Millicent Garrett Fawcett

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Standard Name: Fawcett, Millicent Garrett
Birth Name: Millicent Garrett
Married Name: Millicent Fawcett
Indexed Name: Mrs Henry Fawcett
MGF was a very effective political writer. Early in her career, she was well regarded for her works on political economy, which included three successful books and numerous articles and reviews for periodicals including Macmillan's Magazine, the Fortnightly, and the Athenæum. Her writings and speeches on higher education for women were very influential. She wrote two novels; the first was a success, but second has been lost. Later, she became primarily known for her activism and considerable body of works (books, essays, lectures, and speeches) dealing with issues in the women's movement, particularly with women's suffrage.
Head-and-shoulders photograph of Millicent Garrett Fawcett. She is looking to the left with her hair braided and coiled around her head, wearing a frilled collar and a necklace of large beads.

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Anthologization Ann Oakley
The many other texts that AO published during this decade include an Open University course entitled The Division of Labour by Gender, 1981, and her biographical article on Millicent Garrett Fawcett for Dale Spender
Dedications Ray Strachey
RS published The Cause: A Short History of the Women's Movement in Great Britain, dedicated to Millicent Fawcett , whose life-story was part of its subject.
O’Malley, Ida. “The Women’s Movement”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 1395, 25 Oct. 1928, p. 768.
768
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.
257
Family and Intimate relationships Isabella Ormston Ford
Emily, born five years ahead of Isabella in 1850, attended the Slade School of Art in the late 1870s and became a painter well-known in the Leeds community. Like IOF , she also became a...
Family and Intimate relationships Marguerite de Navarre
Her mother, Louise of Savoy, duchesse d'Angoulême , was about sixteen at her daughter's birth; she died in 1531.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. Five Famous French Women. Cassell, 1905.
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Millicent Garrett Fawcett included lives of both mother and daughter in her Five Famous French Women, 1905.
Family and Intimate relationships Dorothy Bussy
DB 's mother, Jane Maria (Grant), Lady Strachey , was born on 13 March 1840 aboard an East India Company ship off the Cape of Good Hope. Her parents were Henrietta Chichele (of an...
Family and Intimate relationships Dorothy Bussy
Dorothy's immediate family was large and vibrant: she had nine surviving siblings, most of whom distinguished themselves in the public realm. Her sister Philippa (Pippa) Strachey (1872-1968) was a longtime suffragist who organized the first...
Family and Intimate relationships Linda Villari
LV 's father, James White , was a silk merchant during her childhood and adolescence.
Ancestry.co.uk. http://www.ancestry.co.uk.
His career forced him to move to China in 1841, and his family followed shortly afterwards without the five- or...
Friends, Associates Helen Taylor
HT moved in political and social circles that included Elizabeth Garrett Anderson , Millicent Garrett Fawcett , Louisa Garrett Anderson , Emily Davies , Elizabeth Wolstenholme , Frances Mary Buss , Dorothea Beale , and Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon .
Kent, Susan Kingsley. Sex and Suffrage in Britain, 1860-1914. Princeton University Press, 1987.
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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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Friends, Associates Isabella Ormston Ford
Through her mother's connection with the women's movement of the mid-Victorian period, IOF met Millicent Garrett Fawcett and her sister Agnes Garrett , with whom Isabella and her sister Bessie became close friends and correspondents...
Friends, Associates Kate Parry Frye
KPF met Millicent Garrett Fawcett in 1896.
qtd. in
Frye, Kate Parry. “Introduction”. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary, edited by Elizabeth Crawford, Francis Boutle Publishers, 2013, pp. 9-34.
27
Her diary mentions meeting briefly many leaders in the suffrage campaign. Her fellow activists and sympathizers included: sisters Alexandra and Gladys Wright ; Sanitary Inspector and fellow...
Friends, Associates Emily Spender
Through her work on the suffrage movement ES came to know Millicent Garrett Fawcett .
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
She apparently did not impress E. M. Forster and his mother. Alice Clara (Lily) Forster wrote of ES : we...
Friends, Associates Evelyn Sharp
Others with whom she shared this or that memorable experience were the Meynells (Wilfrid , Alice , and Viola ), Clarence Rook and his wife, and Henry W. Nevinson , whom she eventually married...
Friends, Associates Sarah Grand
Moving to London brought SG to the centre of the campaign for women's rights; there she met leading activists like Millicent Garrett Fawcett , Eva McClaren , Lady Elizabeth Cust , and Constance Wilde (wife...
Friends, Associates Josephine Butler
JB maintained a close friendship with Millicent Garrett Fawcett until the end of her life.
Caine, Barbara. Victorian Feminists. Oxford University Press, 1992.
175
Friends, Associates Amy Levy
She saw a good deal of Olive Schreiner , who called her the most interesting girl she had met in England,
qtd. in
Beckman, Linda Hunt. Amy Levy: Her Life and Letters. Ohio University Press, 2000.
179
and also took her on two trips outside London at the very end...

Timeline

Autumn 1867: The London National Society for Women's Suffrage...

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Autumn 1867

The London National Society for Women's Suffrage was formed under the direction of Frances Power Cobbe , Millicent Garrett Fawcett , and others.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. What I Remember. Hyperion Press, 1976.
221
Blackburn, Helen. Women’s Suffrage. Facsimile Edition, Source Book Press, 1970.
63-4
Kent, Susan Kingsley. Sex and Suffrage in Britain, 1860-1914. Princeton University Press, 1987.
186
Smith, Janet. “Helen Taylor’s Anti-imperial Feminism: Ireland and the Land League question”. Women’s History, Vol.
2
, No. 4, 1 Mar.–31 May 2016, pp. 19-24.
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1871: Newnham College for women was founded in...

