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Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, GBE ( Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 11 de junho de 1847 – Londres, 5 de agosto de 1929) foi uma ativista feminista, intelectual e política inglesa. Ela também foi líder de sindicato e escritora. É conhecida por sua luta por direitos iguais entre homens e mulheres.
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett GBE (née Garrett; 11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was an English political activist and writer. She campaigned for women's suffrage by legal change and in 1897–1919 led Britain's largest women's rights association, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), [1] explaining, "I cannot ...
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett was a leader for 50 years of the movement for woman suffrage in England. From the beginning of her career she had to struggle against almost unanimous male opposition to political rights for women; from 1905 she also had to overcome public hostility to the militant.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Millicent Garrett Fawcett entregou a presidência do NUWSS para Eleanor Rathbone, enquanto a organização se transformava na União Nacional das Sociedades pela Igualdade de Cidadania (NUSEC) e trabalhava para reduzir a idade de voto das mulheres para 21 anos, o mesmo que para os homens.
Learn about the life and legacy of Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, a pioneer of women's rights and suffrage in Britain. Discover how she led the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, wrote influential books, and became the first woman to be honoured with a statue in Parliament Square.
A biography of the radical and pioneering feminist leader of the suffragists, who campaigned for women's votes and other causes. Learn about her life, marriage, political career, and legacy in this article by Tony Little.
The statue of Millicent Garrett Fawcett was unveiled in 2018, the centenary year of the 1918 Representation of the People Act. It is the first to depict a woman in Parliament Square and commemorates one of the most influential feminists of the past 150 years.
