Women's suffrage: a short history of a great movement — Index

Acton, Lord, on political violence, 66Adult Suffrage Bill, 1909, 70—— 1912, 78-82America, Women's Suffrage in, 89Amos, Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon, 22Anderson, Mrs. Garrett, M.D. See GarrettAnti-Corn Law League, 13Anti-slavery movement in America, 5—— Congress, 13Anti-Suffrage League, the, 46Anti-Suffrage Review, quoted, 47, 52, 77Anti-suffragists, arguments of, 14—— and the Insurance Bill, 57—— and municipal franchise, 50, 51, 52—— letter against Conciliation Bill, 55, 56—— movement in United States, 47—— protest in Nineteenth Century (1889), 46—— tactics of, 33, 34, 35, 51-54Ashton, Miss Margaret, 51Asquith, Mr., on facilities for Suffrage Bill, 68, 77, 78—— on position of women under Manhood Suffrage Bill, 78, 80, 81—— on women's political activity, 32—— on Women's Suffrage, 35, 70, 71, 80Australia, Women's Suffrage in, 35, 40, 42, 43, 59, 89

Bannerman, Sir H. Campbell, on Women's Suffrage, 69Becker, Miss Lydia, 10, 21Begg, Mr. FaithfuII, Women's Suffrage Bill of, 34, 60Birrell, Mr., on Women's Suffrage, 76Blackwell, Dr. Elizabeth, 22Blake, Miss Jex, 22Bodichon, Mrs., 20, 22Borthwick, Sir Algernon, 24, 30Brailsford, Mr. H. N., 73, 85Bright, Mr. Jacob, 23Bright, John, on Parliamentary Reform, 18—— on Women's Suffrage, 19Brougham's Act, Lord, I860, 9Browning, E. B., Aurora Leigh, 12Bryce, Rt. Hon. James, 34Burke on Dissenters' Petition, 54Butler, Mrs. Josephine, 20, 22

California, Women's Suffrage in, 83, 89Canvassing, 29, 30Chorlton v. Lings, case of, 10, 11Churchill, Lord Randolph, 30Churchill, Mr. Winston, on militant tactics, 66, 67—— on Women's Suffrage, 72, 75Clark, Mrs. Helen, 27Cobbe, Frances Power, 20Cobden on Women's Suffrage, 13Conciliation Committee, the, 72, 73, 85Conciliation Bill (Mr. Shackleton's), 1910, 55, 75, 85—— (Sir George Kemp's), 1911, 73-76, 77, 85—— Anti-Suffragists' protest against, 55, 56—— petitions and resolutions in favour of, 88Condorcet, 5Contagious Diseases Acts, 22

Corrupt Practices Act, 29, 30Creighton, Mrs., 44Crimean War, the, 14Cromer, Lord, on Women's Suffrage, 47Cromwell, on gains by force, 64

Davies, Miss Emily, 20, 21, 22Demonstrations, public, 76, 86Despard, Mrs., 63Disraeli, on Women's Suffrage, 13, 24Dissenters' Petition, Burke on, 54, 55Divorce Act, 1857, 15Dublin, Lord Mayor of, 88n.

Electoral Reform Bill, 1912, 78-82Elmy, Mrs. Wolstenholme, 22

Fawcett, The Rt. Hon. H., 20, 62Finland, Women's Suffrage in, 58, 59, 89Fisher, Mr., on Women's Suffrage, 42Five Mile Act, 54Fry, Mrs. Elizabeth, 6

Garrett, Miss Elizabeth, 19, 20, 21Garrison, William Lloyd, 13General Election, 1910, 72Gladstone, Mr., on Divorce Bill, 1857, 15—— on household suffrage, 25—— opposition to Reform Bill, 1884, 27—— on women's political activity, 32—— on Women's Suffrage, 27, 28, 33Godwin, William, 5Goschen, Lord, on agricultural—— labourers' franchise, 25Grey, Mrs. William, 22Grey, Sir Edward, on Women's Suffrage, 72, 76, 81, 82Guardianship of Children Act, 22Gurney, Miss, 22—— Rt. Hon. Russell, 22, 23

Haldane, Lord, on Women's Suffrage, 69, 75, 76Hall, Sir John, 37, 38Harrison, Frederic, on powers of the elector, 53Herschell, Miss Caroline, 12Hill, Miss Davenport. 20Household Suffrage, 25, 73, 74, 81Howard, Mr. G., Adult Suffrage Bill, 1909, 70

Iddesleigh, Lord. See NorthcoteIndian Mutiny, 14Infants' Custody Act, 12Insurance Bill, the, 57Isle of Man, Women's Suffrage in, 25

James, Lord, on Corrupt Practices Act, 29, 30—— on Women's Suffrage, 49, 50Jameson, Mrs., 12

Kemp, Sir George, Conciliation Bill (1911) introduced by, 24, 77, 85Knight, Anne, 13

Labouchere, Mr., attitude to Suffrage Bills, 34Langton, Lady Anna Gore, 20Leavitt, Mrs., 37Lees, Mrs., 51Lloyd George, Mr., on Women's Suffrage, 69, 75, 81Local Government Qualification of Women's Act, 1907, 49, 50Lyne, Sir Villiam, on Women's Suffrage, 42Lytton, Earl of, 7 n, 73, 78, 85

MacDonald, Mr. Ramsay, 80, 81M'Laren, Mrs. Duncan, 22McLaren, Mr. Walter, 26Manchester Guardian, The, on Women's Suffrage, 79Manhood Suffrage Bill, 1912, 78-82Markham, Miss Violet, 50, 51Married Women's Property Act, 22, 23Martineau, Harriet, 20Medical profession opened to women, 22Militant Societies, the, 58—— election policy of, 67

