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317: 258: 302: 31: 274: 286: 243:, but with a much-reduced circulation, and it struggled to remain financially viable. Sharp reoriented the paper to appeal more to middle-class women, with the slogan "The War Paper for Women". Although she personally came to oppose the war, she ensured that the paper maintained a neutral stance on it. Women's suffrage was enacted by degrees beginning in 1918, and in March of that year the United Suffragists dissolved itself, the newspaper also ceasing to appear. 223:. This group was intended to encompass members of a variety of women's suffrage organisations, whether militant or non-militant. The Fellowship formed groups across the country, which focused their time on education. This convinced some members that they should form a new campaigning group. In February 1914, 195:
and was published monthly, with weekly supplements bringing it up-to-date. In April 1908, its publication was increased to a weekly frequency, and the following month the price was dropped to only 1d. During this period, the WSPU viewed the paper as a tool for recruitment and fundraising, and
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organisation in the country. Many copies were sold by WSPU members standing on the street. The pavement sellers were often harassed by passersby, and were forced to stand in the gutter lest the police arrest them for "obstruction of the pavement".
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briefly assumed the editorship of the paper. Subsequently, the Pethick-Lawrences were expelled from the WSPU, and thereafter they published the newspaper independently, its supporters being organised in the
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and others on an omnibus touring London, and established permanent sales pitches in central London. This took circulation to a peak of 33,000 a week in early 1910.
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The paper was redesigned in 1909 and its page size was increased and a new poster design launched. The WSPU launched a major advertising campaign, including
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devoted much time to increasing its circulation. Posters advertising the paper were designed in 1903 and a new design in 1909 by
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movement in the United Kingdom. Until 1912, it was the official newspaper of the
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Feminist Periodicals and Daily Life: Women and Modernity in British Culture
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Feminism and Democracy: Women's Suffrage and Reform Politics in Britain
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The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928
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of 354 issues between 17 October 1907 to 28 January 1916
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Index


Emmeline
Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
newspaper
women's suffrage
Women's Social and Political Union
United Suffragists
Emmeline
Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
Women's Social and Political Union
suffragette
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Hilda Dallas
Suffrage Atelier
Helen Craggs
Evelyn Sharp
United Suffragists
World War I
Women selling the newspaper on Fleet Street in London, in 1908.
Fleet Street
Selling in the street
Poster for Votes for Women by Hilda Dallas (1909)
Hilda Dallas
Annie Kenney's statue in Oldham with "Votes for Women"
Annie Kenney
Votes for Women poster (1903 onwards) by Hilda Dallas
Hilda Dallas
Women's suffrage publications

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