Podcast appearances and mentions of Millicent Fawcett

EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNINGWelcome back to another fiery episode of History Rage! This week, host Paul Bavill is joined by history teacher and author Shalina Patel to delve into the often misunderstood world of Edwardian politics. Together, they tackle the myths surrounding the suffragette movement and the contributions of the Pankhursts.Debunking the Pankhurst Myth: Shalina passionately argues against the belief that the Pankhursts single-handedly won women the right to vote. She highlights the contributions of other organisations and individuals, including the suffragists, working-class women, and even men who supported women's suffrage.The Diverse Suffrage Movement:The NUWSS and WSPU: The peaceful suffragists led by Millicent Fawcett versus the militant suffragettes led by the Pankhursts.Regional and Religious Groups: From the Birmingham National Society for Women's Suffrage to the Jewish League for Women's Suffrage.Specialised Groups: The Women's Tax Resistance League, the Young Hot Bloods, and the Actresses' Franchise League.Working-Class Suffragettes: Shalina sheds light on the often overlooked contributions of working-class women like Selena Martin and Kitty Marion, who faced harsher treatment in prison compared to their middle-class counterparts.The Role of Men: Men also played a crucial role in the suffrage movement, with groups like the Men's Political Union for Women's Enfranchisement using their influence to support the cause.Guest Information:Get Shalina's book "The History Lessons" through the History Rage Bookshop or on Amazon.Follow Shalina on Twitter: @MS_PatelHistory.Join the conversation and share your historical vexations on Twitter @HistoryRage or with Paul Bavill @PaulBavill. Use the hashtag #HistoryRage.Support History Rage on Patreon for early episode access, the chance to submit questions to guests, prize draws, and the exclusive History Rage mug at www.patreon.com/historyrage.To catch up on all the rage from bygone times, visit our website www.historyrage.comIf you want to get in touch with History Rage, email us at historyragepod@gmail.comFollow History Rage on Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistoryRageTwitter: https://twitter.com/HistoryRageInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyrage/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/historyrage.bsky.socialStay Angry, Stay Informed - History Rage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett was an English political activist and writer. She campaigned for women's suffrage by legal change and in 1897–1919 led Britain's largest women's rights association, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. For more info, click below: Gary Temple Bodley Christy Levy  

Where are all the women in the public realm? There are more statues of animals than named women in London's public spaces. So we look at the first statue of a woman in Parliament Square, Westminster. Listen as we share the story of Millicent Fawcett who, alongside many other women, fought hard to secure women's right to vote. We then take the journey from Westminster to West Hampstead, Camden, where pioneering novelist and educator Beryl Gilroy became one of London's first Black headteachers – at a school that, until recently, was named after a slave-owner. Now, a mural outside the newly renamed primary school where she taught is a permanent celebration of her legacy. Two pieces of eye–catching art tell a multitude of stories – not only of two women's achievements centuries apart, but also of the Windrush generation, London's past links to slavery and empire, and modern-day strides towards feminism. ---------- Presenter: Aindrea Emelife, Curator of Modern and Contemporary at MOWAA (Museum of West African Art). Contributors: Darla Gilroy, Beryl Gilroy's daughter and Associate Dean of the Knowledge Exchange of Central St Martin's; Debbie Weekes-Barnard, Deputy Mayor, Communities and Social Justice; Eleanor Pinfield, Head of Art on the Underground; Justine Simons OBE, Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries; Manasi Pophale, founder of History Speak; Zing Tsjeng, journalist and author of the Forgotten Women series. Produced by Sylvie Carlos. Sound design by Weyland Mckenzie-Witter. Hosted on Spotify. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast series are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the Mayor of London.

Who gets to decide who is honoured in our public spaces, and how? Our London, Our Spaces is a new, six-part podcast series exploring the art and places that make up the capital, as told by the people who call it home. Each episode starts with a work of art or memorial to some of London's most fascinating figures. We hear of pioneering people, including Oscar Wilde, Millicent Fawcett, Beryl Gilroy and Alison Lapper, and discover those that have traditionally been overlooked in our streets and spaces. Along the way, we get to know some of the incredible people that have made these hidden histories visible.    Telling untold stories and breathing new life into the public realm, this podcast offers a window into the past, present and future of London – reimagining our collective identity as Londoners. Episode one premieres soon. ---------- Produced by Sylvie Carlos. Hosted on Spotify. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast series are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the Mayor of London.

The return of peace after the First World War might have heralded the arrival of a time of tranquillity. Sadly, it didn't. Too much had changed. Four empires, three venerable and one an unpstart, had collapsed: Turkey's Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were the longstanding ones, and the German Empire, most powerful of all four, was the upstart that had shared the same fate. In Britain, Lloyd George, basking in his reputation as ‘the man who won the war', was nonetheless in a precarious position as the Liberal leader of a Conservative-dominated government. He decided to bring in a major electoral reform, the Representation of the People Act of 1918, and then go to the country at the head of his coalition – that is, the two parties in the coalition campaigning together, rather than as separate organisations which might well form a coalition afterwards, if the election results made that necessary. The electorate he faced had been greatly increased by his reform, including over five million more men but also, and this was the major innovation, for the first time, over eight million women. At last, the suffrage movement had broken through, but no thanks to the Suffragettes – Emmeline Pankhurst's WSPU had stopped campaigning for the vote when war broke out. The much bigger organisation, of Suffragists, the NUWSS led by Millicent Fawcett, played a much more significant role. It too, though, had been convulsed by the war, breaking with the peace movement to retain the support of more nationalist individuals, in particular in the Conservative party. At the same time, I had severed its electoral links to the Labour Party. It had paid off. Enough Conservatives voted for emancipation for the vote to be granted to women aged 30 or over and meeting a property qualification – not universal adult suffrage as granted to men but a big step all the same. So at the December 1918 general election, women could vote, and indeed stand, for the first time ever. Illustration: The WSPU in action: Millicent Austen addressing a rally in Hyde Park on 26 July 1913. Image from the library of the London School of Economics, which knows of no copyright restrictions on it. Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

