Fawcett Society

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politics Sarah Grand
In an interview in 1896, SG made clear her belief in the need for female suffrage: We shall do no good until we get the Franchise, for however well-intentioned men may be, they cannot understand...
politics Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
A new London National Society for Women's Suffrage was formed, following the disbanding of BLSB 's provisional committee the previous month.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
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politics Augusta Webster
Once she had established her reputation as a writer, AW put her pen and her considerable speaking and practical skills to work for women and for the national education system. She advocated improved education and...
politics Jessie Boucherett
In 1888, the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage (a group whose name and composition had already undergone changes) separated into two entities. JB was a part of the group which retained...
politics Helen Taylor
HT addressed the National Society for Women's Suffrage at the Hanover Square Rooms, London.
Robson, Ann P. et al. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. Sexual Equality, University of Toronto Press, 1994, p. vii - xxxv; various pages.
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politics Henrietta Müller
Henrietta Müller 's public engagement with the social and political advancement of women was deeply involved and far reaching. She was committed to a host of feminist organizations, many of which she founded, and which...
politics Helen Taylor
HT addressed the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage .
Kent, Susan Kingsley. Sex and Suffrage in Britain, 1860-1914. Princeton University Press, 1987.
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politics Helen Taylor
HT 's radical socialist principles were evident in her work for educational and land reform, as well as in her effort in 1885 to stand for parliament.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
As Philippa Levine puts it in the Oxford...
politics Florence Nightingale
In early 1866 FN signed John Stuart Mill 's petition for women's suffrage. She and Mill also exchanged a series of letters on the issue. Although she signed the petition, she thought that married women's...
politics Frances Power Cobbe
Firmly committed to doing everything in [her] power to protect the property, the persons and the parental rights of women,
Cobbe, Frances Power. Life of Frances Power Cobbe. Houghton, Mifflin, 1894, 2 vols.
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FPC was involved in the women's suffrage campaign from its inception in 1866...
Publishing Harriet Taylor
In 1859 Mill reprinted this essay shortly after HT 's death in the second volume of his Dissertations and Discussions.
Hayek, Friedrich Augustus von et al. John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor; Their Correspondence [i.e. Friendship] and Subsequent Marriage. University of Chicago Press, 1951.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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He attributed the essay to its right author and claimed that she...
Publishing Helen Blackburn
HB 's other works on the suffrage movement and women's rights include A Handy Book of Reference for Irishwomen (1888) and Some Supporters of the Women's Suffrage Movement (published by the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage
Textual Production Ray Strachey
RS published Women's Suffrage and Women's Service, the history of the London and National Society for Women's Service .
Chapman, Wayne K., and Janet M. Manson, editors. Women in the Milieu of Leonard and Virginia Woolf: Peace, Politics, and Education. Pace University Press, 1998.
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Textual Production Helen Blackburn
HB 's first publication, a fifteen-page pamphlet entitled Some of the Facts of the Women's Suffrage Question, was published by the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage .
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Textual Production Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
BLSB wrote regularly on feminist topics for the Journal and other periodicals; her articles were often based on papers delivered for the Kensington Society or at the annual meetings of the Social Science Association .

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