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| By 1910 ] and ] had with ]'s permission created a proposal that might have been the basis of an agreement caused the suffrage movement to declare a truce on 14 February.<ref name="Marcus2013">{{cite book|author=Jane Marcus|title=Suffrage and the Pankhursts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MzUMR4Sl1zEC&pg=PA309|date=15 April 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-03397-2|pages=309–}}</ref> | By 1910 ] and ] had with ]'s permission created a proposal that might have been the basis of an agreement caused the suffrage movement to declare a truce on 14 February.<ref name="Marcus2013">{{cite book|author=Jane Marcus|title=Suffrage and the Pankhursts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MzUMR4Sl1zEC&pg=PA309|date=15 April 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-03397-2|pages=309–}}</ref> | ||
| In 1911 they successfully took Liberals in Bradford to court for assaulting ]. Alfred had shouted a question during a speech by ] and he was ejected from the hall without warning. The judge considered this to be assault. Hawkins had received a fractured kneecap and he was awarded £100 plus costs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alicesuffragette.co.uk/alfredslife.php|title=Alice Hawkins Suffragette, the History of Women's Rights - Alfred's Life|website=www.alicesuffragette.co.uk|access-date=2018-02-05}}</ref> | In 1911 they successfully took Liberals in Bradford to court for assaulting ]. Alfred had shouted a question during a speech by ] and he was ejected from the hall without warning. The judge considered this to be assault. Hawkins had received a fractured kneecap and he was awarded £100 plus costs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alicesuffragette.co.uk/alfredslife.php|title=Alice Hawkins Suffragette, the History of Women's Rights - Alfred's Life|website=www.alicesuffragette.co.uk|access-date=2018-02-05}}</ref> The group heard in March 2012, from speakers like Lansbury, Mansell-Moullin and Victor Duval express their disgust at the treatment of ] a male suffrage supporter and hunger striker, not only force-fed but effectively driven to lunacy and separated from his family by the authorities. Nevison produced a pamphlet on his case for the League, with the subtitle ''"Brutality on the increase''".<ref>{{Citation|title=Men's League for Women's Suffrage|date=2019-10-26|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Men%27s_League_for_Women%27s_Suffrage&oldid=923103188|work=Misplaced Pages|language=en|access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref> | ||
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| Formation | 1907 (1907) (UK) 1910 (1910) (US) |
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| Founders | Henry Brailsford et al (UK) Max Eastman, Laurence Housman, Henry Nevinson et al. (US) |
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The Men's League for Women's Suffrage was a society formed in 1907 in London by Henry Brailsford, Charles Corbett, Henry Nevinson, Laurence Housman, C. E. M. Joad, Hugh Franklin, Henry Harben, Gerald Gould, Charles Mansell-Moullin, Israel Zangwill and 32 others.
A similar organisation was formed in 1910 in America. by the left-wing writers Max Eastman, Laurence Housman, Henry Nevinson and others to pursue women's suffrage in the United States of America. Organizations were established in specific states, including New York.
History in the UK
The society formed in 1907 in London by Henry Brailsford, Charles Corbett, Henry Nevinson, Laurence Housman, C. E. M. Joad, Hugh Franklin, Henry Harben, Gerald Gould, Charles Mansell-Moullin, Israel Zangwill and 32 others. Graham Moffat founded the Northern Men's League for Women's Suffrage in Glasgow also in 1907 and wrote a suffrage propaganda play, The Maid and the Magistrate.
Bertrand Russell stood as a suffrage candidate in the 1907 Wimbledon by election.
By 1910 Henry Brailsford and Lord Lytton had with Millicent Fawcett's permission created a proposal that might have been the basis of an agreement caused the suffrage movement to declare a truce on 14 February.
In 1911 they successfully took Liberals in Bradford to court for assaulting Alfred Hawkins. Alfred had shouted a question during a speech by Winston Churchill and he was ejected from the hall without warning. The judge considered this to be assault. Hawkins had received a fractured kneecap and he was awarded £100 plus costs. The group heard in March 2012, from speakers like Lansbury, Mansell-Moullin and Victor Duval express their disgust at the treatment of William Ball a male suffrage supporter and hunger striker, not only force-fed but effectively driven to lunacy and separated from his family by the authorities. Nevison produced a pamphlet on his case for the League, with the subtitle "Brutality on the increase".
History in the US
The establishment of the American organization came during a rise of similar organizations for men advocating women's suffrage. Eastman, a key leader in establishing the League in New York, also served as President of the Men's Equal Suffrage League in his state. By 1912, the American organization was estimated to have 20,000 members nationwide.
Prominent members in America, apart from the founders, included Rabbi Stephen Wise, R. B. Cunninghame Graham, Columbia professor, John Dewey and Oswald Garrison Villard, publisher of the New York Evening Post.
See also
- Women's Social and Political Union, which included male members in the "Men’s Political Union."
External links
References
- ^ "Men's League for Women's Suffrage". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
- ^ "Men Support the Woman Suffrage Movement". Rights for Women: The Suffrage Movement and Its Leaders. National Women's History Museum. 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Men's League for Women's Suffrage (1910). Men's League for Women's Suffrage: Constitution and Charter Members. New York.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Elizabeth Crawford, The Women's Suffrage Movement: a reference guide 1866-1928, Routledge, 1999
- Jane Marcus (15 April 2013). Suffrage and the Pankhursts. Routledge. pp. 309–. ISBN 978-1-135-03397-2.
- "Alice Hawkins Suffragette, the History of Women's Rights - Alfred's Life". www.alicesuffragette.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- "Men's League for Women's Suffrage", Misplaced Pages, 2019-10-26, retrieved 2019-11-09
- "The Suffrage Cause and Bryn Mawr – More Speakers". Bryn Mawr College Library Special Collections. Retrieved 16 April 2015.