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