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1871

Newnham College for women was founded in Cambridge.
McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita. Women at Cambridge. Gollancz, 1975.
57-9
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
1593
Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
114

August 1874: The National Union of Working Women was founded...

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August 1874

The National Union of Working Women was founded in Bristol.
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
90-1

1881: Henry Fawcett, Postmaster-General and husband...

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1881

Henry Fawcett , Postmaster-General and husband of Millicent Garrett Fawcett , created a new civil service grade of women clerks, opening up government jobs to women previously excluded because of their class.
Holcombe, Lee. Victorian Ladies At Work: Middle-Class Working Women in England and Wales, 1850-1914. Archon Books, 1973.
167-8

1888: Two new groups emerged from the National...

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1888

Two new groups emerged from the National Society for Women's Suffrage after internal dissension about permitting affiliations with other organisations: the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage retained its existing name; the...

3 January 1890: The Woman began weekly publication as a moderate...

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3 January 1890

The Woman began weekly publication as a moderate feminist magazine; it then became a fashionable ladies' magazine.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
12
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
73

early June 1890: Philippa Fawcett of Newnham College, Cambridge,...

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early June 1890

Philippa Fawcett of Newnham College, Cambridge , was placed above the Senior Wrangler in the university's mathematics results.
McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita. Women at Cambridge. Gollancz, 1975.
57-9, 102
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
1593
Oakley, Ann. Telling the Truth about Jerusalem. Basil Blackwell, 1986.
22 and n20
Kazantzis, Judith, editor. Women in Revolt: the fight for emancipation: a collection of contemporary documents. Cape, 1968.

September 1890: Rukhmabai, famous for her court case resulting...

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September 1890

Rukhmabai , famous for her court case resulting from her marriage as a child and now in London studying to become a medical doctor, weighed in on the subject of Indian Child Marriages: An Appeal...

October 1892: F. A. Atkins edited the first issue of The...

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October 1892

F. A. Atkins edited the first issue of The Young Woman, a magazine for girls interested in religion, published in London.
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
72
Barrell, Joan, and Brian Braithwaite. The Business of Women’s Magazines. 2nd ed., Kogan Page, 1988.
9
Tye, J. R. Periodicals of the Nineties: A Checklist of Literary Periodicals Published in the British Isles at Longer than Fortnightly Intervals 1890-1899. Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1974.
18
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
17

February 1895: Grant Allen published his best-selling novel...

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February 1895

Grant Allen published his best-selling novel entitled The Woman Who Did; it was Keynotes Series no. 8.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Annie Sophie Cory
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Annie Sophie Cory

14 October 1897: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...

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14 October 1897

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies was established under the leadership of Millicent Garrett Fawcett .
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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11 December 1906: Millicent Garrett Fawcett gave a banquet...

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11 December 1906

Millicent Garrett Fawcett gave a banquet at the Savoy Hotel in London to celebrate the release from Holloway Prison of suffragists arrested on 23 October.
Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
128-9
Gawthorpe, Mary. Up Hill to Holloway. Traversity Press, 1962.
252-3

27 June 1907: The Women's Franchise began weekly publication...

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27 June 1907

The Women's Franchise began weekly publication in London; it featured contributions from major societies within the suffrage movement and from individuals.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
24

31 January 1910: Militant suffragettes called a truce, anticipating...

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31 January 1910

Militant suffragettes called a truce, anticipating H. N. Brailsford 's efforts to organise an all-party parliamentary conciliation committee to promote the settlement of the women's suffrage question.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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9 July 1910: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...

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9 July 1910

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies sponsored a demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, attended by over 10,000 people, in support of the impending second reading of the Conciliation Bill.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
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Texts

Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. Easter in Palestine, 1921-1922. T. F. Unwin, 1926.
Fawcett, Henry, and Millicent Garrett Fawcett. Essays and Lectures on Social and Political Subjects. Macmillan, 1872.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. Five Famous French Women. Cassell, 1905.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, and Mary Wollstonecraft. “Introduction”. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, New Edition, T. F. Unwin, 1891.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. Janet Doncaster. Smith, Elder, 1875.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, and Ethel Mary Turner. Josephine Butler. Association for Moral and Social Hygiene, 1927.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. Life of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. W. H. Allen, 1895.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. Life of the Right Hon. Sir William Molesworth. Macmillan, 1901.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. Political Economy for Beginners. Macmillan, 1870.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. Some Eminent Women of Our Times. Macmillan, 1889.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. Tales in Political Economy. Macmillan, 1874.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. “The Education of women of the middle and upper classes”. Macmillan’s Magazine.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. The Women’s Victory—and After. Sidgwick and Jackson, 1920.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. What I Remember. Fisher Unwin, 1924.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. What I Remember. Hyperion Press, 1976.
Becker, Lydia et al. Women’s Suffrage Collection from Manchester Central Library. Adam Matthew, 1994, 2 parts (15 microfilm reels each).
Becker, Lydia et al. Women’s Suffrage Collection from Manchester Central Library: A Listing and Guide to the Microfilm Collection. Adam Matthew, 1995.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, and Charles Wallwyn Radcliffe Cooke. Women’s Suffrage in Parliament. National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1898.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. Women’s Suffrage: A Short History of a Great Movement. T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1912.