Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Women's Social and Political Union
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | A. E. Housman | His sister Clemence Annie Housman
(1861-1955) became a novelist and a wood-engraver who trained at the City and Guilds College
. She joined the Women's Social and Political Union
and threw herself into the suffrage... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Anna Wheeler | Lady Constance Lytton
(1869 - 1923), a suffragist active in the Women's Social and Political Union
, was AW
's great-grand-daughter. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | EPL
's younger sisters Dorothy
and Marie
followed her elder's lead and became active members of the Women's Social and Political Union
. |
| Friends, Associates | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | In September 1908, EPL
met Lady Constance Lytton
, who later became a suffragist and joined the WSPU
. She and Lytton became close friends thereafter. Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. My Part in a Changing World. Hyperion, 1976. 191-3 |
| 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 |
| Friends, Associates | Ethel Smyth | During her work with the Women's Social and Political Union
, ES
became devoted to Emmeline Pankhurst
, co-founder of the WSPU
. Emmeline Pankhurst's daughter Sylvia
paints ES
's devotion in rather unflattering terms:... |
| Friends, Associates | Constance Lytton | Mary Neal
, a leader in the folk-dance revival and joint founder with Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
of the Esperance Club
for working girls, invited CL
to holiday with herself and some of the girls in autumn... |
| 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 | Christabel Pankhurst | |
| Literary responses | Beatrice Harraden | The play's outspoken support of the Women's Social and Political Union
was apparently not popular with the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
. Hayman, Carole, and Dale Spender, editors. How the Vote Was Won: and Other Suffragette Plays. Methuen, 1985. 91 |
| Literary responses | Dora Marsden | As editor Marsden received informal letters and formal reviews that showed appreciation for the journal's attempt at provocative, comprehensive coverage of pressing socio-political issues. But The Freewoman also aroused controversy and negative response. For instance... |
| Literary responses | Dora Marsden | Rebecca West wrote on The Freewoman in a 1926 issue of the feminist weekly Time and Tide. She disagreed with Marsden's campaign against the WSPU
as well as with her later philosophical turns, while... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Constance Lytton | CL
spoke at an At Home of the Women's Social and Political Union
at Queen's Hall in London which was chaired by Christabel Pankhurst
. “The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive. (6 April 1909): 12 |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Christabel Pankhurst | The Suffragette, official organ of the Women's Social and Political Union
, began publication under the editorship of CP
during her political exile in Paris. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
| Occupation | Dora Marsden | After this, DM
's role within the WSPU
expanded markedly. She was a frequent public speaker and temporarily took over Mary Gawthorpe
's work as a Union organizer when Mary was ill. Her work was... |
Timeline
20 October 1909: Helen Alexander Archdale, a leading Scottish...
National or international item
20 October 1909
Helen Alexander Archdale
, a leading Scottish WSPU
member, with Adela Pankhurst
and three others, went on hunger strike in prison after arrest for causing a disturbance in Dundee at a meeting featuring Winston Churchill
.
Crawford, Elizabeth. The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928. Routledge, 2001.
under Archdale
9 December 1909: The Lord Chief Justice ruled in favour of...
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9 December 1909
The Lord Chief Justice ruled in favour of forcible feeding of suffragists, arguing that it was the duty of the prison medical officer to prevent prisoners from committing suicide.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
105
April 1910: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...
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April 1910
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
passed a resolution supporting the Conciliation Bill proposed by the Conciliation Committee
.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
70
Lytton, Constance. Prisons and Prisoners. Heinemann, 1914.
311-12
18 June 1910: A From Prison to Citizenship Procession,...
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18 June 1910
A From Prison to Citizenship Procession, in support of the Conciliation Bill, took place in London, organised by the Women's Social and Political Union
and the Women's Freedom League
.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
111ff
28 June 1910: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...
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28 June 1910
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
sponsored a meeting in Queen's Hall in support of the Conciliation Bill.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
76
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
75-6
23 July 1910: A march in London was held in support of...
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23 July 1910
A march in London was held in support of the Conciliation Bill; originally proposed by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
, it was eventually taken over by the Women's Social and Political Union
.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
115-9
18 November 1910: A Women's Social and Political Union deputation...
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18 November 1910
A Women's Social and Political Union
deputation protesting against Government inaction on the Conciliation Bill was attacked by police at the House of Commons and 119 were arrested; the day became known as Black Friday...
17 June 1911: The Women's Coronation Procession was attended...
National or international item
17 June 1911
The Women's Coronation Procession was attended by 40,000 women from at least twenty-eight women's suffrage organisations, including both the Women's Social and Political Union
and the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
122-32
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
109
7 November 1911: The British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry...
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7 November 1911
The British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith
, told members of the People's Suffrage Federation
that his Liberal government would bring forward, next session, a Manhood Suffrage Bill or Reform Bill.
Lytton, Constance. Prisons and Prisoners. Heinemann, 1914.
318-19
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
116-17, 171
9 November 1911: The Women's Social and Political Union ended...
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9 November 1911
The Women's Social and Political Union
ended its unoffical truce with the Government in reaction to the exclusion of women from the proposed Reform Bill.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
121
1912: The Liberal Government began censoring Votes...
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1912
The Liberal
Government began censoring Votes for Women, the Women's Social and Political Union
's weekly journal.
Holton, Sandra Stanley. “Women and the Vote”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis and June Purvis, University College London, 1995, pp. 277-05.
295
Williams, Val, and Susan Bright. How We Are: Photographing Britain. Tate Publishing, 2007.
76
1 March 1912: The Women's Social and Political Union smashed...
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1 March 1912
The Women's Social and Political Union
smashed shop windows in London's West End; this was the first time they had attacked private property.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
132
4 March 1912: Gertrude Wilkinson received a medal from...
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4 March 1912
Gertrude Wilkinson
received a medal from the Women's Social and Political Union
to commemorate her endurance of hunger strike and forcible feeding.
“Women’s History Month: From the Women’s Library”. Women’s History Network Blog, 4 Mar. 2010.
6 March 1912: The Women's Freedom League denounced Women's...
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6 March 1912
The Women's Freedom League
denounced Women's Social and Political Union
militancy in a letter to the Manchester Guardian.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
133
28 March 1912: The Conciliation Bill (on suffrage) was defeated...
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28 March 1912
The Conciliation Bill (on suffrage) was defeated in a House of Commons
vote, after passing its second reading (the previous year) with a huge majority.
Holton, Sandra Stanley. “Women and the Vote”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis and June Purvis, University College London, 1995, pp. 277-05.
294
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
133
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
135
Frye, Kate Parry. Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Parry Frye’s Suffrage Diary. Editor Crawford, Elizabeth, Francis Boutle Publishers, 2013.
98-100
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