London National Society for Women's Suffrage

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The London National Society for Women's Suffrage was a leading 19th-century British organization that campaigned for women's right to vote, associated with prominent activists such as Emily Davies.

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London National Society for Women's Suffrage canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century organization
political advocacy group
women's suffrage organization
activeInCentury 19th century
aim women's right to vote
associatedWith Emily Davies
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
basedIn London
linked to: London, England
campaignMethod lobbying Parliament
petitions
public meetings
campaignType constitutional campaigning
cause women's suffrage
country United Kingdom
fieldOfWork electoral reform
women's rights
foundedInPeriod Victorian era
goal extension of the parliamentary franchise to women
legal recognition of women's political rights
hasFocus parliamentary suffrage for women
hasGenderFocus women
historicalSignificance one of the earliest organized women's suffrage groups in Britain
ideology liberal feminism
influenced later British suffrage organizations
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn England
location London
linked to: London, England
movement first-wave feminism
women's suffrage movement
namedAfter National Society for Women's Suffrage
notableMember Barbara Bodichon
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Emily Davies
Lydia Becker
Millicent Garrett Fawcett
linked to: Millicent Fawcett
operatedInPoliticalContext United Kingdom Parliament
linked to: British Parliament
operationalScope national
opposedBy anti-suffrage campaigners
opposedTo exclusion of women from the parliamentary franchise
partOf National Society for Women's Suffrage
politicalPosition non-militant
typeOfOrganization voluntary association
usedTactic collecting signatures
organizing lectures
publishing pamphlets

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Emily Davies memberOf London National Society for Women's Suffrage
Sarah Emily Davies memberOf London National Society for Women's Suffrage