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these attacks on the vast majority of their colleagues, particularly "spinsters amidst the ranks". References to the attack on a specific "spinster" of the time, Kathlyn Oliver is referenced by both Jeffreys, Hall and Rowbotham in their articles, solidifying that there is an importance of these attacks in furthering an understanding of women's sexual activity not having an adverse effect on them. Jeffreys notes that Browne was very capable of getting her point across when discussing her opinion that sex should be enjoyed by women openly to Oliver, and the power of her argument is supported by Hall's assertion that later Oliver joined the British Society for the Study of Sex Psychology to look into her sexuality, a suggestion made to her by Browne.
333:, and found that rates were higher than ever before in 1929, and became the secretary of the Chelsea Labour Party in hopes of bringing ideas of birth control and abortion to light in political platform in 1926. She was unable to do so as she was forced to leave Chelsea later in 1926, as the Party was no longer recognised as a political Party. By the end of the 1920s, Browne had felt that the fight for birth control had become more successful, as it was more frequently seen in the public sphere and was now being talked about and debated more openly. In April 1930 the Birth Control Conference was a success bringing 700 delegates to attendance and bringing birth control into the political sphere, which she attended and spoke at. In July 1930, the 325:
topics. These talks urged women to take matters of their sexuality and their health into their own hands. Birth control was an embarrassing issue because it would directly challenge relations between men and women too, making this control for women a touchy subject. During this tour several women asked Browne for abortions, however as Jones recognises in her article, Browne was not "medically qualified" and had to refuse them. Though she was becoming increasingly interested in women's right to terminate their pregnancies, she would still be considered a "heretic" were she to say so at this time. Despite this, in 1929 she brought forward her lecture "The Right to Abortion" in front of the
317:(ILP) to assist them. The ILP's assistance brought them to the forefront of media coverage and the WSPU and their militancy swept the country. This radical form of feminism continued until 1913 and that had women committing to hunger strikes and being fed forcedly, and the imprisonment of almost a thousand suffragettes no longer made headlines it was so widespread. Browne left in 1913 however, opposing Christabel Pankhurst's "ignorant and presumptuous dogmatism" and the way that the group's leadership behaved towards women and men of lower class seemed to counter their arguments for feminism and democracy. After this she spent much of her time working with the British 250:
not wish to be married in fear to the cruelty that sometimes accompanies this union. Oliver responded to this saying that "A New Subscriber" must be "of the male persuasion" and that women are "above and beyond men" in "sex matters". Browne's response to this accusation was that she did not like how Oliver normalised sexuality, believing that there was "more in human nature than most people will admit" and that to enforce complete abstinence on anyone despite circumstance was unfair and "stupid". This was the beginning of Browne's advocacy that women should have control over their own sexual behaviour, and not be judged by society for these activities.
427:"continuing double struggle" to maintain both of these ideals finding connections between the two, which others in her two separate streams of struggle may not have agreed with fully. Browne was a hardworking woman who believed in her work so much so that she was even considered to have a "personal intransigence meant she was as often at odds with her allies as with this her enemies. One from the literature on Browne can conclude that she has value to the study of women's sexuality and sexual reform that historians who have studied her believe should continue to be explored and brought to the public's attention. 381:, a group set up in 1943. She continued to be involved with the ALRA until her death, however she was unable to attend most of their meetings due to failing health. During this time, she was giving suggestions for actions that the ALRA could perform and these were continually followed. Browne's opinions on sexual reform were clearly still valued despite her increasing age and inability to be as involved as she once was. Browne was able to see the time come when medical terminations of pregnancy became more common though, which was a comfort to her. 411:
consider Browne's social standing to have been mediocre, she does give her considerable credit for her radicalism, and passion, as do each of the other historians. Hindell characterises Browne as a "somewhat eccentric blue-stocking" who was "not easily deflected by apathy, ridicule or hostility". This image of a woman resolute in defence of her beliefs is supported by Hall's biography of Browne, which consistently portrays her as someone who when knocked down, returned to her work with "unabated, even increased vigor.
