Name/TitleA Different World for Women: The Life of Millicent Garrett Fawcett
MakerRubinstein, David
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHardback book titled 'A Different World for Women: The Life of Millicent Garrett Fawcett' by David Rubinstein. The blurb states that the author "has written the first complete biography of [Garrett Fawcett's] life, from her birth into a prosperous Suffolk family, her first public speech in support of women's suffrage in July 1869, to her last appearance at a feminist rally sixty years later, shortly before her death."
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 237 x W: 152 x D: 25 mm
Date Made1991
PeriodMid 19th - early 20th century
Place MadeEngland, Hemel Hempstead
Place NotesHarvester Wheatsheaf, 66 Wood End Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 4RG
PublisherHarvester Wheatsheaf
Publication Date1991
Publication PlaceEngland, Hemel Hempstead
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millicent_Fawcett:
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett GBE (née Garrett; 11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was an English political activist and writer. She campaigned for women's suffrage by legal change and in 1897–1919 led Britain's largest women's rights association, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), explaining, "I cannot say I became a suffragist. I always was one, from the time I was old enough to think at all about the principles of Representative Government." She tried to broaden women's chances of higher education, as a governor of Bedford College, London (now Royal Holloway) and co-founding Newnham College, Cambridge in 1871. In 2018, a century after the Representation of the People Act, she was the first woman honoured by a statue in Parliament Square [continues].
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's history
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association KeywordsFeminism, feminist movement
Subject and Association KeywordsNational Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
Subject and Association Keywords(auto) biography
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
ISBN/ISSN0-7108-1104-7
Object numberGWL-2011-11-3
Spine LabelA DIFFERENT WORLD FOR WOMEN ~ RUBINSTEIN ~ HARVESTER WHEATSHEAF
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved