The Union had been founded in August 1874. This year's annual conference coincided with a court appearance of Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
, Annie Cobden-Sanderson
, and others (following their arrest on 23 October), and was therefore...
Textual Features
Katharine Bruce Glasier
Iona provided a space for discussing feminist and socialist issues, especially as they affected the working classes, as well as issues of a domestic nature. KBG
wanted to discuss everything interesting to women, not only...
Timeline
23 October 1906: During a demonstration at the opening of...
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
30
Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
127
Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
126-7
6 July 1928: Four days after the Representation of the...
Building item
6 July 1928
Four days after the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act received the royal assent, a celebratory breakfast was held at the Hotel Cecil in London.
“July 6, 1928, Celebrating full women’s suffrage”. Guardian Weekly, 6 July 2007, p. 20.