A Study of the Women' s Suffrage Movement : the Campaign of the National Union of the Women's Suffrage Societies
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63510207
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Toyama University |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWAMURA Sadae Toyama University, Faculty of the Humanities, Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (70111911)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1988 – 1990
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1990)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1988: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Keywords | NUWSS / Women's Suffrage / Suffragist / Feminism / History / Great Britain |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this three-year research project is to investigate the organization and achievements of the nonーmilitant suffrage societies, especially the National Union of Women s Suffrage Societies on which comparatively little work has been done, while by contrast, the militant movement and its charismatic leaders have captured the attention and the imagination of historians. In particular, this research focuses on the part played by the NUWSS in the women' s suffrage movement in Britain.
In the first year of this project, I concentrated on doing a comprehensive survey of the history of the NUWSS s antecedents and the ideas of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, who was the president of NUWSS', as well as the rise and development of the NUWSS. The main result of the second year research is a more complete understanding of the relationship between the NUWSS as a national organization and the other local societies. I found the constant-and often stormy-exchanges between them and the independence of the local societies. However, the independent policy of the local societies doesn't mean the weakness of London headquarters. In my third year research, I could find that the NUWSS became an active central core which intended to determine policies for the affiliates. Moreover, I investigated the post-war activities of NUWSS, which continued its work as the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship after the Representation of the People Act.
In short, this research shows that although in some way NUWSS was, in comparison with the WSPU, a less dramatic organization, it was far more responsible for laying the groundwork for the enactment of women's suffrage than the WSPU.
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