Mill, James, on Women's Suffrage, 6, 7, 15Mill, John Stuart, on enfranchisement of women, 16, 17, 19—— and Women's Parliamentary Petition, 20—— Women's Suffrage Amendment Bill, 19, 20, 23Mill, Mrs. John Stuart, on Enfranchisement of Women, 16, 17Morley, Viscount, 26, 27, 62Mott, Lucretia, 14Müller, Mrs., 37Municipal Corporation Act, 1835, 9Municipal suffrage, 9, 20, 48—— Anti-Suffragist support of, 47

National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, 21, 22, 62, 81, 85—— election policy, of 67—— protests against militant tactics, 63National Women's Liberal Association, 31New Zealand, Women's Suffrage in, 35, 36, 37, 89—— electoral roll of, 41Nightingale, Miss Florence, 14, 20Northcote, Sir Stafford, 24Norton, Hon. Mrs., 11, 12Norway, Women's Suffrage in, 51, 59, 89

Pankhurst, Dr., 10Pankhurst, Mrs. and Miss, 60People's Suffrage Federation, 78, 87Peterloo Massacre, the, 7Petitions from Town Councils, 55, 88Pochin, Mrs., 22Poor Law Guardians, qualifications of, 50Primrose League, the, 5, 30Public meetings and demonstrations, 76, 86

Rathbone, Miss Eleanor, 51Reeves, W. P., on Women's Suffrage, 38Reform Acts, exclusion of females, 9Reform Bill, 1832 and 1867, 6, 7, 9—— 1884, 27-29—— 1912, 78-82Rollit, Sir A., Women's Suffrage Bill (1892) introduced by, 33, 34Royal Astronomical Society, women members of, 12Runciman, Mr., on Women's Suffrage, 76

School Boards, women members of, 20, 21Seddon, Mr. Richard, 37Serjeant Talfourd's Act, 1839, 12Shackleton, Mr., Conciliation Bill, 1910, 55, 75, 85Shaw, Dr. Anna, 82Shaw, Mrs. Bernard, on Reform Suffrage Bill, 1912, 79Sheffield Female Political Association, 13Sherriff, Miss, 22Sidgwick, Henry, 22Smith, Mr. Goldwin, 35, 39Smith, Sydney, on education for women, 6Societies, Suffrage, 87South African War, the, 58, 59, 60Somerville, Mrs., 12, 20Stanfield, Sir James, 22Stanger, Mr., Women's Suffrage Bill (1908) introduced by, 70Stanhope, Mrs. Spencer, quoted, 9Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 14Stevenson, Miss Flora, 21Stuart, Mr. James, 22Suffrage Societies, 85, 87Swanwick, Miss, 20

Taylor, Mrs. Peter, 20Test Act, the, 54Thackeray, in Esmond, on domestic tyranny, 12Times, The, on Women's Suffrage, 77Town Councils, petitions from, 85, 88Town and County Councils Qualification Bill, 50, 61Trades Union Congress (Aberdeen) and Women's Suffrage, 29Twain, Mark, on Women's Suffrage, 65

United States, Anti-suffrage movement in, 47—— Women's Suffrage in, 14, 35, 89University education opened to women, 22Unwin, Mrs. Cobden, 27

Voters' Petition, the, 1910, 72

Walpole, Horace, on Mary Wollstonecraft, 5Ward, Mrs. Humphry, on Women's Suffrage, 35, 44, 50, 51—— on Conciliation Bill, 1911, 74—— on representation in local government, 48, 49—— political activity of, 56Webb, Mrs. Sidney, 44Wheeler, Mrs., on Women's Suffrage, 7Wollstonecraft, Mary, 5, 6Women, in local government, 49—— as members of School Boards, 21—— as municipal voters, 9, 20—— as Poor Law Guardians, 50—— political activity of, 13, 30, 31, 32, 56, 57Women's Freedom League, 63Women's Liberal Federation, 30, 31, 78—— and Conciliation Bill, 74Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, U.S.A., 14Women's Social and Political Union, 60—— election policy of, 67Women's Suffrage, arguments against, 34—— beginnings of, 5—— Conservative objections to, 73—— not a party question, 23, 73, 82—— support of, 24—— historical aspect of, 8—— in Greater Britain, 34—— in Isle of Man, 25—— in other countries, 89—— in United States, 35, 47, 89—— Liberal objections to, 73—— support of, 23—— pioneers of, 5, 10, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22—— political aspect of, 15—— position in 1880-1884, 25-34—— position under Reform Bill, 1912, 78-82—— recent developments, 69—— resolutions and petitions in favour of, 19, 26, 84, 88—— Societies, 21, 22, 85, 87—— summary of movement, 84Women's Suffrage Amendment (J. S. Mill's), 1867, 23Women's Suffrage Amendment Bill (Mr. Woodall's), 1884, 23, 28, 29Women's Suffrage Bill, 1870 (Mr. Jacob Bright's), 23—— 1892 (Sir A. Rollit's), 33—— 1897 (Mr. F. Begg's), 34, 60—— 1908 (Mr. Stanger's), 70—— 1910 (Mr. Shaekleton's), 55, 75, 85—— 1911 (Sir G. Kemp's), 77, 85. See also Summary, p. 84Woodall, Mr., Suffrage Amendment Bill (1884) introduced by, 28, 29Wyoming, Women's Suffrage in, 35, 89