National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies

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political pressure group umbrella organization women's suffrage organization

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies was a leading British umbrella organization that campaigned peacefully and constitutionally for women's right to vote in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies canonical	5
Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage	1
National Central Society for Women's Suffrage	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political pressure group ⓘ umbrella organization ⓘ women's suffrage organization ⓘ
activeDuring	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	NUWSS ⓘ
campaignFocus	parliamentary reform ⓘ women's political rights ⓘ
chairperson	Millicent Fawcett ⓘ
characterizedBy	non-violent methods ⓘ respect for the rule of law ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1919 ⓘ
distinctFrom	Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ
founded	1897 ⓘ
foundedBy	Millicent Fawcett ⓘ
goal	extension of the franchise to women on the same terms as men ⓘ parliamentary vote for women ⓘ
hasPart	local women's suffrage societies ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
ideology	women's suffrage ⓘ
influenced	National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship ⓘ later British feminist organizations ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leader	Millicent Fawcett ⓘ
membership	tens of thousands of members ⓘ
mergedInto	National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship ⓘ
method	constitutional campaigning ⓘ non-militant tactics ⓘ peaceful protest ⓘ
movement	first-wave feminism ⓘ
notableMember	Eleanor Rathbone ⓘ Margery Corbett Ashby ⓘ Maud Royden ⓘ Millicent Fawcett ⓘ Ray Strachey ⓘ
numberOfAffiliates	over 400 societies ⓘ
opposedTo	militant suffrage tactics ⓘ
politicalPosition	constitutional ⓘ liberal ⓘ
precededBy	National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Central Society for Women's Suffrage
supportedLegislation	Representation of the People Act 1918 ⓘ
usedMedium	lobbying of Members of Parliament ⓘ pamphlets and publications ⓘ petitions ⓘ processions and demonstrations ⓘ public meetings ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

women's suffrage movement → hasKeyOrganization → National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies ⓘ

Millicent Fawcett → memberOf → National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies ⓘ

Chrystal Macmillan → memberOf → National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies ⓘ

Helena Swanwick → memberOf → National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies ⓘ

National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies → precededBy → National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Central Society for Women's Suffrage

National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies → precededBy → National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage

Evelyn Sharp (journalist) → memberOf → National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies ⓘ

subject surface form: Evelyn Sharp