The majority of this collection forms part of the Women’s Library, whose roots are founded in the suffrage movement. This collection includes personal papers of suffragists and suffragettes, records ...

However, if the parliamentary vote remained the elusive holy-grail for suffragists in the United Kingdom in 1913, they had still achieved many rights for women since 1867. Crucially, the suffrage ...

However, if the parliamentary vote remained the elusive holy-grail for suffragists in the United Kingdom in 1913, they had still achieved many rights for women since 1867. Crucially, the suffrage ...

The NUWSS used a range of tactics to raise awareness for their campaign, such as: Petitions Writing letters to politicians Speeches Posters ... in women’s experiences of the suffrage movement.

In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw – took control of the suffrage movement, leading the nation’s ...

Presidents have to maneuver carefully on politically hot issues, and women's suffrage was no exception. The movement had been growing for decades. Despite a history of hostility to their cause ...