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Subject
Women - Womens Suffrage. Suffragettes.
Description
League for opposing Women's Suffrage meeting at Corn Exchange, Stratford on Avon. Resolution passed-'Extension of Parliamentary franchise to women would be hostile to their own welfare & welfare of the State & that a change so momentous & so incalculable in its effect on both society & politics ought not to be entertained except upon clear & deliberate expressed demand by the electorate'. Passed 70 to 42. Mentions Sir Henry Fairfax-Lucy, chair; Lady Fairfax-Lucy, President of local branch; Miss Carter, Mr R. Carter, attendees; Miss Field, Mr G. Wells, Hon. secretaries; Mrs Harold Norris, Mr A Maconchie, speakers.
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Type
Newspaper
Collection Number
Piece Number
Page Number
5
Column Number
6
Place
Stratford-upon-Avon
Date from
02/11/1912
Date to
Not recorded