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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