Name/TitleThe Militant Suffrage Movement: Emancipation in a Hurry
MakerBillington-Greig, Teresa
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHarback book with green covers titled 'The Militant Suffrage Movement: Emancipation in a Hurry' by Teresa Billington-Greig. Formerly part of The Fawcett Library from the collection of Henry and Judith Parris. The contents are:
I. Personal Foreword
II. The Genesis of the Movement
III. The Chosen Gateway
IV. Against the Government
V. Success That Brought Defeat
VI. The Freedom League Failure
VII. The Domination Established
VIII. A Criticism of Militancy
IX. Hostages to Hurry
X. Claims Examined
XI. The Broken Truce
XII. Parnell the Prototype
XIII. Looking Forward
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 193 x W: 135 x D: 27 mm
Date Made1911
PeriodLate 19th - early 20th century
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesFrank Palmer, Red Lion Court, London
PublisherFrank Palmer
Publication Date1911
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Billington-Greig:
Teresa Billington-Greig (15 October 1876 – 21 October 1964) was a British writer and suffragette who was one of the founders of the Women's Freedom League in 1907. She had left the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) as she considered the leadership led by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters too autocratic. In 1904, she was appointed by the WSPU as a travelling speaker for the organisation. In Autumn 1906, Billington-Greig was tasked with drumming up support for branches of WSPU in Scotland. On 25 April 1906, she unveiled a "Votes for Women" banner from the Ladies Gallery during the debate in the House of Commons. In June 1906, she was arrested in a fracas outside of Chancellor of the Exchequer H. H. Asquith's home, and as a result was the first suffragette to be incarcerated in Holloway Prison.
She founded the Women's Billiards Association in 1931. Her publications include The Militant Suffrage Movement (1911), which contained criticism of suffragettes' tactics, and The Consumer in Revolt (1912), which explored links between consumerism and feminism. Her archives are held at the Women's Library at the London School of Economics [continues].
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association Keywordssuffragettes, militant suffrage campaign
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2016-119
Spine LabelThe MILITANT SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT ~ By Teresa Billington-Greig
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved