COLLECTION NAME:
Guardian Collection
Record
Image Number:
GDN_128_80.pdf
Reference Number:
GDN/128/80
Series Title:
C. P. Scott’s general correspondence 1908-10
Parent Work Title:
Letter from Christabel Pankhurst to C. P. Scott
Creator:
Pankhurst, Christabel, Dame, 1880-1958
Creator Role:
Author
Publication Details:
1909-05-21
Description:
Two sheet letter from Christabel Pankhurst to Charles Prestwich Scott regarding Winston Churchill receiving a deputation from the Manchester Liberal Federation, of which she believes Scott will be a member, on the subject of electoral reform. She hopes that he will not forget female suffrage and makes the point that the women’s position ought to be made secure before the Reform Bill is introduced. At present the government refuses to take any responsibility and so ‘Is it any wonder that we continue to use militant methods?’ They [the WSPU] are looking forward to another by-election, where they can attack the enemy; they hope to show the government that whatever else they do, they cannot win by-elections unless they give votes to women. She says that they have succeeded in stimulating the government to do more in the direction of reform, and that Liberals should be grateful for this indirect result of militant policy. . The letter is on headed paper from the National Women's Social and Political Union
Keyword:
Electoral reform; Elections: Liberals
Language:
English
Subject:
Women--Suffrage
Subject:
Politics and Government
Subject:
Women's rights
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
Time Period Covered:
20th Century CE
People Covered:
Scott, Charles Prestwich, 1846-1932
People Covered:
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Item Height:
256 mm
Item Width:
204 mm
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Reproduced courtesy of Guardian News and Media Ltd
Rights holder - Work:
Pankhurst Family