qtd. in
Crawford, Elizabeth. The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928. Routledge, 2001.
276
Women's Social and Political Union
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Mary Gawthorpe | After her momentous decision, at the age of nineteen, that she must support her mother instead of going on to university, MG
decided to leave St Michael's (though they offered to raise her salary to... |
| Occupation | Dora Marsden | DM
was the major but not the sole driving force behind The Freewoman. The journal was launched with funds from Mary Gawthorpe
, who also served for some time as its co-editor. Gawthorpe's tenure... |
| Occupation | Mary Gawthorpe | She then accepted Dora Marsden
's offer of a position as co-editor on The Freewoman, although she had turned down Marsden's first suggestion on the grounds that she wanted to finish [her] work in... |
| Occupation | Clara Codd | In the summer of 1908 she went to Bristol to work for Kenney
. Along with other women including Mary Blathwayt
, CC
campaigned for the WSPU
. She went on to become the second-in-command... |
| 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... |
| Occupation | Dora Marsden | After this, DM
's role within the WSPU
expanded markedly. She was a frequent public speaker and temporarily took over Mary Gawthorpe
's work as a Union organizer when Mary was ill. Her work was... |
| Occupation | Dora Marsden | This image was both exploited and subverted to varying degrees by the press, the WSPU
, and Marsden herself. From this point forward, Marsden became a significant force within the Union as a paid organizer... |
| Performance of text | Beatrice Harraden | BH
's one-act suffrage play Lady Geraldine's Speech was performed at Prince's Skating Rink as part of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Exhibition. |
| Performance of text | Inez Bensusan | IB
's play The Apple was included in a late-night programme of sketches and songs performed as part of a weekend protest against the Census, organized by the Women's Social and Political Union
. “The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive. (30 Mar 1911): 14 |
| Performance of text | Beatrice Harraden | In March 1908 BH
read a chapter of Ships that Pass in the Night at a concert given by the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
. qtd. in Crawford, Elizabeth. The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928. Routledge, 2001. 276 |
| Performance of text | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | The National Women's Social and Political Union
published EPL
's pamphlet The New Crusade, which she had originally given as an address at Exeter Hall. Nelson, Carolyn Christensen, editor. Literature of the Women’s Suffrage Campaign in England. Broadview, 2004. 65 OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
| Performance of text | Ethel Smyth | ES
first performed her anthem The March of the Women (written for the WSPU
, with words by Cicely Hamilton
); she dedicated it to Emmeline Pankhurst
. Marcus, Jane, editor. “Introduction / Appendix”. Suffrage and the Pankhursts, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987, pp. 1 - 17, 306. 310 Sadie, Julie Anne, and Rhian Samuel, editors. The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. Macmillan, 1994. 430-1 |
| politics | Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda | She was released on bail and fined £10, in addition to £10 in court costs—but she refused to pay. She was sentenced to a month's imprisonment at a jail in Usk, where she went... |
| politics | Dora Marsden | Continuing the pattern begun several months previously, Marsden received high praise from Union leaders while she also continued to come under their scrutiny. She was criticised within the movement for her apparent lack of financial... |
| politics | Evelyn Sharp | ES
committed herself to the suffragist cause by joining the WSPU
, after being sent by the Manchester Guardian to cover the annual conference of the National Union of Women Workers
at Tunbridge Wells. John, Angela V. Evelyn Sharp: Rebel Woman, 18691955. Manchester University Press, 2009. 52 Sharp, Evelyn. Unfinished Adventure. John Lane, Bodley Head, 1933. 102, 128-9 |
Timeline
1913: A Belfast branch of the Women's Social and...
National or international item
1913
A Belfast branch of the Women's Social and Political Union
was formed, with Dorothy Evans
as Ulster Organizer.
Ward, Margaret. “’Suffrage First--Above All Else!’ An Account of the Irish Suffrage Movement”. Feminist Review, Vol.
10
, 1982, pp. 21-36. 30
February 1913: The Women's Social and Political Union began...
