Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett was a British feminist, intellectual, political and union leader, and writer. She is primarily known for her work as a campaigner for women to have the vote. As a suffragist (as opposed to a suffragette), she took a moderate line, but was a tireless campaigner. She concentrated much of her energy on the struggle to improve women’s opportunities for higher education and in 1875 co-founded Newnham College, Cambridge.

Contents:

The Two Deputations

The Defeat of the Conciliation Bill

The Election Fighting Fund

The Fiasco of the Government Reform Bill

The Pilgrimage and the Derby Day, 1913

The Turn of the Tide

The World War and Women’s War Work

Women’s War Work as It Affected Public Opinion

The Last Phase

The Difference the Vote Has Made