Asi vnímaš, ako pri rôznych sviatkoch niektorí ľudia hovoria, že oni ich nepotrebujú oslavovať, pretože to oslavujú po celý rok. Napríklad sviatok svätého Valentína. Alebo si zoberme taký MDŽ: ženám vraj treba prejavovať úctu počas celého roka.To je síce pekné, ale žiaľ, ak sa pozrieme na slovenský verejný priestor, realita je úplne inde. A to, čo všetko si musia verejne známe ženy niekedy vytrpieť je až neuveriteľné. Možno aj preto som  sa dnes trošku dotkol témy feminizmu. Veľmi v skratke ti predstavím dve silné ženy, ktorý s odstupom 100 rokov dokázali obdivuhodné veci: Millicent Fawcett a Caroline Criado Perez. A možno ich príbehy inšpirujú k nejakej aktivite aj teba.Priniesol ti tento podcast niečo hodnotné? Namotivoval ťa k niečomu, čo si dlho odkladal/a alebo ťa prinútil zamyslieť sa nad tým kým si a kým môžeš byť?Ak áno, prosím pozdieľaj to s niekým vo svojom okolí. Možno aj on/ona práve teraz potrebuje nakopnúť, inšpirovať, povzbudiť. Spolu tak môžeme doslova meniť svet. Možno nie celú planétu, ale celý svet jednému človeku. Za tých pár sekúnd to stojí, no nie?www.zlepsujsa.sk

Caroline Criado Perez is a writer, broadcaster, speaker and feminist campaigner. She successfully campaigned to put a woman on the British £10 note in 2013 and campaigned to put a statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square in 2018 thereby making Parliament Square a little bit less of a sausage fest. Her book 'INVISIBLE WOMEN: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men' was a Sunday Times #1 best seller, and won both the Financial Times Book of the Year Award and the Royal Society Science Book prize.Caroline's Invisible Women Newsletter: Caroline's website: https://carolinecriadoperez.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/CCriadoPerezInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ccriadoperezSexist snow ploughing https://www.thelocal.se/20131211/snow-plowing-should-be-gender-equal-greensNotes:The book Caroline mentioned that opened her eyes to sexism: 'Feminism and Linguistic Theory' https://www.waterstones.com/book/feminism-and-linguistic-theory/deborah-cameron/9780333558898Author of 'Feminism and Linguistic Theory', Deborah Cameron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Cameron_(linguist)The Cluster F Theory Podcast is edited by Julian Mayers at Yada Yada.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-cluster-f-theory-podcast/id1736982916Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5V4bBn54hiImeoyDNmTcIr?si=729367e48b0940d9Thanks for reading The Cluster F Theory Podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new episodes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theclusterftheory.substack.com

We've reached a time of rising violence in English history. This episode concentrates firstly, and briefly, on the violence around the growing militancy of the trade union movement, worrying and ugly though not even remotely comparable to what was happening in the US at the time – these things are all relative… Next we return to the women's suffrage movement, to the growing divergence between the Suffragists of Millicent Fawcett's National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies and the Suffragettes of Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and Political Union, as the former stuck to the commitment to campaigning by legal means only and the latter moved increasingly towards violent actions. But the changes were also producing internal splits within the WSPU itself. We talk in this episode about what happened as the Pankhursts fell out with each other, leading to Adela Pankhurst's departure to Australia and Sylvia's expulsion from the WSPU, with her organisation emerging as the East London Federation of Suffragettes, wedded as firmly as ever to the cause of the working class and the Labour Party, and close to one of that party's most fervent supporters of votes for women, George Lansbury. Finally, we mention the one martyr's death for the Suffragette cause, that of Emily Davison, an iconic event in the campaign, though perhaps not quite what many people believe it to have been. Illustration: The funeral procession for Emily Davison. Postcar print by Ferdinand Louis Kehrhahn & Co, June 1913. National Portrait Gallery x45196 Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