Building item
February 1913
The Women's Social and Political Union
began a concerted campaign of destruction of public and private property.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
193
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
193
4 June 1913: Women's Social and Political Union supporter...
National or international item
4 June 1913
Women's Social and Political Union
supporter Emily Wilding Davison
threw herself in front of the king
's horse at the Epsom Derby; she died from her injuries several days later.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
136
Lloyd, Trevor. Suffragettes International: The World-Wide Campaign for Women’s Rights. American Heritage Press, 1971.
89-90
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Davison
14 June 1913: Women's Social and Political Union supporters...
Building item
14 June 1913
Women's Social and Political Union
supporters formed a funeral procession for Emily Wilding Davison
's funeral.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
138ff
Frye, Kate Parry. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary. Editor Crawford, Elizabeth, Francis Boutle Publishers, 2013.
September 1913: The Ulster Unionist Council led by Edward...
National or international item
September 1913
The Ulster Unionist Council
led by Edward Carson
announced that a provisional Ulster government would enfranchise women.
Moody, Theodore William et al., editors. A New History of Ireland. Clarendon, 1976–2025, 10 vols.
8: 386
Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
276
Ward, Margaret. “’Suffrage First--Above All Else!’ An Account of the Irish Suffrage Movement”. Feminist Review, Vol.
10
, 1982, pp. 21-36. 30
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.
Norquay, Glenda. Voices and Votes: A Literary Anthology of the Women’s Suffrage Campaign. Manchester University Press, 1995.
xii
Holton, Sandra Stanley. “Women and the Vote”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis and June Purvis, University College London, 1995, pp. 277-05.
295
John, Angela V. Evelyn Sharp: Rebel Woman, 18691955. Manchester University Press, 2009.
76
March 1914: The Irish Women's Franchise League publicly...
National or international item
March 1914
The Irish Women's Franchise League
publicly disassociated itself from the Women's Social and Political Union
.
Ward, Margaret. Unmanageable Revolutionaries: Women and Irish Nationalism. Pluto, 1983.
33
27 March 1914: The Women's Social and Political Union began...
National or international item
27 March 1914
The Women's Social and Political Union
began an arson campaign in Ulster after Edward Carson
informed them that he and his party would not after all, contrary to a previous promise, support the enfranchisement of...
May 1915: The Women's Social and Political Union launched...
Building item
May 1915
The Women's Social and Political Union
launched the War Babies scheme to care for illegitimate children.
Garner, Les. Stepping Stones to Women’s Liberty: Feminist Ideas in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1900-1918. Heinemann Educational, 1984.
58
July 1915: The Women's Social and Political Union organised,...
Building item
July 1915
The Women's Social and Political Union
organised, with government help, a Women's Right to Serve demonstration in support of their call for national conscription of women as well as men, and their support of the...
9 October 1915: Christabel Pankhurst, Emmeline Pankhurst,...
Building item
9 October 1915
Christabel Pankhurst
, Emmeline Pankhurst
, Flora Drummond
, and Annie Kenney
edited the first issue of Britannia, a weekly suffragette periodical and organ of the Women's Social and Political Union
formerly known as The Suffragette.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
38
Dancyger, Irene. A World of Women: An Illustrated History of Women’s Magazines. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
112
Garner, Les. Stepping Stones to Women’s Liberty: Feminist Ideas in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1900-1918. Heinemann Educational, 1984.
55
November 1917: The Women's Social and Political Union became...
Building item
November 1917
The Women's Social and Political Union
became the Women's Party
.
Garner, Les. Stepping Stones to Women’s Liberty: Feminist Ideas in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1900-1918. Heinemann Educational, 1984.
58
February 1918: Votes for Women, an organ of the Women's...
Building item
February 1918
Votes for Women, an organ of the Women's Social and Political Union
, ceased publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
25
1924: Leading suffragist Annie Kenney published...
Women writers item
1924
Leading suffragist Annie Kenney
published Memoirs of a Militant, a book bound in WSPU
colours: purple cloth, with white and green stripes.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
11 October 2003: A one-day conference was held at the University...
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11 October 2003
A one-day conference was held at the University of Portsmouth
to commemorate the centenary of the Women's Social and Political Union
, leader in the struggle for British women's suffrage
Purvis, June. “Introduction: The Suffragette and Women’s History”. Women’s History Review, Vol.
14
, No. 3/4, pp. 357-61. 362-3
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