262:, believed strongly that reform could be accomplished within the companionship of marriage. More radical members such as Browne believed that the "cult of motherhood … would, if unchecked, diminish the importance of women as individuals and bind them more closely with conventional forms of marriage … their subordination. Browne's advocacy of these rights for women, along with her goal of assistance for single mothers, one could argue stemmed from her living in a home with a single-mother for most of her childhood. 169:, and drowned. Though the family was in shock after his death, they were supported in part by money and property from his will, contingent on Dulcie remaining unmarried. Dulcie remained unmarried, sold the home and began a boarding house for single women. This boarding house meant that Stella was brought up in an environment surrounded by the struggles of single women throughout her childhood, and watched the struggle of her own mother, now a single working-woman. 451:. Had Browne not been one of the few talking about birth control during a time when it was a topic not to be talked about, and then women would have no birth control to contest and improve in the first place. Browne then, had a profound effect on the abortion reform, as Hindell notes in his article, "if ALRA had not worked steadily for many years in a hostile climate, and campaigned intensively…reform would not have come as early, or as radically as it did. 190:
her career as it was one of the only schools at the time that allowed women to write exams alongside men and had them working towards an Honours rather than a mere Pass Degree as many would. This had an influence on Browne's expectations and ideals on gender equality as it was given to her in part while she was at school here. Her political activism was also fostered at this school through her involvement with Student's Parliament.
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free information about birth control to women that wanted to know about it. This would give women agency over their own circumstances and allow them to decide whether they wanted to be mothers or not. It also would give women the opportunity to, as Browne advocated, engage in sex solely for pleasure and outside of marriage if they chose. Browne would remain loyal to this perspective throughout her life.
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The most common argument then, across the research is that Stella Browne had the most trouble getting her two beliefs to coexist appropriately. Jones says that Browne constantly needed to be on the offensive around her ideals on eugenics around her socialist friends and Rowbotham comments on Browne's
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sexual and social reform. These examples of Browne's activity in the struggle for women's rights concerning control over their sexuality is mirrored in each of the other works on Browne who only stop to explain that it was not always easy for Browne to please everyone because of her forward thinking.
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The ALRA, as ran by these three women, was very active between 1936 and 1939 sending speakers around the country to talk about Labour and Equal Citizenship and attempted, though most often unsuccessfully, to have letters and articles published in newspapers. They became the most popular when a member
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in 1899, that afforded her ÂŁ20 a year for the three years, which was given to her guardian as her mother was still living in Germany at this time. Browne then attended Somerville, where she graduated with a second-class Honours degree in Modern History in 1902. This school was especially important in
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rationalises Browne's radicalism saying that to "promote the joy of sex it necessary to be uncompromising in their attack on all those whom they considered to be standing in the way of this march to sexual freedom. She notes that to do this feminists were required to, before World War One, to make
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Browne was a strong believer that women should have the right "equally with men, to sexual experience and sexual variety outside conventional marriage" which she addressed in her most famous paper "Sexual Variety and Variability Among Women" of 1915. She believed that women should not be confined to
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Stella Browne was first educated in (Germany), as her mother's sister, Louisa Frances Siemens, had married an electrical-engineer with an extensive kinship network, enabling her to attend school there. While in school she became fluent in both French and German by 1899. This allowed her to write the
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Jones also notes that Browne was one of the "advanced" women that emerged before the First World War, writing for many different socialist and liberal periodicals and newspapers, getting involved in study groups set up by progressive intellectuals and also herself becoming involved in campaigns for
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The common understanding of Browne as a person is, as Jones explains her to be, more "economically and professionally marginal" than the other women working with the sexuality question at the time, though she was more "radical" in her views on both sexual and social questions. Though Jones seems to
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In the late 1920s Browne began a speaking tour around the country, providing information about her beliefs on the need for accessibility of information about birth control for women, women's health problems, problems related to puberty and sex education and high maternal morbidity rates among other
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Browne strongly believed working women should have the choice to become pregnant, or terminate their pregnancy while they worked in the horrible circumstances surrounding a pregnant woman who was still required to do hard labour during her pregnancy. In this case she argued that doctors should give
