sponsored a National Convention in Defence of the Civic Rights of Women in London; the conference's aim was to develop strategies to make suffrage an issue in...
19 May 1906
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
, newly-elected Prime Minister, received a deputation of suffragists.
8 December 1908
David Lloyd George
denounced suffragette militancy at a meeting of the Women's Liberal Federation
.
1912
The Primrose League
claimed to have almost 500,000 women members; the Women's Liberal Federation
and the Women's National Liberal Association
had 150,000 members between the two.
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