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Millicent Garrett Fawcett

Born

in Aldeburgh, The United Kingdom

June 11, 1847

Died

August 05, 1929

Genre

Nonfiction

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Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett was an English political leader, activist and writer, known primarily as a campaigner for women's suffrage.

Fawcett was born on 11 June 1847 in Aldeburgh, to Newson Garrett, an entrepreneur, and his wife Louisa (née Dunnell). She was the eighth of their ten children.

As a child, Fawcett's elder sister Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, who became Britain's first female doctor, introduced her to Emily Davies, an English suffragist. In the biography, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Davies is quoted as saying to Elizabeth, "It is quite clear what has to be done. I must devote myself to securing higher education, while you open the medical profession to women. After these things are done, we must see about getting the vote." S ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 136 ratings · 15 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors

	Women's Suffrage: A Short History of a Great Movement 3.85 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2002 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Political Economy for Beginners 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1996 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What I Remember 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1926 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life of Her Majesty Queen Victoira 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Women's Victory - and After: Personal Reminiscences, 1911–1918 (Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1918 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some Eminent Women of Our Times really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1889 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sufragio femenino: Breve historia de un gran movimiento 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Janet Doncaster by Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Lise Shapiro Sanders (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1875 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales in Political Economy, 1874 Edition really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josephine Butler: Her Work and Principles and Their Meaning for the Twentieth Century liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2002 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“However benevolent men may be in their intentions, they cannot know what women want and what suits the necessities of women's lives as well as women know these things themselves.”
― Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Women's Suffrage: A Short History of a Great Movement

tags: feminism, suffragettes, suffragist-movement, women-s-suffrage

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“If the nineteenth century was a time of education for women, it was no less a time of education for men.”
― Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Women's Suffrage: A Short History of a Great Movement

tags: education, nineteenth-century, women-s-suffrage

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“Now there are almost as many fallacies in this sentence as there are words.”
― Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Women's Suffrage: A Short History of a Great Movement

tags: fallacy

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