NUWSS

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NUWSS was a leading British organization that campaigned peacefully and constitutionally for women’s right to vote in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf British organization
suffrage organization
abbreviation NUWSS
activePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
areaServed England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
campaignFocus parliamentary enfranchisement of women
chairperson Millicent Garrett Fawcett
linked to: Millicent Fawcett
country Britain
linked to: Great Britain

United Kingdom
dissolved 1919
distinguishedFrom Women’s Social and Political Union
founded 1897
foundedBy Millicent Garrett Fawcett
linked to: Millicent Fawcett
fullName National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies
goal parliamentary reform to grant women the vote
women’s right to vote on the same terms as men
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
ideology women’s suffrage
language English
leader Millicent Garrett Fawcett
linked to: Millicent Fawcett
membership umbrella organization for local women’s suffrage societies
mergedInto National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship
method constitutional campaigning
non-violent campaigning
peaceful protest
movement first-wave feminism
women’s suffrage movement
notableMember Catherine Marshall
Eleanor Rathbone
Margery Corbett Ashby
Ray Strachey
opposedTo militant suffragette tactics
violent tactics
organizationalStructure federation of local suffrage societies
politicalPosition liberal feminism
scope national
slogan Law-abiding and constitutional methods
supportedReform Representation of the People Act 1918
usedTactic election campaigning
lobbying Members of Parliament
peaceful demonstrations
petitions
public meetings

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