National Society for Women's Suffrage

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 and some of their friends set up an Edinburgh chapter of this National Society. Eliza and her friend Agnes McLaren became the secretaries,.^[1]

The national society was furthered later by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies and the Women's Social and Political Union.

References

↑ National Society of Women's Suffrage. Examiner; Jan 14 1871; 3285; British Periodicals pg 55

Suffrage

Basic topics	Women's suffrage Universal suffrage Voting age Youth suffrage Right of foreigners to vote Demeny voting Suffragette Compulsory voting Disfranchisement

By country	Australia 1902 Commonwealth Franchise Act aboriginal women Japan Kuwait New Zealand Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom women Representation of the People Act 1918 1928 Equal Franchise Act United States women timeline foreigners District of Columbia Puerto Rico 15th Amendment 19th Amendment 26th Amendment 1965 Voting Rights Act

Events	Seneca Falls Convention Declaration of Sentiments 1907 Mud March Suffrage Hikes 1913 Women's Suffrage Parade Silent Sentinels Night of Terror Selma to Montgomery marches First Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance Second Conference Third Conference Fourth Conference Fifth Conference Sixth Conference Seventh Conference Eighth Conference

Related	List of suffragists and suffragettes Timeline of women's suffrage Timeline of women's suffrage in majority-Muslim countries Women's suffrage organizations and publications Age of candidacy Youth vote Women's rights activists 1920 U.S. presidential election Leser v. Garnett Not for Ourselves Alone (1999 documentary) Iron Jawed Angels (2004 film) Selma (2014 film) Suffragette (2015 film) National Voting Rights Museum

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National Society for Women's Suffrage

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