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1918 Qualification of Women Act Explains how years of debate and protest resulted in Parliament allowing women to vote in a British General Election for the first time. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/W1918.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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1883 Corrupt Practices Act
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First World War Work
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Women's Pilgrimage Describes how 50,000 members of suffrage societies marched to London in 1913 in support of the campaign for voting rights. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wpilgimage.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Cat & Mouse Act
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Hunger Strikes
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Arson Campaign
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Parliamentary Campaigns Describes attempts by the supporters of women's suffrage to lobby politicians in an effort to gain support for Bills which would allow women to vote. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wparliament.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Anti-Suffrage League
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Men's League For Women's Suffrage Explains how several prominent figures expressed their support for the women's movement in the early twentieth century. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wmen.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Liberal Women's Suffrage Society Describes the origins of this organisation, with excerpts from the memoirs of founding members. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wliberal.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Kensington Society Describes how a women's discussion group formed in London in 1865 was the forerunner of the movement for suffrage. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wkensington.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Industrial Work
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Birth Control
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Careers & Professions
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Women and University Education Describes the lengthy campaign to increase educational opportunities for women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Includes excerpts from accounts by some of the key figures. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wuniversity.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Marriage Describes the changing attitudes to a woman's role, including her rights within the relationship. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wmarriage.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Schooling Explains how attitudes to girls' education began to change at the end of the nineteenth century. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wschool.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Elizabeth Wolstenholme-Elmy
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Octavia Wilberforce Describes the difficulties this woman faced in gaining her medical degree in the early twentieth century, and how she went on to help establish and run a women's hospital and a convalescent home. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wwilberforce.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Beatrice Webb
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Muriel de la Warr Outlines the contribution of this feminist and socialist to the suffrage movement. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wwarr.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Elizabeth Thompson
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Harriet Taylor
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Women's Freedom League Explains how this group broke away from the equally militant but more violent Women's Social and Political Union in the early twentieth century. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wfreedom.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Marie Stopes Biography of the feminist crusader who established Britain's first birth control clinic. Includes excerpts from her letters. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wstopes.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Ethel Annakin Snowden
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Elizabeth Robins
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Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
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Sylvia Pankhurst Describes the life and achievements of this pacifist, historian, feminist and humanitarian in the early twentieth century. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WpankhurstS.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Emmeline Pankhurst
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Christabel Pankhurst
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Caroline Norton
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Florence Nightingale
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Hannah Mitchell
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Rachel McMillan Describes the career of this socialist and feminist in the late nineteenth century, particularly her efforts to improve the physical and intellectual welfare of slum children. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WmcmillanR.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Unitarian Explains how this society, established in 1791, became active in the late nineteenth century movements for factory reforn, public health, prison reform, temperance, women's rights and the abolition of slavery. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRunitarian.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Harriet Martineau
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Louisa Martindale Provides information on this pioneering feminist and her medical career in the early twentieth century. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wmartindale.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Constance Lytton
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Jennie Lee
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Anne Knight
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Annie Kenney
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Sophia Jex-Blake Outlines her efforts to become one of the first female doctors in the United Kingdom, and the subsequent foundation of a Women's Medical School. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wjex.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Mary Hamilton Outlines the career of this academic and parliamentarian in the early twentieth century. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whamilton.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Katharine Glasier
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Mary Gawthorpe Explains her role in forming the Women's Social and Political Union in 1905. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wgawthorpe.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Elizabeth Fry
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Isabella Ford
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Chartist
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Mary Fildes Describes the life of this pioneering feminist in the early nineteenth century. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRfields.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Millicent Fawcett Describes the career of this early feminist who helped found Newnham College at Cambridge University. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WfawcettM.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Charlotte Despard
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Emily Davison
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Emily Davies
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Constance Markievicz
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Cicely Corbett-Fisher
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Margery Corbett-Ashby Describes her involvement in campaigns for womens' rights throughout the twentieth century. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Washby.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Marie Corbett Gives information about a founding member of the suffrage movement. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wcorbett.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Women's Industrial Society Explains how this organisation arose from the Women's Trade Union League and subsequently conducted investigations used to persuade Parliament to take action against the exploitation of women in the workplace. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Windustrial.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Frances Buss
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Selina Cooper Describes the life and political career of this pioneering unionist and feminist who became a well-known public speaker in the early twentieth century. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wcooper.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Clementina Black
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Josephine Butler
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Catherine Booth
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Margaret Bondfield Describes the life of one of the first women to be elected as a Member of Parliament in Britain. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wbondfield.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Barbara Bodichon
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Salvation Army Describes how this organisation was founded, and the changes it sought to implement with regard to social inequality and poor living conditions. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REsalvation.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Annie Besant
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Lydia Becker Describes the life of this member of the suffrage movement in the late nineteenth century. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wbecker.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Dorothea Beale
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National Union of Suffrage Societies Explains how this organisation was formed in 1887, and describes some of its prominent members and major achievements. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wnuwss.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Frances Balfour
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Women's Social and Political Union Details the evolution of this group from being purely political to engaging in militant acts in the course of campaigning for the female vote. Includes excerpts from the memoirs of suffragettes imprisoned for their actions and beliefs. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wwspu.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
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Teresa Billington-Greig Describes why this schoolteacher founded the Women's Freedom League in 1907 and how she subsequently campaigned for more women to be allowed seats in the House of Commons. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wbillington.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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