National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies

The congress was organized by a pacifist group that had split from the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS ) over the issue of supporting the British war effort. Margaret Llewelyn Davies ,...

As president of the Tunbridge Wells branch of the NUWSS , SG recruited a large contingent of pilgrims to march in the Women's Pilgrimage to Hyde Park, London.

She became Vice-President in 1907. The Society, which had only a few active members, nevertheless organized petitions, put on public speeches, and took part in election campaigns to advocate female suffrage sentiment. It became...

In 1912, MR wrote two letters to the editor of the Times to defend the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies and its publications against the critical judgements of the well-known anti-suffragist writer Mary Augusta Ward

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...

After returning to the executive committee of the NUWSS in 1912, IOF spoke in favour of a resolution which pledged the union to support Labour candidates in most constituencies, unless an old friend of the...

EB 's plays reflect her commitment to socialist and feminist ideas. Her involvement in the suffrage movement included contributing a one-act play, Edith, to a Women Writers' Suffrage League fundraiser and subscribing to the...

She also served as an executive member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies . She became vice-president of this organization in 1911.

Early in the war, particularly up to the end of 1914, members of the mainstream suffrage movementt—with the notable exception of the WSPU —were united in their desire for peace. The immediate reaction of the...

JB 's associates in maintaining the original committee's name and agenda included Millicent Garrett Fawcett , Frances Power Cobbe , Lydia Becker , Helen Blackburn , and Caroline Ashurst Biggs .

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...

ER became Honorary Secretary of the Liverpool Women's Suffrage Society , which was affiliated with the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).

After attending her first WSPU meeting, CC was drawn to Annie Kenney . This influenced her joining the WSPU and later the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies .

This event motivated her to leave the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies and join the Women's Social and Political Union . Her true activism, however, began in 1911, when she began working for the...

ER became President of the Lancashire and Cheshire's regional federation of suffrage groups, which operated under the auspices of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies .