The University Settlement
at Manchester sponsored the Fawcett Debating Society
, whose all-female speakers addressed such topics as the state and the home, women in politics, marriage, and child labour. Dora's contemporaries within and outside...
Lewis, Gifford. Eva Gore-Booth and Esther Roper: A Biography. Pandora Press.
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Education
Dora Marsden
Though some of DM
's activities and affiliations are unclear, studying and living in Manchester was a highly formative experience for her. By then the city had established strong ties with the labour and suffrage...