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Upon completion of her education, Browne first worked as a teacher in hopes of achieving some independence for herself. Her health however, began to decline due to a heart condition that she had, and she was no longer able to handle the strain of the job, developing additional anxiety problems. She
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under the pseudonym "A New Subscriber", arguing with Kathlyn Oliver's article that frigidity in single women was key to good health, and should be a standard for all women. Browne's response to Oliver argued that women should not be denied sexual pleasure simply because they are not married and do
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She began her activism in 1907 when she joined the WSPU for a short time. The WSPU was founded on 10 October 1903 and had nothing to differentiate it from other women-only groups of the time, not even having reached 30 members by 1905. However, its notoriety developed when in 1905 they first used
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By 1911, Browne identified herself as being "a Socialist and 'extreme' Left-Wing feminist. She worked most notably as a campaigner for women's rights to birth control and abortion and was most interested in rights and control over women's sexuality and body. Over this time period she wrote for a
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in South London. Here she was able to take in various controversial lectures, with topics ranging from marriage and divorce reform to eugenics. Working at the college also allowed Browne to see the different social problems faced by both working class and professional class women. Browne met her
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was heading in a fairly radical manner. Stöcker was fighting at this time for women's rights of motherhood and support for the unmarried mother. Stöcker's arguments strongly affected Browne as she, later in life, would fight for women's rights to control their bodies and for the choice to become
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Stella Browne was one of the first women to speak out in somewhat offensive ways about her beliefs with a "Forward, Charge!" approach. She did this through attacks in her articles and letters that kept her in the public's eye and added to the debates around many controversial topics surrounding
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Browne had a severe heart attack at the beginning of May 1955, and the night before her seventy-fifth birthday she died. The worst offence that was afforded to Browne can be found on her death certificate where under occupation she is noted as being a "Spinster: No occupation.” Considering her
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In 1931 Browne began to develop her argument for women's right to decide to have an abortion. She again began touring, giving lectures on abortion and the negative consequences that followed if women were unable to terminate pregnancies of their own choosing such as: suicide, injury, permanent
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in turn thanked Keith Hindell for helping her with references for the section of her book about the National Abortion Campaign. In this way, one could conclude that instead of having contradictory views of Browne, historians have wanted to collaborate in making Browne better known in
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Research on Stella Browne's life and contributions to women's rights has been a gradually cumulative research process, in which each article or book written about her has pieced together the facts and commentary of those before them. So Lesley Hall's biography of Browne thanks
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Daniel and Dulcie were married on 23 February 1878, and Stella was born in 1880, followed in 1882 by her younger sister Alice Lemira Sylvia Browne, known as Sylvia. When Stella was three years old, Daniel, now Superintendent of Lighthouses, was aboard the Dominion steamship
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Little else is known about Stella's childhood as she rarely referred to it in her later writings. She was known to have considered herself British, as opposed to Canadian – detaching herself from her roots, her family having left Halifax in 1892 when Stella was twelve.
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After the war, the fight for abortion rights was renewed and Browne came back to her fight for the education of women in matters of sex. Her endeavours on this front afforded her the rank of first Patron and later Vice-President of the
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marriage to experience and develop the maternal instinct, while at the same time encouraged women to refuse motherhood if they wished to. Many of the other feminists looking into eugenics at this time, such as
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She also left behind the ALRA upon her death, which gained a flood of new members as women began to recognise the insufficiency of the current contraceptives, and the scandal that came with the effects of
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activist, Browne was able to keep questions of women's rights to their body and sexuality in the public eye long enough to get other people interested enough to keep the cause going even after her death.
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campaigner. She was one of the primary women in the fight for women's right to control and make decisions regarding their sexual choices. Active mainly in Britain, her principal focus was on sexual
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Browne began to develop her belief system while at the college, experimenting with her lover and taking in the lectures of Morley College from her post there. She wrote a letter to
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of the ALRA's Medico-Legal Committee received the case of a fourteen-year-old girl who had been raped, and received a termination of this pregnancy from Dr.