February 9, 1907. Women's suffrage leader Millicent Fawcett leads a dramatic and rain-soaked procession through central London, marking a turning point for the movement.Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nel progetto visionario del barone De Coubertin - restituire la vita ai Giochi di Olimpia dell'Antica Grecia - le donne non erano previste. E così, in quella prima edizione del 1896, le donne non c'erano. Riuscirono a farsi aprire le porte parzialmente nel 1900, solo nel tennis, nel croquet, nella vela e nel golf. Nel 1908 salirono a 36 su un totale di 2008 atleti, ma sempre in modo non ufficiale. Nel 1912 poterono gareggiare nel nuoto. Ma l'atletica continuava a respingerle. L'embargo sessista sarebbe caduto solo nel 1928 grazie a una battaglia condotta da Alice Milliat. I contributi audio di questo episodio sono tratti dalla telecronaca della maratona olimpica del 1984 trasmessa dalla CBS; dal servizio dell'Istituto Luce sulla visita a Roma dell'aviatrice Amelia Earhart nel 1932; da scene dei film “Street Angel” (regista Frank Borzage, produzione Fox Film Corporation) e “Aurora” (regista Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, produzione Fox Film Corporation e 20th Century Studios); dalla lettera di Stanley Baldwin a Millicent Fawcett presente nel video “The Women's Library Collection” di LSE Library; dalla telecronaca del record del mondo sui 100 metri di Florence Griffith-Joyner nel 1988. Tutti i frammenti ascoltati sono disponibili su YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're back with women's suffrage movement, as the conflict heated up and turned a lot uglier. That was partly because one of the main movements, the Suffragette Women's Social and Political Union led by Emmeline Pankhurst, turned to more violent means, leading to an increasing divergence from the biggest organisation, Millicent Fawcett's Suffragist National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. Equally, the ugliness was also down to the increasing violence of the state, force feeding women in prison and displaying brutality at Suffragette demonstrations, notably at the Black Friday event on 18 November 1910. Meanwhile, parliamentary bills to grant women the vote kept failing due to lack of time for the Commons to consider them, and on the third occasion, because the violence turned some MPs previously in favour, against the measure. And another bill, that would have granted universal suffrage for men and was due to be amended to extend to women, failed when the Speaker of the House ruled the amendment out of order, a strange decision which looked much more politically than constitutionally driven. It seems, though, that the Liberal Prime Minister, Asquith, was far from unhappy over this outcome. The suffrage movements realised how lukewarm Liberal support for their demands had become and started to move away from the party. Again, the NUWSS and the WSPU moved in opposite directions: the former towards Labour but the latter, rather more surprisingly, towards the Conservatives. Illustration: A victim of police brutality at Black Friday, believed to be the Suffragette Ada Wright. Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

The first couple of years of the Liberal government elected in 1906 saw some achievements but also a great deal of frustration. The Unionist majority in the House of Lords annulled the Liberals' in the Commons. That blocked many of the government's initiatives. This period ended in August 1907 when Campbell-Bannerman, the Prime Minister, started a series of three heart attacks over the next fifteen months. Ultimately, they left him bedbound until, in April 1908, he became the only Prime Minister to die in 10 Downing Street. Meanwhile, in the women's movement, and in particular among the Suffragists of Millicent Fawcett's National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, the NUWSS, dominated by Liberals, there had been great hopes of seeing progress with a Liberal government in power. They were dashed by Campbell-Bannerman's refusal to act. In part, this was down to party considerations, since both organisations were looking not for universal adult suffrage, but only equality of voting rights with men, on the existing basis. That would only enfranchise relatively well-off women, and they would be inclined to vote Conservative. Just as the NUWSS was linked to the Liberals, so the other main organisation, Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was closely bound to Labour. However, the Pankhursts – both Emmeline and her daughter and closest collaborator Christabel – began to lose faith in Labour from the very time they set up the WSPU. They favoured more militant action, such as intervening in public meetings and heckling speakers. The effectiveness of their campaigning in gaining publicity for the movement even persuaded Fawcett took move towards direct methods, for instance in organising the 3000-strong ‘Mud March' in 1907. But when HH Asquith, an opponent of women's suffrage, took over as Prime Minister from Campbell-Bannerman, and it became clear that the government wasn't going to advance the women's cause anytime soon, the two organisations' ways began to part. The SWPU began to explore far more militant tactics yet, which the NUWSS wouldn't be prepared to adopt. That, though, is for later episodes… Illustration: Christabel Pankhurst, by Ethel Wright, in a portrait exhibited in 1909 National Portrait Gallery 6921 Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

The first thirty years of the twentieth century were a crucial period in the campaign to win the vote for women. But women's rights concerned far more than just the vote. Across the nineteenth century, a series of remarkable women campaigners had pushed back the boundaries in significant ways, in property rights and status in law especially for married women, as well as in access to higher education and to the professions, notably in medicine. They had also gradually won the right to vote in an increasing range of local elections, making it hard to maintain the opposition to their voting for parliament. At least, hard to maintain on the principle that the nature of women meant that they needed protection from the ugliness of politics. Though, as this episode points out, the objection may not have been exclusively one of principle. At the end of the century, for the first time in Britain a major, unified women's suffrage movement emerged, the Suffragists, led by Millicent Fawcett. But the episode ends with a group peeling off, under the leadership of Emmeline Pankhurst. These far more militant campaigners would be the Suffragettes. Both groups would pursue the campaign in the coming years, though with very different tactics. Illustration: Emmeline Pankhurst by Christina Broom (detail), National Portrait Gallery x6194), and Dame Millicent Fawcett by Walery (detail), National Portrait Gallery Ax38301 Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

Celebrations over victory in the Boer War, and the landslide general election win it led to for Salisbury, turned out to be premature. Indeed, towards the end of 1900, the war was entering its darkest phase. The Boers, far from admitting they were beaten, switched to guerrilla warfare. And the British Army responded with scorched earth and concentration camps. Farmhouses were burned, as were crops, and livestock was killed. Boer civilians, mostly women and children, were herded into the recently invented institution of concentration camps, first used by the Spanish colonial authorities fighting an insurrection in Cuba. Many thousands of Boers died, most of them children. And there were camps for black prisoners too, where mortality was also shockingly high. Unsurprisingly, this isn't one of the aspects of British imperial history that's particularly well known in Britain. The use of concentration camps, and the shameful conditions inside them, were revealed by two remarkable women. Emily Hobhouse, who was close to Liberal circles, first exposed them in the report of her trip to South Africa. Such was the outrage in Britain, that the British government felt it had to send a commission out to investigate, and entrusted it to the suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett, who held Unionist views. However, she entirely confirmed the earlier findings of the Liberal Hobhouse. Illustration: Emily Hobhouse, by H. Walter Barnett, 1902, National Portrait Gallery x81401 Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

