Women's Social and Political Union

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
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...
Occupation Sylvia Pankhurst
SP made very little money from artistic commissions, but devoted her talents in visual art to the Women's Social and Political Union . She designed the cover of Votes for Women. Other artistic contributions...
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...
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
The pen with which she is said...
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
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.
qtd. in
Crawford, Elizabeth. The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928. Routledge, 2001.
276
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
politics Jane Hume Clapperton
She also joined the Central arm of this organization in 1890, subscribed to the Women's Emancipation Union in 1894 and 1896, and subscribed to the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1907. By 1908...
politics Sylvia Pankhurst
This organisation arose after serious political differences between SP and the leadership of the WSPU (mainly her mother and sister) resulted in the latter group formally moving its offices out of the East End. It...
politics Mary Gawthorpe
The Women's Social and Political Union was only just spreading from Manchester, its birthplace in Lancashire, across the Pennines into Yorkshire. MG worked with Christabel Pankhurst in Glamorgan, Wales, to mobilize mining...

Timeline

1913: A Belfast branch of the Women's Social and...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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, 1976–2024, 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...

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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, 1869–1955. Manchester University Press, 2009.
76

March 1914: The Irish Women's Franchise League publicly...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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