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invalidism, madness and blood-poisoning. By bringing the topic of legalised abortion into discussion, it was a major accomplishment in July 1932 when the
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and is one of the few women in history to have written works left behind that help historians to understand the interaction of socialism and
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issued MCW/153, which allowed local authorities to give birth control advice in welfare centres, another partial success for Browne.
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Cowman, Krista (2002). "'Incipient Toryism'? The Women's Social and Political Union and the Independent Labour Party, 1903–1914".
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first male lover here, known as her "demi-semi-lover" and never noted by name, only by his sexual prowess. She also joined the
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Jones, Greta (1995). "Women and eugenics in Britain: The case of Mary Scharlieb, Elizabeth Sloan Chesser, and Stella Browne".
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opinion that women should not be labelled for their choice not to marry, this would be a huge insult to Browne.
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in London. In the years leading up to the presentation of this paper, Browne worked to gather information on
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Hall, Lesley (1997). "'I have never met the normal woman': Stella Browne and the politics of womanhood".
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militant methods as part of its campaign for the vote, where both leaders of this rebellion,
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for bringing Stella Browne into the public's eye for the first time, and Sheila Rowbotham's
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then moved back to Germany where she discovered the budding German woman's movement, which
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council was called to form a committee to discuss making changes to the laws on abortion.
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Sexual variety & variability among women and their bearing upon social reconstruction
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Fertility and sterility in marriage: their voluntary promotion and limitation
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Stella Browne has set the stage for many arguments surrounding women's
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women's rights. She is famous for her lectures and her work with the
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Dodwell), who went by the name Dulcie. Daniel Browne worked for the
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The diary of Otto Braun, with selections from his letters and poems
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If her radicalism may be seen to some as a negative thing, however
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Many of Browne's beliefs stemmed from her following of the work of
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The Life and Times of Stella Browne: Feminist and Free Spirit
