CP
, Emmeline Pankhurst
, and Flora Drummond
organized a rush on the House of Commons to begin at this time, infuriating members of the NUWSS
by their militant WSPU
tactics.
Castle, Barbara. Sylvia and Christabel Pankhurst. Penguin, 1987.
71-2
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
50-1
politics
Constance Lytton
She attended a preparatory meeting at Queen's Hall on Monday the 12th, and offered her services the next day to the leaders, Emmeline Pankhurst
, Christabel Pankhurst
, and Flora Drummond
. They asked her...
21 June 1908: The Women's Social and Political Union organised...
National or international item
21 June 1908
The Women's Social and Political Union
organised a Woman's Sunday which involved (according to the Times estimate) between 250,000 and 500,000 people, mostly women. The WSPU called it Britain's largest-ever political meeting.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
91-4, 96-7
17 June 1911: The Women's Coronation Procession was attended...
Dancyger, Irene. A World of Women: An Illustrated History of Women’s Magazines. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
112
Garner, Les. Stepping Stones to Women’s Liberty: Feminist Ideas in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1900-1918. Heinemann Educational, 1984.
55
September 1938: The Woman's National Newspaper began publishing...
Writing climate item
September 1938
The Woman's National Newspaper began publishing in London; it had claimed to be the first independent newspaper in the world owned and controlled entirely by women.