Scott and Aaron reflect on courageous figures in history, like suffragette Millicent Fawcett and teen civil rights activist Claudette Colvin. The post History Matters: ‘Courage Calls To Courage Everywhere’ appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

/ENGLISH/ Imagine a world where your mobile phone is too big for both your hand and your pocket, where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, where every week the countless hours of work you do are not recognised or valued. If any of this sounds familiar, chances are that you're a woman. Through examples from around the world, Caroline Criado Perez shows us how woman are systematically being ignored and discriminated. From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, urban planning and the media - Invisible Women is an uncompromising analysis of everything we don't know, and why we don't know it. Based on hundreds of studies and written with energy, wit and intelligence, Invisible Women reveals why we live in a world designed for men, a world where we are programmed to see the male gender as the default gender and to ignore or erase female experience. Heidrun Åm, Associate Professor in sociology at NTNU, will lead the conversation. The conversation will be held in English. Caroline Criado Perez is a British writer, broadcaster and feminist campaigner. Notable campaigns include getting a female historical figure on Bank of England banknotes, getting Twitter to introduce a “report abuse” button on tweets, and getting the first statue of a woman (Millicent Fawcett) in Parliament Square. Invisible Women is available in more than thirty languages. /NORSK/ Forestill deg en verden hvor mobilen er for stor for både hånden og lommen din, hvor legen din skriver ut en medisin som er feil for din kropp, hvor du har 47 % større sjanse for å bli alvorlig skadd i en bilulykke eller hvor de utallige arbeidstimene du legger ned hver uke ikke blir anerkjent eller verdsatt. Om noe av dette høres kjent ut så er det gode sjanser for at du er kvinne. Gjennom eksempler fra hele verden synliggjør Caroline Criado Perez hvordan kvinner systematisk ignoreres og diskrimineres. Fra statlig politikk og medisinsk forskning, til teknologi, arbeidsplasser, byplanlegging og media – Usynlige kvinner er en kompromissløs analyse av alt vi ikke vet, og hvorfor vi ikke vet det. Bygget på hundrevis av studier og skrevet med energi, vidd og glitrende intelligens, er Usynlige kvinner en banebrytende avsløring av hvorfor vi lever i en verden designet for menn, en verden hvor vi er programmert til å se det mannlige kjønnet som standard og ignorere eller viske ut kvinnelig erfaring. Vi møter Caroline Criado Perez i samtale med Heidrun Åm, førsteamanuensis i sosiologi ved NTNU. Samtalen vil foregå på engelsk. Caroline Criado Perez er en britisk forfatter, journalist og feministisk aktivist. Hun har blant annet fått Jane Austen inn på tipundseddelen, hun fikk Twitter til å legge til en «rapporter tweet»-knapp, og hun lyktes i å få på plass den første statuen av en kvinne, Millicent Fawcett, i Parliament Square i London. Usynlige kvinner er solgt til over tretti språk.

Lydia Becker, Emmeline Pankhurst, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Campoamor, Emily Davison, Carmen Karr, Carrie Chapman Catt, Millicent Fawcett, Alicia Moreau, Elvia Carrillo Puerto... Es larga la lista de nombres propios que han pasado a la historia por su ímprobo esfuerzo en defensa del sufragio femenino, una de las conquistas más importantes en el camino hacia la igualdad real entre géneros, que reconoce a las mujeres de todo el planeta la posibilidad de elegir a sus representantes y de ser elegidas como tales. Suscríbete a nuestra revista MUY HISTORIA con un descuento del 50% accediendo a este link y usando el código descuento especial para podcast - PODCAST1936https://suscripciones.zinetmedia.es/mz/divulgacion/muy-historia?a=1Comparte nuestro podcast en tus redes sociales, puedes realizar una valoración de 5 estrellas en Apple Podcast o Spotify.Gracias por escuchar nuestros 'Grandes Reportajes de Muy Historia'Dirección, locución y producción: Iván Patxi Gómez GallegoGuión: Marta González Pérez-Iñigo

In 1890, the British Economic Association was formed, which would later become the Royal Economic Society. At that meeting was Millicent Fawcett and ten or eleven other women. Better known as one of the foremost leaders of the movement for women's suffrage, she was also at the heart of the economic establishment of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, not only through her marriage to renowned economist Henry Fawcett but also, as is less well known, as author of one of the most popular economics textbooks of the day. In this podcast from your friendly neighbourhood economists, Pete and Gav, you will find out about the life of Millicent Fawcett and her contribution to economics. Along the way, you can find out more about the forgotten women of the world of Victorian economics and also dip a toe into the modern day field of Feminist Economics. There is a quiz as always and technical support comes from chief wizard Nic, pulling another podcast rabbit out of his hat.

