The National Union of Woman's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) is formed uniting 17 different societies. Became the leading suffragist organization until 1919 and was headed by president Millicent Garret Fawcett. The organization relied on non-violent ways to earn rights for women to vote on the same terms as men. 

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http://hist259.web.unc.edu/nationalunionofwomenssuffragesocieties/

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https://www.bl.uk/votes-for-women/articles/womens-suffrage-timeline

https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/unesco/nuwss-foundation/

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Nov 1897

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Gender, Sexuality and Victorian Texts Timeline
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