Title Millicent Garrett Fawcett : selected writings / edited by Melissa Terras and Elizabeth Crawford

Published London : UCL Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 462 pages) : illustrations Contents List of figures -- Foreword -- Fiona Mactaggart (Chair, Fawcett Society) -- Introduction -- 1. Picturing Fawcett: Millicent Garrett Fawcett with Henry Fawcett, 1868 -- 2. The Education of Women of Middle and Upper Classes, 1868 -- 3. Electoral Disabilities of Women, 1871 -- 4. Picturing Fawcett: A meeting at the Hanover Square Rooms, 1872 -- 5. Picturing Fawcett: Professor and Mrs Fawcett by Ford Madox Brown, 1872 -- 6. Mrs Fawcett on Women's Suffrage, 1872 -- 7. Mr Fitzjames Stephen on the Position of Women, 1873 -- 8. Picturing Fawcett: Millicent Fawcett's Lecture at the Unitarian Church, Glasgow, 1875 -- 9. Reporting Fawcett: The Women of Modern Fiction Lectures, 1874 -- 10. Janet Doncaster, An Excerpt, 1875 -- 11. Women and Representative Government, 1883 -- 12. The Protection of Girls: Speech or Silence, 1885 -- 13. Employment for Girls. The Civil Service (the Post Office), 1887 -- 14. The Employment of Children in Theatres, 1889 -- 15. Picturing Fawcett: Mrs Fawcett, 1890 -- 16. Introduction to Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1891 -- 17. Home and Politics, 1892 -- 18. The Story of the Opening of University Education to Women, 1894 -- 19. Reporting Fawcett: Women's Suffrage, 1897 -- 20. Picturing Fawcett: Millicent Fawcett by Theodore Blake Wirgman, 1898 -- 21. Women's Suffrage, Manchester, 1899 -- 22. The White Slave Trade: Its Causes, and the Best Means of Preventing It, 1899 -- 23. The Concentration Camps in South Africa, 1901 -- 24. Why We Women Want Votes, 1906 -- 25. The Prisoners of Hope in Holloway Gaol, 1906 -- 26. Picturing Fawcett: NUWSS Procession, 1908 -- 27. Picturing Fawcett: Millicent Fawcett, 1908 -- 28. National Union Manifesto, 1908 -- 29. Picturing Fawcett 9: A Woman Speaking at the Oxford Union for the First Time, 1908 -- 30. Men are Men and Women are Women, 1909 -- 31. Picturing Fawcett: International Woman Suffrage Alliance Congress, 1909 -- 32. Picturing Fawcett: Mrs Henry Fawcett, LL.D. President of the National Union, 1909 -- 33. Reporting Fawcett: Wanted: A Statesman, 1909 -- 34. Picturing Fawcett: Dame Millicent Fawcett, C.B.E., LL.D. by Annie Louisa Swynnerton, c. 1910 -- 35. Broken Windows -- and After, 1912 -- 36. Picturing Fawcett: Millicent Garrett Fawcett, 1912 -- 37. Who's For Us? For Him Are We, 1912 -- 38. Picturing Fawcett: Millicent Fawcett's Hyde Park Address, 1913 -- 39. To the Members of the National Union, 1914 -- 40. Picturing Fawcett: Millicent Garrett Fawcett 1914 -- 41. Life's Cost, 1915 -- 42. Lift Up Your Hearts, 1916 -- 43. An Immense and Significant Advance, 1917 -- 44. Sing, Rejoice and Give Thanks, 1918 -- 45. Still In Thy Right Hand Carry Gentle Peace, 1918 -- 46. Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere, 1920 -- 47. Picturing Fawcett: Dame Millicent Fawcett, 1925 -- 48. Picturing Fawcett: Dame Millicent Fawcett at NUSEC Garden Party, 1925 -- 49. What the Vote has Done, 1926 and 1927 -- 50. How University College, London Led the Way in the Education of Women, 1927. -- 51. The End Crowns All, And That Old Common Arbitrator Time, Will One day End It, 1928 -- 52. Picturing Fawcett: Royal Assent to the Equal Franchise Act, 1928 -- 53. Picturing Fawcett: Dame Millicent Fawcett at the Victory Breakfast, 1928 -- 54. Picturing Fawcett: Millicent Garrett Fawcett, by Lionel Ellis, 1928 -- 55. Can Women Influence International Policy? 1929 -- References -- Appendix A: Additions to Fawcett's Bibliography Summary 'Courage calls to courage everywhere' is the best-known phrase associated with Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), the leading UK suffragist and campaigner of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But what is the source of her quote, and what is its context? This book reproduces Fawcett's essential speeches, pamphlets and newspaper columns to tell the story of her dynamic contribution to public life. Thirty-five texts and 22 images are contextualised and linked to contemporary news coverage as well as to historical and literary references. These speeches, articles, artworks and photographs cover both the advances and the defeats in