Suddenly, after 1913 votes for women looks inevitable. Not through the chaotic, dying campaign of the suffragettes. But through the political brilliance of Millicent Fawcett and the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. Their 1913 alliance with the Labour Party changes the whole political balance. Their massive peaceful Pilgrimage of 1913 - from 6 corners of the UK - is great PR. Now Liberal Prime Minister HH Asquith's blockheaded intransigence over women's votes is costing his party dearly and letting the Tories in. At the 1915 election all three parties would have been vying to give women the vote. But then… war breaks out.

RE-RELEASE. Mrs Pankhurst claims she won women the vote through ‘marvellous leadership.' An all-male conference of MPs counters that it gifted women the vote. We reveal that neither is true. The door to women's suffrage is finally opened in January 1917 through brilliant negotiations behind the scenes by Millicent Fawcett, the president of the National Union of Women's Suffrage, her female colleagues and the enlightened MPs who work with her.

In this women’s history month special Sam and Katie delve into the women's suffrage movement. They explore the political climate which gave rise to the moment as well as a deep dive in the contrasting methods used by the suffragists and the suffragettes.   We also look into the life’s of two of the key players in the movement Emmeline Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett.   Further viewing   https://youtu.be/iRqu-T0N1Zk     https://youtu.be/k-Unq9Tg3mE

Suddenly, after 1913 votes for women looks inevitable. Not through the chaotic, dying campaign of the suffragettes. But through the political brilliance of Millicent Fawcett and the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. Their 1913 alliance with the Labour Party changes the whole political balance. Their massive peaceful Pilgrimage of 1913 - from 6 corners of the UK - is great PR. Now Liberal Prime Minister HH Asquith's blockheaded intransigence over women's votes is costing his party dearly and letting the Tories in. At the 1915 election all three parties will be vying to give women the vote. But then… war breaks out.

#43 Suddenly, after 1913 votes for women looks inevitable. Not through the chaotic, dying campaign of the suffragettes. But through the political brilliance of Millicent Fawcett and the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. At the 1915 election all three parties will be vying to give women the vote. But then… war breaks out.

Mrs Pankhurst claims she won women the vote through ‘marvellous leadership.' An all-male conference of MPs counters that it gifted women the vote. We reveal that neither is true. The door to women's suffrage is finally opened in January 1917 through brilliant negotiations behind the scenes by Millicent Fawcett, the president of the National Union of Women's Suffrage, her female colleagues and the enlightened MPs who work with her.

Evie Dunmore's debut romance, Bringing Down the Duke, was named as one of the best romances of the year by Publishers Weekly – a remarkable win for a first-time novelist – and even more surprising when you know that English is Evie's second language. Now Evie continues with a new book in the series, A Rogue of One's Own. Hi there, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler, and in this Binge Reading episode Evie talks about why she was attracted to an extraordinary group of women – the first women students at Oxford University – for her suffragist era historical romance. She tells why she swapped academia and a career in international business for romance writing. Six things you'll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: How Evie swapped international business for romanceThe remarkable first women students at Oxford UniversityThe deep human urge for equalityThe appeal of romanceThe writers she admires mostWhat she'd do differently second time around Where to find Evie Dunmore: Website: http://eviedunmore.com/ Facebook:@EvieDunmoreAuthor Twitter:@evie_dunmore Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evietheauthor/ What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions. Jenny Wheeler: But now, here's Evie. Hello there Evie, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us. Evie Dunmore: Good morning, or at least it's morning where I am right now. Thank you for having me. Introducing Evie Dunmore Jenny Wheeler: You're in Germany and it's first thing in the morning, and I'm in Auckland, New Zealand, one day into lockdown for the second time. We're still all being affected by the pandemic in one way or another, I'm afraid. Evie Dunmore - Romance author Evie, you embarked on a historical romance series called The League of Extraordinary Women which is set in the late 19th century, the 1880s. It deals with the suffragist movement, the women's movement of those years. I use the word ‘suffragist' because it is subtly different from suffragette, isn't it? Can you explain the difference and why it's important? Evie Dunmore: Yes, certainly. The one thing to know is that the term ‘suffragist' precedes the term ‘suffragettes'. At least in Britain, the term suffragette wasn't used until 1906, which was when the Daily Mail created the term. Basically, it's an insult for Emmeline Pankhurst's more radical arm of the suffrage movement because those ladies were causing you a lot of trouble and the suffragists who followed Pankhurst reclaimed the term. They said, okay, suffragette is quite nice, and it sets us apart from the suffragists. The difference between the two is that the suffragists were using peaceful methods to work for change until the vote was granted in 1918 in Britain, and the suffragettes were literally setting fire to things. So the suffragettes are the more radical women's rights activists that you associate with the imprisonment and the force feeding and the firebombing, and the suffragists, under Millicent Fawcett, were more focused on petitioning, lobby work, writing articles, but certainly both groups wanted the vote for women. Feminists falling in love Jenny Wheeler: The suffragists were working through the mechanisms that society accepted, whereas the suffragettes were willing to do extreme things like throwing themselves under horses at races and things like that. Evie Dunmore: Exactly. At the time, in 1880, the suffragists were already considered quite a radical group. But nearly 30 years later and nothing much had happened that they wanted to happen, so things were getting more heated in certain corners in the movement. Jenny Wheeler: They ran out of patience. Would it be fair to say that these romances are about feminists falling in love? There is a kind of dislocation between the idea of these women, who are so intent on independence, also finding romance.

