Millicent Fawcett
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- Millicent Garrett Fawcett
- Personal
- Born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk on 11 June 1847
- Highly privileged background
- Parents free of the dominant ideology of male supremacy.
- Feminist.
- Marriage
- April 1865 Fawcett met Henry Fawcett, 14 yrs her senior.
- Married in 1867.
- Henry Fawcett
- Professor at Cambridge & Radical Liberal MP in Brighton.
- Agreed with Millicent's views
- Died in November 1884.
- 1868 Philippa was born.
- April 1865 Fawcett met Henry Fawcett, 14 yrs her senior.
- March 1919 retired from presidency of NUWSS
- NUWSS - National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship
- Died 5 August 1929
- Joining the Struggle
- Present at Ladies' Gallery in the House of Commons
- When Mill introduced his amendment to the 1867 Representation of the People Bill in May 1867
- July 1867 joined National Society for Women's Suffrage.
- Joined executive committee.
- Not an inspiring orator.
- Joined executive committee.
- Present at Ladies' Gallery in the House of Commons
- Arguments
- Women hold responsible posts in society. Therefore should be trusted with vote.
- Women pay taxes & should have a say how they are spent.
- Parliament made laws for all to obey so should take part in making them laws.
- Wealthy women employed workmen who could vote so why couldn't women.
- Early Career
- Acted as Henry's guide & secretary
- Ran 2 households.
- First article on women's education in Macmillan's magazine in 1868
- Founder of Newnham College for women in Cambridge in 1875
- Published textbook Political Economy for Beginners
- Ten editions, several languages, 2 novels.
- Campaigned in favour of the Married Womens Property Bill & repeal of the Contagious Diseases Act
- Organisation
- No effective forum to challenge the movement
- Joined Central Committee for Women's Suffrage
- In 1888 split in ranks & MF led the faction opposed to change
- Special Appeal Committee
- President in 1893
- Urged suffrage societies to work together
- NUWSS
- 1897 National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
- Men were won over by arguments.
- Welcomed their support.
- Travelled to South Africa in 1901
- Concentration camps in Boer War.
- Head of investigating committee.
- Enhanced cause of female suffrage. No woman ever had such an important role.
- 1897 6 societies, 1905 - 305, few years later 50000 ppl
- Growing number of MPs thought they should get the vote.
- President 1907
- WWI
- Put patriotism before the vote
- 1917 new Representation of the Peoples Act
- Women suffrage clause
- Women 30+ got the vote, still less than men (21+) but great breakthrough
- Women suffrage clause
- Membership fell to 30000 & unity of organisation was compromised
- Personal
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