the campaign for women's votes. They also demonstrate a variety of the topics and causes Fawcett pursued: the provision of education for women; feminist history; a love of literature (and Fawcett's own attempt at fiction); purity and temperance; the campaign against employment of children; the British Army's approach to the South African War; the Unionist cause against Home Rule for Ireland; and the role of suffrage organisations during World War I. Here is a rich, intertextual web of literary works, preferred reading material, organisations, contacts, friends, and sometimes enemies, that reveals Fawcett the individual throughout 61 years of campaigning. The first scholarly appraisal of Fawcett in over 30 years, this is essential reading for those wishing to understand the varied political, social and cultural contributions of Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett. Praise for Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Selected writings 'Millicent Fawcett's influence in the suffrage movement is often overlooked in favour of the more radical suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst. Millicent was hugely important, concentrating on non violent rational persuasion. This book explains the work of this dogged suffragist.' Dame Jenni Murray - former president Fawcett Society 'Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Selected writings invites the reader to delve into the life and passions of this great suffragist leader. Millicent Fawcett paved the way for women to take their place in public life, that's why I'm so proud that in 2018, her sculpture was unveiled in London, becoming Parliament Square's first-ever statue of a woman. The statue depicts Millicent holding a banner bearing the powerful quote, "Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere". This book explores important aspects of the rich and too-often untold history of women's rights, including the origins of that inspirational quote.' Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London 'This is a vital collection of the vital speeches of a vital person. You need to read this to understand the history of Millicent Fawcett and if you don't understand the history of Millicent Fawcett you don't understand one of the most important developments in modern civilisation.' Lord Daniel Finkelstein 'Millicent Fawcett is one of the pivotal voices in UK political history. Her work paved the way for every woman who has ever taken her place in a parliament anywhere on these islands. When any of us talk about standing on the shoulders of giants, Millicent Fawcett was that giant of female empowerment.' Baroness Ruth Davidson 'Millicent Fawcett was one of the most influential figures of her age, yet history has tended to overlook her. Extraordinarily astute and forward-thinking, she inspired women to change their world by giving them a political voice, and the confidence to use it. Thanks to this collection, which is both scholarly and accessible, we can now hear her own voice as never before. She continues to inspire us to speak out on behalf of women's progress everywhere.' Jane Robinson, Senior Associate, Somerville College, Oxford; author of Ladies Can't Climb Ladders: The Pioneering Adventures of the First Professional Women 'Terras and Crawford have brought together a powerful and accessible collection of contributions from Millicent Garrett Fawcett, whose speeches and writings gave a political voice to the women of her generation. This book allows us to follow the footsteps of a momentous - albeit often overlooked - suffragist, who blazed the trail we now walk' Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (UCL Press, viewed June 29, 2022) Subject Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, Dame, 1847-1929 SUBJECT Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, Dame, 1847-1929 fast Subject Women -- Suffrage. Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century Women -- Social conditions Women -- Suffrage Great Britain Genre/Form Literary criticism Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires. Form Electronic book Author Terras, Melissa M., editor. Crawford, Elizabeth, editor. ISBN 9781787358638 1787358631 9781787358669 1787358666 9781787358676 1787358674

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