Fletcher, Sheila. Maude Royden: A Life. Basil Blackwell, 1989.
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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... |
Employer | Isabella Ormston Ford | IOF
's usually unpaid work for the causes near and dear to her heart drew on a wide range of skills: as speaker and propagandist, administrator and organizer, and translator. Such work—during this later time... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Eleanor Rathbone | Margaret Ashton
, a Manchester cousin, resigned from the Liberal party over the issue of suffrage in 1906. Two years later she became the first woman elected to the Manchester City Council
. She was... |
Friends, Associates | Maude Royden | Courtney
and Royden served together as executive members of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
, of which in 1911 Courtney became secretary. They also worked together as vice-chairs for the Women's International League (WIL) |
Health | Maude Royden | |
Literary responses | Dora Marsden | The close friendship of these two was near its end. Letters on The Freewoman from Mary Augusta (Mrs Humphry) Ward
and Agnes Maude Royden
, a prominent member of the NUWSS
, were printed in... |
Literary responses | Beatrice Harraden | The play's outspoken support of the Women's Social and Political Union
was apparently not popular with the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
. Hayman, Carole, and Dale Spender, editors. How the Vote Was Won: and Other Suffragette Plays. Methuen, 1985. 91 |
Material Conditions of Writing | Millicent Garrett Fawcett | At the time of writing, the number of Women's Suffrage societies was growing very rapidly and MGF
often received gifts of money to aid the work of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
... |
Material Conditions of Writing | Millicent Garrett Fawcett | Since her resignation as President of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
, she had more time for her writing, which she enjoyed. Strachey, Ray. Millicent Garrett Fawcett. J. Murray, 1931. 343-3 |
Occupation | Ray Strachey | Philippa Strachey
was also active in the bureau, which shifted after the war to dealing with the problems of women newly unemployed because of men returning from the armed forces. Edith Lyttelton
joined in the... |
Occupation | Maude Royden | MR
, a staunch supporter of women's rights and suffrage, began speaking regularly for the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
. She served on the executive committee from 1911 to 1915. Royden, Maude. Sex and Common-Sense. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1922. prelims “The Papers of Agnes Maude Royden”. Archives Hub: London Metropolitan University: Women’s Library. Fletcher, Sheila. Maude Royden: A Life. Basil Blackwell, 1989. 90, 121 |
politics | Millicent Garrett Fawcett | MGF
was President of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
. She held office until the NUWSS changed its name at a council meeting in January 1919, following the victory of 1918. Weaver, John Reginald Homer, editor. The Dictionary of National Biography, Fourth Supplement, 1922-1930. Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1937. Oakley, Ann et al. “Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Duty and Determination”. Feminist Theorists, edited by Dale Spender, Reprint, Pantheon Books, 1983, pp. 184-02. 190 Strachey, Ray. Millicent Garrett Fawcett. J. Murray, 1931. 178, 329-30 |
politics | Kate Parry Frye | This event motivated her to leave the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
and join the Women's Social and Political Union
. Her true activism, however, began in 1911, when she began working for the... |
politics | Eleanor Rathbone | ER
became President of the Lancashire and Cheshire's regional federation of suffrage groups, which operated under the auspices of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
. Stocks, Mary. Eleanor Rathbone: A Biography. Gollancz, 1949. 67 |
politics | Millicent Garrett Fawcett | MGF
was a member of the first Women's Suffrage Committee
, formed in July 1867 after John Stuart Mill proposed his suffrage amendment in parliament. She was the youngest woman at the initial gathering. At... |