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Mrs Despard and The Suffrage Movement - Founder of The Women's Freedom League (Paperback)
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Mrs Despard and The Suffrage Movement - Founder of The Women's Freedom League (Paperback)
Series: Trailblazing Women
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Charlotte Despard, social reformer and suffragette, was always
known as Mrs Despard, never Charlotte. Her name should be
synonymous with those of Emmeline Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett;
instead, she remains overlooked. Born in 1844, Charlotte's
childhood was difficult: she found solace in great literature,
identifying with Milton and the romantic words of Shelley. She
married Maximillian Despard and had the opportunity to explore the
world and try her hand at a career as a novelist. Widowed in her
early 40s, her money and status allowed her to live a life of
surprising freedom for a woman of her time. Charlotte devoted her
life to improving the lot of the poor and moved to live among them
in the London slums. She fought for better and fairer
living/working conditions for all, supporting adult suffrage before
becoming heavily involved in the fight for votes for women. She
joined Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and Political Union and
when that organisation split in 1907 co-founded the Women's Freedom
League, becoming its first, much loved, president. She also served
as editor and major contributor to its newspaper, The Vote. When
suffrage activities were largely suspended after the outbreak of
WW1 in 1914, she returned to her Irish roots and moved to Dublin to
support the fight for Irish home rule. After some women were
enfranchised in 1918 she tried to capitalise on the upturn for
women's political freedom (unsuccessfully) running for Parliament.
Charlotte's political and public career ended tragically when she
died in Belfast aged 95, penniless and alone, having given all her
money to helping the less fortunate. Charlotte's quiet legacy
continues to this day in her work particularly for the rights of
women and children.
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