Smartphones too big for female hands, air-bags designed to protect men's bodies - in many respects it really is a man's world. From design to government policy, from medical research to the workplace, the male experience is often assumed to be the standard. In her book Invisible Women writer and feminist campaigner Caroline Criado Perez brings together examples gathered from across the world to show how women's experiences are ignored. Criado Perez's past successes include getting a woman featured on English banknotes, and having a statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett erected near Parliament in London.

This book exposes the gender bias that is in the world around us and affects our daily lives. A brilliant look at the data that shows the facts we need to acknowledge and overcome. Caroline presents a very thourough study into the way the world has been built and how it has been unfair on women. This is a revealing book which was a brilliant read for anyone. As two white guys we really had a lot to learn and enjoyed discussing this book and what we can do to improve things. About the Author Caroline Criado Perez is a writer, broadcaster and award-winning feminist campaigner. Her most notable campaigns have included co-founding The Womens Room, getting a woman on Bank of England banknotes, forcing Twitter to revise its procedures for dealing with abuse and successfully campaigning for a statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett to be erected in Parliament Square. She was the 2013 recipient of the Liberty Human Rights Campaigner of the Year Award, and was awarded an OBE in the Queen s Birthday Honours 2015. Awards Invisible Women has won the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, the Books Are My Bag Readers Choice Award and the Royal Society Science Book Prize. She lives in London.

In April 2018, Suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett became the first woman to be honoured in London’s Parliament Square. Her statue stands alongside 11 statues of male politicians in the square, which include Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George...

This week its all about the scandal of the Concentration Camps which breaks across Great Britain as the Fawcett Commission releases its initial report. We also continue to monitor General Christiaan de Wet who has a large commando of 700 men and is beginning the move towards the Cape once more. His plan is to increase the pressure on the English although his previous attempt a few months before ended in failure. But first, a reality check for Lord Kitchener who has led what has become known as the Drives across Southern Africa where tens of thousands of British troops have been mopping up the remnants of the guerrilla commandos, but at a cost. The Boer women and children have been herded into Concentration Camps along with their black workers and this has turned into a catastrophe. As Emily Hobhouse realised more than 9 months ago, squeezing civilians into camps without proper hygiene or sanitation is a disaster waiting to happen. The country didn't have long to wait. The Fawcett Commission was made up of a fairly diverse group of women. It was a daring experiment, a women-only commission which would investigate conditions in the Concentration Camps and compile a report which would be given to the Government in December. Between August and December they steamed up and down the veld in their special train. They may have had diverse backgrounds but they were all united in one thing – they believed that the war against the Boers was just and that the civilians were part of the Boer support network and therefore should be punished. Led by Mrs Millicent Fawcett, a liberal unionist and feminist, she was also a leader of the women's suffragette movement. Lady Knox was the wife of Major General General Sir William Knox, who was on Kitchener's staff. The four other women included a nurse from Guy's Hospital two doctors who were already living in South Africa.

In this Better Angels Interview Special, Sarah Brown speaks to Caroline Criado Perez, a writer and feminist activist and one of Britain's best known campaigners for women’s rights and visibility. Starting with The Women’s Room project, a national campaign to call for female experts to be better represented in discussion, Caroline then took on the Bank of England, who were at risk of removing the only other female face, apart from the Queen, from British banknotes. This lead to the Bank of England announcing Jane Austen would feature on the £10 note. In 2018, Caroline’s latest campaign culminated successfully in the instillation of the first ever female statue, of suffragist campaigner Millicent Fawcett, in London’s parliament square, opposite The House of Commons. Ever engaged as a feminist activist, Caroline works now to inspire and explore women’s participation in the democratic process, and has just published a new book Invisible Women. Building on her interview in The Noise of Activism, you can hear Caroline’s full interview here, and explore what inspires her work.

The UK’s largest rare bookseller, this year celebrates its 50th anniversary, and is pleased to present In Her Own Words: Works by Exceptional Women, an exhibition of its first catalogue focused solely on women. The catalogue contains some 180 remarkable rare books, manuscripts and ephemera and has been created in recognition of the growth of interest in works by women. It includes items by pivotal figures such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Marie Curie and Millicent Fawcett as well as seeking to highlight the work of lesser-known women who were instrumental in pushing legal, intellectual and physical boundaries: trail-blazing activists, mathematicians, economists, classicists, travellers, mountaineers and suffragettes. Josephine meets the catalogues producers Theodora Robinson and Emma Walshe of Peter Harrington rare books.  [](https://www.peterharrington.co.uk/blog/recent-catalogues/) [https://www.peterharrington.co.uk/blog/recent-catalogues/](https://www.peterharrington.co.uk/blog/recent-catalogues/) #RadioGorgeous #Books #IWD2019

