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Title: The Women's Victory—and After: Personal Reminiscences, 1911-1918

Author: Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett

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THE WOMEN'S VICTORY—
AND AFTER

"When there is a fervent aspiration after better things, springing from a strong feeling of human brotherhood and a firm belief in the goodness and righteousness of God, such aspiration carries with it an invincible confidence that somehow, somewhere, somewhen, it must receive its complete fulfilment; for it is prompted by the Spirit which fills and orders the Universe throughout its whole development."

J. B. Mayor: Virgil's Messianic Eclogue.

"AT LAST!"

(Reproduced by special permission of the Proprietors of Punch.)

Punch, January 23, 1918.]

[Frontispiece.

The Women's Victory—and After:
Personal Reminiscences, 1911-1918

By Millicent Garrett Fawcett,
LL.D., once President, N.U.W.S.S.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd.

First published in 1920

DEDICATORY PREFACE
TO THOSE WHO MADE THE DREAM COME TRUE

I wish to dedicate this little book to the thousands of faithful friends and gallant comrades whose brave unwearied work, steadfastly maintained through many years, made Women's Suffrage in Great Britain no longer a dream but a reality. Many of them have passed away, but their work, its results, and our gratitude remain. Whether in the flesh or out of the flesh, I have been accustomed to think of them as the Goodly Fellowship of the Prophets; for they foresaw what was coming, proclaimed it, and devoted themselves in making it come in the right way. All my gratitude goes out to them, especially to—

E.G.A. : C.C.O. : E.F.R. : I.O.F. :
A.G. : R.G. : E.P. : E.A. :
R.S. : E.G. : H.A. :
S.G. : I.H.W. :
E.I.

Through the kindness of the Proprietors of Punch, I am allowed to use as illustrations some of their excellent pictures demonstrating the growth of the suffrage movement. For this permission, and also for their valued support and sympathy, continued over many years, my heartfelt thanks are hereby tendered.

MILLICENT GARRETT FAWCETT.

London,
January, 1920.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I. THE TWO DEPUTATIONS 1
II. THE DEFEAT OF THE CONCILIATION BILL 20
III. THE ELECTION FIGHTING FUND 30
IV. THE FIASCO OF THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BILL 39
V. THE PILGRIMAGE AND THE DERBY DAY, 1913 54
VI. THE TURN OF THE TIDE 68
VII. THE WORLD WAR AND WOMEN'S WAR WORK 86
VIII. WOMEN'S WAR WORK AS IT AFFECTED PUBLIC OPINION 106
IX. THE LAST PHASE 121
X. THE DIFFERENCE THE VOTE HAS MADE 156
APPENDIX 169
INDEX 173

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

(Reproduced by special permission of the Proprietors of "Punch.")

TO FACE PAGE
"AT LAST" frontispiece
THE CATCH OF THE SEASON 16
A PLEASURE DEFERRED 52
PRO PATRIA 113
THE MAN OF THE WORLD 117