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British feminist, socialist and birth control activist
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A new world for women: Stella Browne, social feminist
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A New World For Women: Stella Browne, Social Feminist
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Heinemann, 1929. 515:Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde 504:Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde 137:Frances Worsley Stella Browne 130: 35:Frances Worsley Stella Browne 2224:Canadian socialist feminists 1429:10.1016/0277-5395(82)90104-2 480:Population and Birth Control 327:World Sexual Reform Congress 139:) was born on 9 May 1880 in 7: 2199:British socialist feminists 1934:Catholic Church in Scotland 1641:Family Planning Association 343:British Medical Association 275:number of papers including 269: 10: 2245: 2194:German–English translators 1626:Marie Stopes International 1309: 187:Somerville College, Oxford 179:St. Felix School for Girls 135:Stella Browne (birth name 77:Sommervile College, Oxford 2090: 1950: 1901: 1894: 1669: 1608: 1601: 1545: 1452:10.1080/00033799500200361 1355:10.1080/09612029700200293 430: 215: 89: 81: 73: 65: 53: 30: 23: 1661:Abortion Support Network 1504:at Spartacus Educational 1502:Stella Browne: Biography 1362:Hall, Lesley A. (2011). 1319:History Workshop Journal 1301:Hindell & Simms 1968 1289:Hindell & Simms 1968 1148:Hindell & Simms 1968 1136:Hindell & Simms 1968 544:History of modern morals 454: 315:Independent Labour Party 1474:. London: Pluto Press. 1388:The Political Quarterly 260:Elizabeth Sloan Chesser 201:Victoria County History 85:Women's rights activism 1342:Women's History Review 526:Franz Carl MĂĽller-Lyer 2143:Abortion in Australia 1988:Norman St John-Stevas 1717:Douglas Vernon Hubble 1636:Amnesty International 287:(a new instalment of 1757:Walter L. Neustatter 1332:10.1093/hwj/53.1.128 307:Christabel Pankhurst 141:Halifax, Nova Scotia 48:Halifax, Nova Scotia 1002:, pp. 142–143. 535:and Harry Roberts) 467:, publication no. 3 437:rights to sexuality 2179:English socialists 2138:Abortion in Canada 2118:UN Population Fund 1807:Michael Winstanley 1792:Glanville Williams 335:Ministry of Health 331:maternal mortality 285:The New Generation 2184:English feminists 2156: 2155: 2098:Malthusian League 2086: 2085: 2038:Nuala Scarisbrick 1943: 1924:Both Lives Matter 1890: 1889: 1656:Back Off Scotland 1583:Abortion Act 1967 1468:Rowbotham, Sheila 1439:Annals of Science 978:, pp. 30–31. 880:, pp. 66–67. 299:Beauty and Health 97: 96: 2236: 2033:Jack Scarisbrick 2028:Victoria Gillick 1941: 1939:ProLife Alliance 1899: 1898: 1852:Richard Crossman 1847:Kenneth Robinson 1817:Gwyneth Dunwoody 1747:François Lafitte 1732:Douglas Houghton 1707:Ian MacGillivray 1651:Sister Supporter 1606: 1605: 1532: 1525: 1518: 1509: 1508: 1485: 1463: 1432: 1411:Jeffreys, Sheila 1406: 1404: 1377: 1358: 1335: 1304: 1298: 1292: 1286: 1280: 1274: 1265: 1259: 1253: 1247: 1241: 1235: 1226: 1220: 1214: 1208: 1202: 1196: 1187: 1181: 1175: 1169: 1163: 1157: 1151: 1145: 1139: 1133: 1120: 1114: 1108: 1102: 1093: 1087: 1081: 1075: 1069: 1063: 1057: 1051: 1045: 1039: 1030: 1024: 1015: 1009: 1003: 997: 991: 985: 979: 973: 967: 