In 1908 the suffrage movement took to the road by caravan, seeking new ways to spread the campaign for votes for women. One of these tours was taken by a group of students representing the non-militant National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies. Here …

The NUWSS became the leading women’s suffrage organization in Britain and throughout Europe. By 1905, it had reached 305 constituent societies and by 1913 comprised over 500 branches united across 16 federations.

The National Union of Women Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), also known as the suffragists (not to be confused with the suffragettes) was an organisation founded in 1897 of women's suffrage societies around the United Kingdom.

Here we discover how the horse-drawn caravan revolutionised the way in which propaganda was spread to more remote communities during the campaign to gain voting equality. The party of the first 1908 NUWSS caravan tour made up of Newnham College, Cambridge students. Courtesy of the Women’s Library at LSE.

She took part in the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) Caravan tour in July 1908. [5] The caravan tour was organised by Newnham College students that began in Scotland. The caravan was pulled by a horse and driven by a man.

The NUWSS ran a caravan tour, starting in Whitby in August 1908. Suffragists parked their van right by the water's edge, alongside fair booths and stalls. A picture postcard shows an Edwardian holiday crowd gathered round, curious to see a Votes for Women speaker in such a remote spot.

Jan 1, 2014 · A second 1908 caravan tour was that of suffragists (NUWSS) which travelled down from Scotland to Oxford. Meanwhile, in October Muriel Matters and other suffragettes padlocked themselves to the iron grille of the Ladies’ Gallery in the House of Commons.

In July 1908, the two women organized a Newnham Caravan under the aegis of the NUWSS, taking the suffrage message to rural areas in the North. When Ray’s mother took her on a ‘finishing’ trip to the US, she was disconcerted to find that Ellie Rendel joined them, and that Ray and Ellie were soon travelling around the Northern States with ...

Jun 26, 2018 · In 1907 The Caravan Club of Great Britain and Ireland was formed (today known as the Caravan and Motorhome Club), with an aim to represent the interests of the rapidly growing number of horse-drawn leisure caravanners. Unlike the many clubs of the Edwardian era which only admitted men, this modern and progressive organisation was made up of ...

Mar 8, 2021 · After a short break from the campaign, so that the women could return to London to join the NUWSS’s mass march and meeting, held on 13 th June, the caravan was back on the road.