Men's League for Women's Suffrage (United Kingdom)
The Men's League for Women's Suffrage was a society formed in 1907 in London and was part of the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom.[1] These men wanted women to be allowed to vote.
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| Formation | 1907 (UK) |
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| Founders | Henry Brailsford et al (UK) |
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History
changeHenry Brailsford, Charles Corbett, Henry Nevinson, Laurence Housman, C. E. M. Joad, Hugh Franklin, Henry Harben, Gerald Gould, Charles Mansell-Moullin, Israel Zangwill and 32 others started the society in London in 1907.[1] Graham Moffat founded the Northern Men's League for Women's Suffrage in Glasgow in 1907. Moffat wrote a suffrage propaganda play, The Maid and the Magistrate.[2]
Bertrand Russell stood as a suffrage candidate in the 1907 Wimbledon by election.[1]
Related pages
change- Women's Social and Political Union, which included male members in the "Men’s Political Union."
- Women's suffrage
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Men's League for Women's Suffrage". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
- ↑ Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: a reference guide 1866-1928, Routledge, 1999
Other websites
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