National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship

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The National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship was a leading British feminist organization in the early 20th century that campaigned for women’s full political, legal, and social equality following the achievement of partial suffrage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feminist organization ⓘ
political pressure group ⓘ
activeInCentury 20th century ⓘ
advocatedFor improved maternity and child welfare provision ⓘ
reform of guardianship and custody laws ⓘ
women’s access to professions ⓘ
women’s right to serve on juries ⓘ
aim extension of the parliamentary franchise to women on equal terms with men ⓘ
removal of remaining legal disabilities of women ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NUSEC ⓘ
basedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
campaignType constitutional campaigning ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1930s ⓘ
focus equal citizenship for women and men ⓘ
post-suffrage women’s rights ⓘ
formedAfter partial women’s suffrage in 1918 ⓘ
founded 1919 ⓘ
historicalContext post–World War I Britain ⓘ
ideology feminism ⓘ
liberal feminism ⓘ
keyIssue equal franchise for women ⓘ
equal pay for women ⓘ
family endowment and child welfare ⓘ
reform of divorce laws ⓘ
reform of marriage laws ⓘ
removal of sex discrimination in employment ⓘ
women’s eligibility for public office ⓘ
method lobbying Parliament ⓘ
public education ⓘ
public meetings and lectures ⓘ
publication of pamphlets and reports ⓘ
movement British women’s movement ⓘ
first-wave feminism ⓘ
notableAchievement helped secure equal franchise in the Representation of the People Act 1928 ⓘ
precededBy National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies ⓘ
purpose campaigning for women’s full political equality ⓘ
campaigning for women’s legal equality ⓘ
campaigning for women’s social equality ⓘ
regionServed Great Britain ⓘ
successorInMovement later British feminist organizations ⓘ

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National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies → mergedInto → National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship ⓘ
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies → influenced → National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship ⓘ
NUWSS → mergedInto → National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship ⓘ