Dame millicent Fawcett
British 1847-1929
Fawcett was the founder and president of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). Unlike the militant tactics of the suffragettes, Fawcett and her followers, the suffragists, believed that non-violent campaigning was the way forward. They organised petitions, peaceful demonstrations and the lobbying of MPS, although
Fawcett did not condemn the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) altogether. When World War I broke out, Fawcett suspended the NUWSS’ marches but continued campaigning peacefully. She retired as president after the Representations of the People Act of 1918, living just long enough to see the voting age lowered to 21 with the Equal Franchise Act in 1928.