Women's Tax Resistance League
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The Women's Tax Resistance League was a British suffrage-era organization whose members, including prominent activists like Evelyn Sharp, protested their lack of political representation by refusing to pay taxes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Women's Tax Resistance League canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11481038 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Women's Tax Resistance League Context triple: [Evelyn Sharp, memberOf, Women's Tax Resistance League]
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A.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is a historic feminist peace organization, founded during World War I, that advocates for disarmament, human rights, and social justice worldwide.
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B.
Equality League of Self-Supporting Women
The Equality League of Self-Supporting Women was a New York–based suffrage organization that mobilized wage-earning and working-class women into the fight for women’s voting rights in the early 20th century.
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C.
Women's Political Association
The Women's Political Association was an early 20th-century Australian feminist and suffrage organization founded by activist Vida Goldstein to promote women's political rights and social reform.
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D.
National Women’s Trade Union League of America
The National Women’s Trade Union League of America was a pioneering early 20th-century organization that united working-class and middle-class women to promote women’s labor rights, unionization, and social reform in the United States.
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E.
Women’s Union
The Women’s Union is the women’s organization affiliated with the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, representing and promoting the political interests of women within the party.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Women's Tax Resistance League Target entity description: The Women's Tax Resistance League was a British suffrage-era organization whose members, including prominent activists like Evelyn Sharp, protested their lack of political representation by refusing to pay taxes.
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A.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is a historic feminist peace organization, founded during World War I, that advocates for disarmament, human rights, and social justice worldwide.
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B.
Equality League of Self-Supporting Women
The Equality League of Self-Supporting Women was a New York–based suffrage organization that mobilized wage-earning and working-class women into the fight for women’s voting rights in the early 20th century.
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C.
Women's Political Association
The Women's Political Association was an early 20th-century Australian feminist and suffrage organization founded by activist Vida Goldstein to promote women's political rights and social reform.
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D.
National Women’s Trade Union League of America
The National Women’s Trade Union League of America was a pioneering early 20th-century organization that united working-class and middle-class women to promote women’s labor rights, unionization, and social reform in the United States.
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E.
Women’s Union
The Women’s Union is the women’s organization affiliated with the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, representing and promoting the political interests of women within the party.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
suffrage organization
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tax resistance organization ⓘ women's rights organization ⓘ |
| activity |
holding public meetings
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organizing women to refuse payment of taxes and fines ⓘ publishing leaflets and pamphlets ⓘ supporting members in legal proceedings ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British women's suffrage societies
ⓘ
Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ |
| cause | denial of the parliamentary vote to women in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
tax justice
ⓘ
women's political rights ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Frances Gordon
ⓘ
Margaret Kineton Parkes ⓘ |
| hasPart | local branches in Britain ⓘ |
| ideology |
tax resistance
ⓘ
women's suffrage ⓘ |
| influenced | later tax resistance movements ⓘ |
| influencedBy | principle of no taxation without representation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalConsequence |
members had goods seized by bailiffs
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members were taken to court for non-payment of taxes ⓘ some members were imprisoned ⓘ |
| location |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| method |
civil disobedience
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publicizing court cases against members ⓘ refusal to pay taxes ⓘ tax resistance ⓘ |
| motto | No Vote, No Tax ⓘ |
| movement | women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Constance Tite
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Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence ⓘ Evelyn Sharp ⓘ Frances Gordon ⓘ Kitty Marion ⓘ Margaret Kineton Parkes ⓘ Sophia Duleep Singh ⓘ
linked to:
Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh
Vera Holme ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
legal and political discrimination against women
ⓘ
taxation of women without parliamentary representation ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
feminist
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pro-suffrage ⓘ |
| purpose |
to oppose taxation without representation of women
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to protest women's lack of political representation ⓘ to secure votes for women ⓘ |
| slogan | No Vote, No Tax ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Women's Tax Resistance League Description of subject: The Women's Tax Resistance League was a British suffrage-era organization whose members, including prominent activists like Evelyn Sharp, protested their lack of political representation by refusing to pay taxes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Evelyn Sharp (journalist)