961: 948: 942: 936: 930: 917: 911: 905: 899: 893: 887: 881: 875: 869: 863: 857: 851: 845: 839: 833: 827: 818: 812: 803: 797: 786: 780: 774: 768: 759: 753: 744: 738: 729: 723: 717: 711: 698: 692: 686: 680: 671: 665: 652: 646: 637: 631: 612: 606: 597: 591: 582: 576: 570: 564: 405:feminist history 396:Sheila Rowbotham 237:Edward Carpenter 69:British Canadian 60: 44: 42: 21: 20: 2244: 2243: 2239: 2238: 2237: 2235: 2234: 2233: 2159: 2158: 2157: 2152: 2128:Margaret Sanger 2082: 2063:Jacob Rees-Mogg 1946: 1886: 1832:George Sinclair 1742:Madeleine Simms 1665: 1597: 1541: 1536: 1492: 1482: 1374: 1312: 1307: 1299: 1295: 1287: 1283: 1275: 1268: 1260: 1256: 1248: 1244: 1236: 1229: 1225:, p. viii. 1221: 1217: 1209: 1205: 1197: 1190: 1182: 1178: 1170: 1166: 1158: 1154: 1146: 1142: 1134: 1123: 1115: 1111: 1103: 1096: 1088: 1084: 1076: 1072: 1064: 1060: 1052: 1048: 1040: 1033: 1025: 1018: 1010: 1006: 998: 994: 986: 982: 974: 970: 962: 951: 943: 939: 931: 920: 912: 908: 900: 896: 888: 884: 876: 872: 864: 860: 852: 848: 840: 836: 828: 821: 813: 806: 798: 789: 781: 777: 769: 762: 754: 747: 739: 732: 724: 720: 712: 701: 693: 689: 681: 674: 666: 655: 647: 640: 632: 615: 607: 600: 592: 585: 577: 573: 565: 561: 557: 457: 433: 416:Sheila Jeffreys 391: 351: 272: 218: 166:Princess Louise 133: 74:Alma mater 58: 49: 46: 40: 38: 37: 36: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 2242: 2232: 2231: 2226: 2221: 2216: 2211: 2206: 2201: 2196: 2191: 2186: 2181: 2176: 2171: 2154: 2153: 2151: 2150: 2145: 2140: 2135: 2130: 2125: 2120: 2115: 2110: 2105: 2100: 2094: 2092: 2088: 2087: 2084: 2083: 2081: 2080: 2075: 2070: 2068:ThĂ©rèse Coffey 2065: 2060: 2055: 2053:Nadine Dorries 2050: 2045: 2040: 2035: 2030: 2025: 2020: 2018:Michael Ancram 2015: 2010: 2005: 2000: 1995: 1990: 1985: 1980: 1975: 1970: 1968:Bernard Braine 1965: 1963:Phyllis Bowman 1960: 1954: 1952: 1948: 1947: 1945: 1944: 1936: 1931: 1926: 1921: 1916: 1911: 1905: 1903: 1896: 1892: 1891: 1888: 1887: 1885: 1884: 1879: 1877:Barbara Hewson 1874: 1869: 1864: 1859: 1854: 1849: 1844: 1839: 1834: 1829: 1824: 1819: 1814: 1809: 1804: 1799: 1794: 1789: 1784: 1779: 1774: 1769: 1764: 1759: 1754: 1749: 1744: 1739: 1734: 1729: 1724: 1719: 1714: 1709: 1704: 1699: 1694: 1689: 1684: 1679: 1673: 1671: 1667: 1666: 1664: 1663: 1658: 1653: 1648: 1643: 1638: 1633: 1628: 1623: 1618: 1612: 1610: 1603: 1599: 1598: 1596: 1595: 1590: 1585: 1580: 1575: 1570: 1565: 1560: 1555: 1549: 1547: 1543: 1542: 1535: 1534: 1527: 1520: 1512: 1506: 1505: 1499: 1491: 1490:External links 1488: 1487: 1486: 1480: 1464: 1446:(5): 481–502. 1433: 1423:(6): 629–645. 1407: 1395:(3): 269–282. 1378: 1372: 1359: 1349:(2): 157–182. 1336: 1311: 1308: 1306: 1305: 1303:, p. 282. 1293: 1291:, p. 273. 1281: 1277:Rowbotham 1977 1266: 1264:, p. 499. 1254: 1252:, p. 487. 1242: 1238:Rowbotham 1977 1227: 1215: 1213:, p. 265. 1203: 1201:, p. 264. 1188: 1186:, p. 253. 1176: 1174:, p. 252. 1164: 1162:, p. 247. 1152: 1150:, p. 272. 1140: 1138:, p. 271. 1121: 1119:, p. 188. 1109: 1107:, p. 178. 1094: 1092:, p. 173. 1082: 1080:, p. 161. 1070: 1068:, p. 148. 1058: 1056:, p. 144. 1046: 1044:, p. 486. 1031: 1029:, p. 143. 1016: 1012:Rowbotham 1977 1004: 992: 980: 968: 966:, p. 130. 949: 937: 935:, p. 643. 918: 906: 894: 882: 878:Rowbotham 1977 870: 868:, p. 140. 858: 856:, p. 491. 