Matt Chorley hosts a special episode ahead of International Women's DayCampaigner Caroline Criado Perez has already secured victory in getting a woman, Jane Austen, on banknotes and then another, Millicent Fawcett, among the statues in Parliament Square. Now she's taken on a bigger challenge: rewiring the whole of society, especially the data which drives it, which is shall we say, quite male-dominated. Anne Ashworth, The Times money and property editor, argues why women must learn to be riskier with their money to ensure they are not left short in retirement.And Rachel Sylvester, the Times columnist and interviewer that most of the cabinet are too scared to be interviewed by, warns Amber Rudd is being singled out for misogynistic abuse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It is almost impossible for Rebecca Reid to talk about anything without being completely compelling and extremely candid. Ask her about going from a Catholic boarding school to a polyamorous relationship in the space of a year, and she'll tell you precisely you how it happened and how it felt. Talk to her about the obsession with being a Victorian that lead her to rag her hair and go to school on a dressing up day as Millicent Fawcett, and she'll also divulge how it affected her at home and in the playground. Her experience of the woman looking back at her in the mirror is complex, as it is for everybody, but Rebecca has a way of looking through the looking glass with disarming honesty and extraordinary perceptiveness, and she does so on the episode on a range of topics including her developing breasts and developing unwanted and inappropriate admirers in her early teens, her dream (eventually realised) of being a blonde, how her weight has influenced her self-esteem.She also reflects on some of the times her appearance and perception of it has impacted her work as a writer, journalist and commentator on platforms including the Telegraph, Grazia, This Morning and and Good Morning Britain. Products Rebecca mentions include:- Lancome Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss- Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturiser- GHD Hair Straightener- St Tropez Self Tan Classic Bronzing Mousse- Calvin Klein CK One- Tommy Girl Cologne Eau de Toilette- Jennifer Lopez Glow Eau de Toilette- Givenchy Very Irresistible Eau de Toilette- Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau de Toilette- Tocca Eau de Touch- Dolce Gabbana L'Imperatrice no 21- Cartier De Lune- Dolce & Gabbana Sunset in Salina- Penhaligon’s Juniper Sling- Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely Eau de ParfumBeauty Full Lives is hosted by Madeleine Spencer, produced by Charlie Jones, and with artwork by Sung Lee. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Elliss Solomon wants to empower women inside and out. From her print references and tongue-in-cheek placements to her use of organic and recycled jersey, her namesake brand is underwear and layer-wear for today's smart girl. Elliss has created an exclusive capsule of prints for SARDIN that pay homage to historical activists and suffragists Emmeline Pethick Lawrence and Millicent Fawcett. Host - Eliza Edwards Music - DionXParis Location - London, UK Visit www.SARDIN.co for more.

For the first time in thirty episodes, all three of us were at the same meet, with nothing to do but soak up the atmosphere, interview some international stars, and discuss the world of athletics. And, if we do say so ourselves, we've delivered. Morgan Lake, KJT, Laura Muir, Sifan Hassan, Guy Learmonth, Sandra Perkovic, Maria Lasitskene (feat. interpreter), Adam Gemili, and - of course - the man who has catapulted himself into the hearts of British athletics fans, and onto more podiums than you could shake an airline-mislaid bag of pole vault sticks at: Greg Rutherford. We also look back at the Monaco Diamond League, reminisce about some of Millicent Fawcett's finest mile races, and ponder the impending European selections. There have been some lovely reviews recently: thank you ever so much. Prizes to follow in our next, Euro preview, pod. Please keep listening, rating, and tweeting (@BackstraightB & @Claire_GThomas). Enjoy!

We delineate a few different ways of protesting. We talk about Brexit and try to dissect some criticisms of the EU. We ask Donald Trump some empathetic questions.---- This week's links ----[1] We Are Many - film by Amir Amirani - http://wearemany.com/[2] Martin Luther King - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.[3] Emily Pankhurst - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Pankhurst[4] Millicent Fawcett - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millicent_Fawcett[5] Ghandi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi[6] Seinfeld - Check at the end of the meal system - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC3ah71Meyg[7] Stop Funding Hate - https://stopfundinghate.org.uk/[8] Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge - https://amzn.to/2uInkrp---- Credits ----Music by http://michaelforrestmusic.comTalking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Helen and Stephen discuss the Brexiteers' magical thinking on the customs union, Len McCluskey's forthright intervention on anti-Semitism in the Labour party in this week's New Statesman magazine, and the new statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square.Send us your questions for future episodes via Twitter @ns_podcasts, @helenlewis, @stephenkb or join us on Facebook for a live Q&A.Further reading:Len McCluskey: The Corbyn ulitmatum. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today the first statue of a woman in Parliament Square in London was unveiled. Millicent Fawcett, the suffragist who fought for women's right to vote in the early 20th century, joins 11 male figures including Sir Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandi. Art critic Estelle Lovatt gives her verdict on the artwork.We talk to dramatist Joe Penhall, writer of the award-winning The Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon and hit play Blue/Orange, about his new work Mood Music, about a feuding singer and music producer.Theatre and show effect lighting could be seriously affected by new EU regulations intending to make lighting and other electrical goods more energy efficient. Lighting designers Paule Constable and Patrick Woodroffe explain how the entertainment industry would be affected if the new proposals, which are currently in consultation, were to be implemented. This year marks the 300 anniversary of Thomas Chippendale, arguably the greatest and certainly the most well-known furniture maker in the world. Front Row reports from the small town of Otley in Yorkshire, where Chippendale was born and started out in his trade as a cabinet maker and where celebrations are in full swing. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Edwina Pitman.

