| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/4/6 |
| Title | 'Equal Franchise' |
| Date | 1922 - 1948 |
| Description | Press cuttings regarding equal franchise.
This covers:
Reports of the approval and implementation of the Equal Franchise Bill
Reports of Equal Franchise demonstrations
'The Woman Teacher', 18/06/1926 and 02/07/1926 - includes front-page advertisement for an equal political rights demonstration
'The Woman Teacher', 18/03/1927 - includes front-page photo of an Equal Rights deputation to the Prime Minister, 1927
'The Catholic Citizen', 15/01/1927 - includes 'What the vote means to me' by Nancy Stewart Parnell
Arguments for and against equal voting rights
Cartoons by Roy, David Low and T Gilroy commenting on calls for equal voting rights for women, 1927 - 1928
Typed extract reporting on the first ever election of a women in Malta, 1947
Equal voting rights for women in other European countries
Statements issued by the Women's Freedom League regarding:
Letter to the press complaining about lack of any definite pronouncement about equal franchise in the King's Speech, 1928
Protests against the exclusion of women from the House of Lords
Protests against the postponement of the introduction of the Equal Franchise Bill
Correspondence between Ethel Froud (NUWT General Secretary), Emily Phipps (Editor of 'The Woman Teacher'), various individuals and organisations, and NUWT members including Miss C. Whiteoak regarding equal voting rights for women.
This includes:
NUWT compilations of arguments for giving women equal voting rights
Notes by Miss C. Whiteoak 'Some results of the enfranchisement of women' [translation of a German document which is attached to the translation)
Letters from various individuals including Margaret Bondfield (National Union of General and Municipal Workers), Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, Ellen Wilkinson (MP) and others offering their support for equal franchise
Resolutions calling for equal voting rights at the age of 21
'What we have and what we want', Muriel Pierotti, Women's Freedom League publication
'The case for equal franchise', National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship
Government publications:
'Representation of the People Act', 1918
'Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act', 1928 |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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