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.
BW
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...
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, 1989.
121, 125
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
Mary Augusta Ward
In a public debate over suffrage at the Passmore Edwards Settlement
in London, Millicent Garrett Fawcett
defeated MAW
(by 235 votes to 74).
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.
302-3,416
politics
F. Mabel Robinson
FMR
became deeply interested in political debates and struggles around the issue of home rule for Ireland, and went so far as to carry secret messages back and forth between England and Ireland. This...
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
Mary Augusta Ward
In her autobiography of 1918 MAW
characterised the group with whom she worked as not interested in suffrage. She describes, however, the atmosphere of sympathy and admiration
Ward, Mary Augusta. A Writer’s Recollections. Harper and Brothers, 1918.
153
surrounding Millicent Garrett Fawcett
when she came...
politics
Elizabeth Robins
While researching her suffrage play, Votes for Women!, ER
became an active member of the suffrage movement. In July 1906 she began attending meetings of the Women's Social and Political Union
, and her...
politics
Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda
This prompted Lady Rhondda to call the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act a leaky saucepan.
qtd. in
Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press, 1991.
87
Millicent Garrett Fawcett
called this decision simply scandalous.
qtd. in
Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press, 1991.
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
Katharine Tynan
KT
became a member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
(established by Millicent Garrett Fawcett
in 1897) around 1910, on moving to Tunbridge Wells, where she found a strong Suffrage party.
Tynan, Katharine. The Middle Years. Constable, 1916.
380
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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...
politics
Lydia Becker
A majority of the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage
voted to affiliate with non-suffrage women's organizations. Dissidents, including LB
and Millicent Garrett Fawcett
, walked out.
Purvis, June. Emmeline Pankhurst: A Biography. Routledge, 2002.
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politics
Marie Belloc Lowndes
The letter challenged a recent antisuffragist manifesto, and stressed three points from Prime Minister Asquith
's statement to suffragists of 14 August. The points were that women had rendered as effective service to their country...
