National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies

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politics Maude Royden
MR spoke in support of the NUWSS 's Election Fighting Fund policy at the meeting of the NUWSS and the Labour Party at the Royal Albert Hall.
“The Papers of Agnes Maude Royden”. Archives Hub: London Metropolitan University: Women’s Library.
Fletcher, Sheila. Maude Royden: A Life. Basil Blackwell, 1989.
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politics Eva Gore-Booth
The congress was organized by a pacifist group that had split from the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS ) over the issue of supporting the British war effort. Margaret Llewelyn Davies ,...
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
Along with several retiring members of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies , IOF joined the the newly-formed British Women's International League for Peace and Freedom , who were committed to advocating negotiated peace...
politics Sarah Grand
As president of the Tunbridge Wells branch of the NUWSS , SG recruited a large contingent of pilgrims to march in the Women's Pilgrimage to Hyde Park, London.
qtd. in
Kersley, Gillian. Darling Madame: Sarah Grand and Devoted Friend. Virago Press, 1983.
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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 Isabella Ormston Ford
She became Vice-President in 1907. The Society, which had only a few active members, nevertheless organized petitions, put on public speeches, and took part in election campaigns to advocate female suffrage sentiment.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell, 1989.
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politics Maude Royden
In 1912, MR wrote two letters to the editor of the Times to defend the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies and its publications against the critical judgements of the well-known anti-suffragist writer Mary Augusta Ward
politics Elizabeth Baker
EB 's plays reflect her commitment to socialist and feminist ideas. Her involvement in the suffrage movement included contributing a one-act play, Edith, to a Women Writers' Suffrage League fundraiser and subscribing to the...
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
After returning to the executive committee of the NUWSS in 1912, IOF spoke in favour of a resolution which pledged the union to support Labour candidates in most constituencies, unless an old friend of the...
politics Clementina Black
She also served as an executive member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies . She became vice-president of this organization in 1911.
Banks, Olive. The Biographical Dictionary of British Feminists. New York University Press, 1985–2025, 2 vols.
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politics Jessie Boucherett
JB 's associates in maintaining the original committee's name and agenda included Millicent Garrett Fawcett , Frances Power Cobbe , Lydia Becker , Helen Blackburn , and Caroline Ashurst Biggs .
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
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Historian Philippa Levine
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
Early in the war, particularly up to the end of 1914, members of the mainstream suffrage movementt—with the notable exception of the WSPU —were united in their desire for peace. The immediate reaction of the...
Author summary Isabella Ormston Ford
Isabella Ormston Ford was a dedicated labour activist, suffragette, and anti-war advocate at the turn of the nineteenth century whose writing advocates her socialist-feminist ideals. She wrote newspaper articles, pamphlets, short stories, and novels, all...
Publishing Eleanor Rathbone
ER first contributed to The Common Cause (journal of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies).
Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press, 1996.
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Publishing Maude Royden
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) , for which MR served as an executive member and then as editor of The Common Cause, published many of her polemical pamphlets and writings on...

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