Dame Millicent Fawcett
(1847-1929), Leader of the constitutional women's suffrage movement and authorDame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett)
Sitter in 14 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 Fawcett
by Ford Madox Brown
oil on canvas, 1872
On display in Room 19 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1603
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x28148
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
NPG Ax8628
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1880s
NPG x9199
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1880s
NPG x197903
by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print, published September 1889
NPG x9121
by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print, published September 1889
NPG Ax38301
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1890
NPG Ax14745
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1890
NPG x28146
by Olive Edis
matte bromide print, circa 1910
NPG x15085
by Lizzie Caswall Smith
bromide print, circa 1912
NPG x199301
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1920
NPG x15090
Related People
- Sir Alan Garrett Anderson (nephew)
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (sister)
- Louisa Garrett Anderson (niece)
- Henry Fawcett (husband)
- Agnes Garrett (sister)
- Newson Garrett (father)
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