Adult Suffrage Society
The Adult Suffrage Society was one of several organisations formed in the United Kingdom during the Victorian and Edwardian eras, with the objective of campaigning for the extension of voting rights to women. Unlike bodies such as the Pankhursts' Women's Social and Political Union, the Adult Suffrage Society did not find acceptable the extension of the franchise to women on the same restricted terms that it was then given to men—that is, on the basis of a property qualification that excluded the majority of the working class.[1] It wanted full adult suffrage, the unrestricted right to vote, for all adults aged 21 or over. The society's members were often referred to as "adultists".[2]
In 1906
The Adult Suffrage Society was relaunched in 1909 as the People's Suffrage Federation (PSF), under the leadership of Margaret Llewelyn Davies.[6]
References
- ^ "Papers of Ross Davies [Biography of Margaret Bondfield]". Archives hub. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ Montefiore, Dora (3 May 1917). "Adult Suffrage". The Call: 5.
- ^ ISBN 1-86197-425-6.
- ^ "Franchise and Removal of Women's Disabilities Bill". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 152: col. 1448–53. 2 March 1906.
- ISBN 0-521-32855-1.
- ^ "The People's Suffrage Federation". The Common Cause: 8. 21 October 1909.