Millicent Fawcett was a suffragist who fought for women’s right to vote. The first law allowing them to do so passed in 1918. The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan unveils a statue commemorating Millicent Fawcett's courage in Parliament Square.  This is the first time a woman is honoured in the square, while 11 other men in bronze already stand there. We met with London’s Deputy Mayor for Culture Justine Simons to ask if the commemoration was too little, too late. Interview in English.  More info www.culturealt.com  

Happy International Women’s Day – up the women!To celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, we’re running a series of interviews with some kick-ass broads. Ayesha Hazarika talks to us about politics, comedy and how the two can go hand-in-hand; Laura Bates chats about her new book Misogynation and some truly startling facts and figues about everyday sexism. Historian and Newnham fellow Dr Gill Sutherland explains the important role Millicent Fawcett played in the suffrage movement and England rugby captain Sarah Hunter talks sport in general and rugby in particular. Here’s England rugby captain Sarah Hunter with some brilliant insights into women and sport. Photo courtesy of The RFU Collection via Getty Images.It seems exactly the right time to big up some charities doing excellent work for women, but desperately in need of your cash, should you have some to spare: Refuge, Rape Crisis, the Abortion Support Network, the Homeless Period, Women in Sport, The Samaritans and just putting a few extra items, including sanitary hygiene products, in your local food bank. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy International Women’s Day – up the women!To celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, we’re running a series of interviews with some kick-ass broads. Ayesha Hazarika talks to us about politics, comedy and how the two can go hand-in-hand; Laura Bates chats about her new book Misogynation and some truly startling facts and figues about everyday sexism. Historian and Newnham fellow Dr Gill Sutherland explains the important role Millicent Fawcett played in the suffrage movement and England rugby captain Sarah Hunter talks sport in general and rugby in particular. Here’s political advisor-turned-standup Ayesha Hazarika telling us how women in politics are doing better than ever before but there’s still a long old way to go. It seems exactly the right time to big up some charities doing excellent work for women, but desperately in need of your cash, should you have some to spare: Refuge, Rape Crisis, the Abortion Support Network, the Homeless Period, Women in Sport, The Samaritans and just putting a few extra items, including sanitary hygiene products, in your local food bank. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy International Women’s Day – up the women!To celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, we’re running a series of interviews with some kick-ass broads. Ayesha Hazarika talks to us about politics, comedy and how the two can go hand-in-hand; Laura Bates chats about her new book Misogynation and some truly startling facts and figures about everyday sexism. Historian and Newnham fellow Dr Gill Sutherland explains the important role Millicent Fawcett played in the suffrage movement, and England rugby captain Sarah Hunter talks sport in general and rugby in particular. Here’s author and activist Laura Bates with some jaw-dropping stats and facts on everyday sexism and more. Also, her book, the brilliantly titled Misogynation is available to buy now. It seems exactly the right time to big up some charities doing excellent work for women, but desperately in need of your cash, should you have some to spare: Refuge, Rape Crisis, the Abortion Support Network, the Homeless Period, Women in Sport, The Samaritans and just putting a few extra items, including sanitary hygiene products, in your local food bank. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy International Women’s Day – up the women!To celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, we’re running a series of interviews with some kick-ass broads. Ayesha Hazarika talks to us about politics, comedy and how the two can go hand-in-hand; Laura Bates chats about her new book Misogynation and some truly startling facts and figues about everyday sexism. Historian and Newnham fellow Dr Gill Sutherland explains the important role Millicent Fawcett played in the suffrage movement and England rugby captain Sarah Hunter talks sport in general and rugby in particular. Here’s Dr Gill Sutherland, historian and Newnham College fellow explaining why Millicent Fawcett was such a big suffrage deal and very different to the Pankhursts. Just a heads-up: we recorded this in a room at Newnham that turned out to be a tad echoey.It seems exactly the right time to big up some charities doing excellent work for women, but desperately in need of your cash, should you have some to spare: Refuge, Rape Crisis, the Abortion Support Network, the Homeless Period, Women in Sport, The Samaritans and just putting a few extra items, including sanitary hygiene products, in your local food bank. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dès la fin du XIXè siècle, des femmes ont commencé à s'organiser au Royaume-Uni pour réclamer davantage de droits et notamment celui de voter. Leur combat se radicalise en partie au début du XXè siècle et finit par porter ses fruits.

Women in the UK were granted the vote in national parliamentary elections on the same terms as men in 1928 – it has remained that way ever since. Going further back in time, some women (those over 30 who met the relevant property qualifications) were given the vote following the conclusion of WW1 in 1918. However, before the outbreak of WW1, two groups campaigned for the right for women to vote. The Suffragists (NUWSS) were formed in 1897 and Suffragettes (WSPU) were formed in 1903; both groups aimed to secure women the vote in parliamentary elections. However, they differed markedly in their strategies. The Suffragists, led by Millicent Fawcett, campaigned using only legal means. Contrastingly, the Suffragettes, led by Emmeline Pankhurst, were prepared to break the law in order to secure the right to vote. Which group had the biggest impact pre-1914? In this episode, Patrick supports the contributions of the Suffragists and Elliot supports the Suffragettes. It is worth noting, however, that both editors are of the opinion that it was actually the advent of WW1 that provided the context for the biggest shift towards women gaining the vote. For terms of use, please visit www.versushistory.com

If you could reinvent one product what would it be? Dr Sarah Welsh and Farrah Kabir decided they wanted to rethink condoms. They explain to us why their company is changing safe sex forever and what it takes to launch a sex brand. Plus we learn about feminist campaigner Millicent Fawcett and answer the age old question: can men and women ever just be friends? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What do you do when life doesn't turn out as you planned? Fashion blogger and body positivity campaigner Natalie Lee (aka Style Me Sunday) talks to us about how her family coped when her daughter was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition. We also talk about partition and how we teach history in British schools, what to talk about at a job interview and the legend that is Millicent Fawcett. Follow us on Twitter: @badasswomenshr @harrietminter @natdcampbell @emmasexton @stylemesunday See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.