Millicent Fawcett was a British feminist, intellectual, political and union leader, and writer who is primarily known for her work as a campaigner for women to have the vote
Millicent Fawcett is considered instrumental in gaining the vote for six million British women over 30 years old in 1918 (as occurred with the Representation of the People ACt 1918)
Millicent Fawcett concentrated much of her energy on the struggle to improve women's opportunities for higher education and in 1875 co-founded Newnham College,Cambridge
Millicent Fawcett began her career in the political platform at twenty-two years old at the first women's suffrage meeting. As leader of NUWSS, she was a moderate campaigner, distancing herself from the militant and violent activities of suffragettes like the Pankhursts and the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Millicent Fawcett became president of the National Union Of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), a position she held from 1897 until 1919
London's Parliament Square Gets Statue of Millicent Fawcett , first monument honouring a woman Tuesday April 24,2018
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