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British Dominions Women's Suffrage Union
British Dominions Women's Suffrage Union was a women's organization, founded in 1913 and dissolved in 1922.Ian Christopher Fletcher, Philippa Levine, Laura E. Nym Mayhall : The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928' It was founded in New Zealand in 1913 by Margaret Hodge and Harriet Newcomb. It organized the suffrage organisations of the British colonies. Among its members were New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Canada. It held international conferences in London in 1916 and 1918. It changed its name to British Dominions Women Citizens' Union in 1918. In 1922, it was dissolved in to the British Overseas Committee of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance The International Alliance of Women (IAW; french: Alliance Internationale des Femmes, AIF) is an international non-governmental organization that works to promote women's rights and gender equality. It was historically the main international org .... References {{Authority control Suffrage organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Hodge
Dame Margaret Eve Hodge, Lady Hodge, (née Oppenheimer, formerly Watson; born 8 September 1944) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking since 1994. A member of the Labour Party, she previously served as Leader of Islington London Borough Council from 1982 to 1992. She has held a number of ministerial roles and served as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2010 to 2015.Polly Curti"Margaret Hodge named head of public accounts committee", ''The Guardian'', 10 June 2015 Hodge is the daughter of the co-founder of steel firm Stemcor and remains a major shareholder. She was a councillor on Islington Council from 1973 to 1994, was chair of the Housing Committee, and then Council Leader from 1982 to 1992. Hodge later apologised for failing to ensure that allegations of serious child abuse in council-run homes were sufficiently investigated and for libelling a complainant. Hodge was elected to parliament in a 1994 by-election. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Newcomb
Harriet Christina Newcomb (20 May 1854 – 15 April 1942) was an English feminist, activist, and educationist. She was a proponent of progressive education and improved teacher training, in both Britain and Australia, and was an active member of the Women's Freedom League. Life Harriet Christina Newcomb was born in Bow, London, the daughter of accountant William Newcomb and Harriet Sandell (née Walker). Newcomb, as was typical of her social class at that time, was educated at home. While at Maria Grey Training College, Newcomb met Margaret Emily Hodge, with whom she would go on to have a fifty-year friendship. Encouraged by a Hodge family friend, Newcomb and Hodge travelled to Sydney, Australia in 1897, planning to work among the poor. They were recruited in order to establish a new training scheme, similar to the University of Cambridge's training scheme for teachers, which both women had obtained in England. In Sydney, both women joined the Teachers' Association of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
The International Alliance of Women (IAW; french: Alliance Internationale des Femmes, AIF) is an international non-governmental organization that works to promote women's rights and gender equality. It was historically the main international organization that campaigned for women's suffrage. IAW stands for an inclusive, intersectional and progressive liberal feminism. IAW's principles state that all genders are "born equally free nd areequally entitled to the free exercise of their individual rights and liberty," that "women’s rights are human rights" and that "human rights are universal, indivisible and interrelated." IAW is traditionally the dominant international non-governmental organization within the liberal (or bourgeois) women's movement. The basic principle of IAW is that the full and equal enjoyment of human rights is due to all women and girls. It is one of the oldest, largest and most influential organizations in its field. The organization was founded as the Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
