National Society for Women's Suffrage facts for kids
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The National Society for Women's Suffrage was the first national group in the United Kingdom to campaign for women's right to vote. Formed on 6 November 1867, by Lydia Becker, the organisation helped lay the foundations of the women's suffrage movement.
Eliza Wigham, Jane Wigham, Priscilla Bright McLaren and some of their friends set up an Edinburgh chapter of this National Society. Eliza and her friend Agnes McLaren became the secretaries. By 1870, branches in Scotland were in Aberdeen, Glasgow, St. Andrews and Galloway.
Jacob Bright, a Liberal politician, supported by a petition from Jane Taylour of the Galloway branch and others, had suggested in 1871 that it would be useful to create a London-based organisation to lobby members of parliament concerning women's suffrage. The Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage first met on 17 January 1872.
The national society was furthered later by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies and the Women's Social and Political Union.
See also
In Spanish: Sociedad Nacional para el Sufragio de las Mujeres para niños
- Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom
- History of feminism
- List of suffragists and suffragettes
- List of women's rights organizations
- List of women's rights activists
- Timeline of women's suffrage
- Women's suffrage organizations
