Catherine Marshall was a vital figure in the women's suffrage movement in Britain before the First World War. Using her remarkable political skills on behalf of the major non-militant organization, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), she built close connections with major suffragist politicians, leading some, in all three parties, to consider adopting a measure of women's enfranchisement as a party plank. By 1913 Marshall was uniquely placed as a lobbyist, with inside information and sympathetic listeners in every party. Through her the dynamically re-organized NUWSS brought the women's suffrage issue to the fore of public awareness. It pushed the Labour Party to adopt a strong stand on women's suffrage and raised working-class consciousness, re-awakening a long-dormant demand for full adult enfranchisement. Had the general election due in 1915 taken place, NUWSS financial and organizational support for the Labour Party might well have been substantial enough to influence the final results. These impressive achievements were forgotten by the time Catherine Marshall died in 1961. Even recent research on the period has failed to show the full significance of the issue of women's suffrage, much less Marshall's part in the movement. Jo Vellacott's revealing account of Marshall's political work also includes vivid descriptions of a liberal Victorian childhood, a strangely purposeless young adulthood, and the heady experiences of women who, through the awakening of political consciousness, forged a lifestyle to fit their new aspirations.--$cProvided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- Preface to the Second Edition 16
- Acknowledgments 22
- Abbreviations 26
- Illustrations 28
- 1 Late Victorian Liberal Youth, 1880–1907 36
- 2 Bringing the Women's Suffrage Cause to the Lake District, 1907–9 62
- 3 Broadening Support for Women's Suffrage in the North-West, January to November 1909 80
- 4 General Election, NUWSS Restructuring, November 1909 to May 1910 102
- 5 Conciliation Attempted, and Another General Election, June to December 1910 119
- 6 Organizing Press Work and Experiencing International Suffrage Sisterhood, January to August 1911 143
- 7 The Conciliation Cliffhanger, September 1911 to March 1912 166
- 8 New Strategy: The NUWSS Looks Left, March to June 1912 188
- 9 Election Fighting Fund and Reform Bill, June 1912 to January 1913 205
- 10 Reform Bill Débâcle: Catherine Takes Over Political Work, January to May 1913 236
- 11 Taking the Cause to the Country by EFF and Pilgrimage, June to August 1913 260
- 12 Life in London and an Interlude in Keswick, Summer 1913 285
- 13 An All-Party Campaign: Wooing Liberals, Unionists, and Labour, September to December 1913 296
- 14 Pre-election Strains on the NU'S Nonparty Stance, January to March 1914 344
- 15 All Parties Consider Boarding the Bandwagon, and the Election That Never Came, April to August 1914 368
- 16 Conclusions 396
- Appendices 404
- A: Biographical Notes 404
- B: Questions for Organizers 429
- C: Questions for Divisional Secretaries 431
- Notes 434
- Bibliography 520
- Index 538
- A 538
- B 539
- C 539
- D 540
- E 541
- F 541
- G 541
- H 542
- I 542
- J 543
- K 543
- L 543
- M 544
- N 547
- O 548
- P 548
- Q 548
- R 548
- S 549
- T 550
- U 550
- W 550
