Name/TitleMillicent Garrett Fawcett
EditionFirst
MakerStrachey, Ray
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHardback publication with blue covers titled 'Millicent Garrett Fawcett' by Ray Strachey. Dedicated "to all the men and women who were the comrades of Millicent Garrett Fawcett in the women's suffrage cause". The main chapter headings are:
I. Girlhood
II. Marriage, 1867
III. Politics and Economics in the 'Seventies
IV. The Women's Colleges
V. Henry Fawcett's Work and Death
VI. The "Maiden Tribute" - the Liberal Unionists
VII. Above the Senior Wrangler, 1890
VIII. Women's Suffrage in the 'Nineties
IX. The South African War
X. The suffrage Revival and the Militants
XI. The Struggle With the Liberal Party
XII. The European War
XIII. The Suffrage Victory, 1918
XIV. Standing and Staring
XV. The Final Victory, 1928, and Death
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 227 x W: 145 x D: 40 mm
Date Made1931
PeriodMid 19th - early 20th century
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesJohn Murray, Albemarle Street, London, W.
PublisherJohn Murray
Publication Date1931
Publication PlaceEngland, London
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 Keywords(auto) biography
Subject and Association Keywordsfeminist, feminism
Subject and Association Keywordssuffragists, right to vote
Subject and Association KeywordsNational Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2025-65-5
Spine LabelMILLICENT GARRETT FAWCETT ~ STRACHEY ~ JOHN MURRAY
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved