Hirshfield, Claire. “The Woman’s Theatre in England: 1913-1918”. Theatre History Studies, Vol.
15
, June 1995, pp. 123-37. 125-6
Bessie Hatton
Standard Name: Hatton, Bessie
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Inez Bensusan | Organisers chose to present two feminist plays by men, Woman on Her Own by Eugène Brieux
, translated by Charlotte Shaw
(Bernard Shaw
's wife), and A Gauntlet by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
. |
| politics | Elizabeth Robins | ER
became president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League
, founded this year by Cicely Hamilton
and Bessie Hatton
. John, Angela V. Elizabeth Robins: Staging a Life, 1862-1952. Routledge, 1995. 153 |
| politics | Sarah Grand | 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... |
| politics | Cicely Hamilton | CH
was an active member of several suffrage organizations, always aligning herself with the non-militant suffragists. She first belonged to the Women's Social and Political Union
, but in 1907 she left to join the... |
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June 1908: The Women Writers' Suffrage League was established...
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June 1908
The Women Writers' Suffrage League
was established by Cicely Hamilton
and Bessie Hatton
.
Norquay, Glenda. Voices and Votes: A Literary Anthology of the Women’s Suffrage Campaign. Manchester University Press, 1995.
xv
Stowell, Sheila. A Stage of Their Own. University of Michigan Press, 1992.
2, 40, 102, 126n1
Cockin, Katharine. Edith Craig (1869-1947): Dramatic Lives. Cassell, 1998.
89
Whitelaw, Lis. The Life and Rebellious Times of Cicely Hamilton. Women’s Press, 1990.
68-74
Liggins, Emma. “The ’Sordid Story’ of an Unwanted Child: Militancy, Motherhood, and Abortion in Elizabeth Robins’s Votes for Women and Way Stations”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
25
, No. 3, Aug. 2018, pp. 347-61. 349
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