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Millicent and Fawcett
She was not as active as her sister, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, though Anderson became a member of the Central Committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage in 1889.
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, GBE ( 11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929 ) was an English suffragist ( one who campaigned for women to have the vote ) and an early feminist.
Her memory is preserved now in the name of the Fawcett Society, and in Millicent Fawcett Hall, constructed in 1929 in Westminster as a place that women could use to debate and discuss the issues that affected them.
Millicent Fawcett ( leader of NUWSS ) was a moderate campaigner, distancing herself from the militant and violent activities of the Pankhursts and the Women's Social and Political Union ( WSPU ).
The archives of Millicent Garrett Fawcett are held at The Women's Library at London Metropolitan University, ref 7MGF.
The archives of Millicent Fawcett are held at The Women's Library at London Metropolitan University, ref 7MGF
Angry at this decision, some of the group's leaders, including Lydia Becker and Millicent Fawcett, stormed out of the meeting and created an alternative organisation committed to the " old rules ," called the Great College Street Society after the location of its headquarters.
Millicent and French
Actors that have performed at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre include: Benedict Cumberbatch, Anna Neagle, Robert Helpmann, Vivian Leigh, Eileen Atkins, Leslie French, Bill Kenwright, Felicity Kendal, Anthony Andrews, Wayne Sleep, Ricky Tomlinson, Jeremy Irons, Zoë Wanamaker, Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Lesley Garrett, Douglas Hodge, Richard E Grant, Natasha Richardson, Ralph Fiennes, Christopher Biggins, Jenny Galloway, Joanna Riding, Samantha Spiro, Jenna Russell, Liz Robertson, Toyah Willcox, Bernard Bresslaw ( who died in his dressing room at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, while performing the part of Grumio in the 1993 production of The Taming of the Shrew ), Nigel Planer, Nigel Harman, Su Pollard, Milton Jones, John Malkovich, Scarlett Strallen, Sheridan Smith, Summer Strallen, Topol, Millicent Martin, Janie Dee, Clive Rowe, Martha Wainwright, Hannah Waddingham and Helen Dallimore.
Millicent and Women
* Demoor, Marysa, Their Fair Share: Women, Power, and Criticism in the Athenaeum, from Millicent Garratt Fawcett to Katharine Mansfield, 1870-1920.
His other acting television appearances include: Blake's 7, Dixon of Dock Green, The Saint, The Millicent Martin Show, Little Women, The Pathfinders, Catherine Cookson's The Gambling Man ( 1995 ) and more recently Heartbeat ( 1997, as a Doctor ).
Fawcett and Famous
* Queen in Waiting, London: Joseph, 1955 ; New York: 1958 ; as Eleanor the Queen: The Story of the Most Famous Woman of the Middle Ages, New York: Doubleday, 1955 ; reprinted under original title, Fawcett, 1977.
Fawcett and Women
* was Chair of the Fawcett Commission on Women and Criminal Justice 2002-2006 This was a seminal review of women as defendant, as victims & witnesses and as workers in the criminal justice system which triggered a number of major legislative and non-legislative changes including the Corston Review on Women with Vulnerabilities in Prison.
She founded the government funded Gender and Criminal Justice Forum at the Fawcett Society and chaired it's Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice System.
Fawcett and 1906
Five and Famous
Series of this type include the Famous Five ( 21 novels, 1942 – 1963, based on four children and their dog ), the Five Find-Outers and Dog, ( 15 novels, 1943 – 1961, where five children regularly outwit the local police ) as well as The Secret Seven ( 15 novels, 1949 – 1963, a society of seven children who solve various mysteries ).
Chorion Limited of London now owns and handles the intellectual properties and character brands of Blyton's Noddy and the well known series the Famous Five.
Women can be appointed to the Canadian Senate, an achievement by five Canadian women called the Famous Five.
Five men, sometimes dubbed " The Famous Five ", ( James Patrick Brady, Malcolm Norris, Peter Tomkins Jr., Joe Dion, Felix Callihoo ) were instrumental in having the Alberta government hold the " Ewing Commission " in 1934 dealing with land claims.
The children's author Enid Blyton spent time in the area and some of her adventure stories like The Famous Five ( Kirrin Island ) featured castles that were said to be based on Corfe Castle.
Blyton created several similar groups for her detective series, including The Secret Seven, The Adventurous Four ( not to be confused with The Adventure Series ) and Five Find-Outers, but the Famous Five is the best-known and most popular of these.
Blyton only intended to write about 6 to 8 books in the series but, owing to their high sales and immense commercial success, she went on to write 21 full-length Famous Five novels.
A feature of the last page of the original books ( and reprints ) was an invitation to readers to join the Famous Five Club.
Filmdog Coffey the performer of Timmy of the film Famous Five ( 2012 film ) | Famous Five ( 2012 ) on the Schleswig | Schleswig-Premiere
Called Aunt Fanny by Julian, Dick and Anne, she is married to Uncle Quentin, and is, through most of Blyton's Famous Five novels, the principal maternal figure in the lives of the children.
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