Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett) (1847-1929), Leader of the constitutional women's suffrage movement and author
Sitter in 12 portraits
Leader of the constitutional women's suffrage movement. Millicent Garrett was born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, the sister of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. Became involved in her teenage years in Women's emancipation. In 1867 she married the blind Liberal MP Henry Fawcett , whose guide and secretary she became as well as writing her own articles on women's education and suffrage. Co-founded Newnham College, Cambridge (1871). Following her husband's death she wrote reviews, biographies and became involved in the 'purity' movement to curb child abuse. Under her presidency (1897-1919) the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) became the largest of its kind with 50,000 members by 1913.
Henry Fawcett; Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
by Ford Madox Brown
oil on canvas, 1872
On display Bodelwyddan Castle, Denbighshire at Bodelwyddan Castle
NPG 1603
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x28148
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
NPG Ax8628
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print on card mount, published September 1889
NPG x9121
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1890
NPG x28146
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
by (Mary) Olive Edis (Mrs Galsworthy)
matte bromide print, circa 1910
NPG x15085
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1920
NPG x15090
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
by Unknown photographer
albumen print
NPG x9199
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print on card mount, published September 1889
NPG Ax38301
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1890
NPG Ax14745
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
by W. & D. Downey
carbon print, published 1890
NPG x28147
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1910s
NPG x82215
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