Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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.
She found the occasion amusing and exhilarating; she rushed around and flirted with men; but she continued her account: But I am in earnest. I really do feel a great belief in the need of...
politics
Maude Royden
As a life-long pacifist and anti-war activist, MR
left the NUWSS on 18 February 1915, when its president, Millicent Garrett Fawcett
, threw the society's support behind the war effort.
“The Papers of Agnes Maude Royden”. Archives Hub: London Metropolitan University: Women’s Library.
Fletcher, Sheila. Maude Royden: A Life. Basil Blackwell.
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said that she disbelieved in the validity of any abstract rights, and believed only in the reciprocal obligations between the individual and society. She recanted on 2 November 1906 in a letter of...
EGB
and Esther Roper
again offered some support to Christabel Pankhurst
and Annie Kenney
after their landmark protest at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester on 13 October 1905. But in 1906, they and other...
Pankhurst, Sylvia. The Life of Emmeline Pankhurst. Kraus Reprint.
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politics
Laura Ormiston Chant
In addition to her other political activities, Chant was heavily involved in the activities of the National Vigilance Association
. She edited its journal, the Vigilance Record, and took a leading role (alongside Millicent Garrett Fawcett
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
Frances Power Cobbe
FPC
was also influential in the passage of the 1882 Married Women's Property Act. Slow to embrace the campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts because she thought it might harm the larger cause, she later...
politics
Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
The magistrate sentenced eleven women (ten arrested outside parliament and one, Sylvia Pankhurst
, arrested at the court) to two months in Holloway Prison's second division (which at this time held convicted criminals, while...
politics
Ray Strachey
Her initial interest in suffrage grew from her association with Lady Strachey
and Philippa Strachey
, both suffragists and her future in-laws. Ray worked for the nonmilitant constitutionalist Millicent Fawcett
, and thought the militant...
politics
Charlotte Despard
She was recruited for the suffrage movement by Annie Kenney
and Tessa Billington Greig
, and soon became one of its leaders, along with Millicent Fawcett
and Emmeline Pankhurst
. Of her appointment with the...
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
politics
Eleanor Rathbone
Like her patriotic colleagues Millicent Garrett Fawcett
, Barbara Bodichon
, and Ray Strachey
, ER
was a strong believer in women's fundamental responsibilities as citizens, in their commitment to improving the state despite misogynistic...