846: 844:, p. 490. 834: 832:, p. 495. 819: 815:Rowbotham 1977 804: 787: 775: 760: 745: 730: 718: 699: 687: 672: 653: 638: 636:, p. 159. 613: 609:Rowbotham 1977 598: 596:, p. 138. 583: 579:Rowbotham 1977 571: 567:Rowbotham 1977 558: 556: 553: 552: 551: 540: 533:A. M. Ludovici 529: 518: 507: 494: 483: 468: 456: 453: 432: 429: 390: 389:Historiography 387: 350: 347: 289:The Malthusian 281:The Malthusian 271: 268: 256:Mary Scharlieb 233:Havelock Ellis 217: 214: 205:Morley College 196:Helene Stöcker 132: 129: 124:women's rights 95: 94: 91: 87: 86: 83: 82:Known for 79: 78: 75: 71: 70: 67: 63: 62: 61:(aged 74) 55: 51: 50: 47: 34: 32: 28: 27: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 2241: 2230: 2227: 2225: 2222: 2220: 2217: 2215: 2212: 2210: 2207: 2205: 2202: 2200: 2197: 2195: 2192: 2190: 2187: 2185: 2182: 2180: 2177: 2175: 2172: 2170: 2167: 2166: 2164: 2149: 2146: 2144: 2141: 2139: 2136: 2134: 2131: 2129: 2126: 2124: 2121: 2119: 2116: 2114: 2111: 2109: 2106: 2104: 2101: 2099: 2096: 2095: 2093: 2089: 2079: 2078:Heidi Crowter 2076: 2074: 2073:Joanna Jepson 2071: 2069: 2066: 2064: 2061: 2059: 2056: 2054: 2051: 2049: 2046: 2044: 2041: 2039: 2036: 2034: 2031: 2029: 2026: 2024: 2021: 2019: 2016: 2014: 2011: 2009: 2006: 2004: 2001: 1999: 1996: 1994: 1993:James Dempsey 1991: 1989: 1986: 1984: 1981: 1979: 1976: 1974: 1971: 1969: 1966: 1964: 1961: 1959: 1956: 1955: 1953: 1949: 1940: 1937: 1935: 1932: 1930: 1927: 1925: 1922: 1920: 1917: 1915: 1912: 1910: 1907: 1906: 1904: 1900: 1897: 1893: 1883: 1880: 1878: 1875: 1873: 1870: 1868: 1867:Jo Richardson 1865: 1863: 1860: 1858: 1855: 1853: 1850: 1848: 1845: 1843: 1840: 1838: 1835: 1833: 1830: 1828: 1825: 1823: 1822:Peter Jackson 1820: 1818: 1815: 1813: 1812:John Dunwoody 1810: 1808: 1805: 1803: 1800: 1798: 1797:Peter Diggory 1795: 1793: 1790: 1788: 1787:Caroline Deys 1785: 1783: 1782:Malcolm Potts 1780: 1778: 1777:Samuel Silkin 1775: 1773: 1770: 1768: 1765: 1763: 1760: 1758: 1755: 1753: 1752:David Paintin 1750: 1748: 1745: 1743: 1740: 1738: 1735: 1733: 1730: 1728: 1727:Vera Houghton 1725: 1723: 1720: 1718: 1715: 1713: 1710: 1708: 1705: 1703: 1700: 1698: 1697:Joan Malleson 1695: 1693: 1692:Alice Jenkins 1690: 1688: 1685: 1683: 1682:Stella Browne 1680: 1678: 1675: 1674: 1672: 1668: 1662: 1659: 1657: 1654: 1652: 1649: 1647: 1644: 1642: 1639: 1637: 1634: 1632: 1629: 1627: 1624: 1622: 1619: 1617: 1614: 1613: 1611: 1607: 1604: 1600: 1594: 1591: 1589: 1586: 1584: 1581: 1579: 1576: 1574: 1571: 1569: 1566: 1564: 1561: 1559: 1556: 1554: 1551: 1550: 1548: 1544: 1540: 1533: 1528: 1526: 1521: 1519: 1514: 1513: 1510: 1503: 1500: 1498: 1497:Stella Browne 1495:Lesley Hall, 1494: 1493: 1483: 1481:9780904383546 1477: 1473: 1469: 1465: 1461: 1457: 1453: 1449: 1445: 1441: 1440: 1434: 1430: 1426: 1422: 1418: 1417: 1412: 1408: 1403: 1398: 1394: 1390: 1389: 1384: 1379: 1375: 1373:9781848855830 1369: 1365: 1360: 1356: 1352: 1348: 1344: 1343: 1337: 1333: 1329: 1325: 1321: 1320: 1314: 1313: 1302: 1297: 1290: 1285: 1278: 1273: 1271: 1263: 1258: 1251: 1246: 1239: 1234: 1232: 1224: 1219: 1212: 1207: 1200: 1195: 1193: 1185: 1180: 1173: 1168: 1161: 1156: 1149: 1144: 1137: 1132: 1130: 1128: 1126: 1118: 1113: 1106: 1101: 1099: 1091: 1086: 1079: 1074: 1067: 1062: 1055: 1050: 1043: 1038: 1036: 1028: 1023: 1021: 1014:, p. 39. 1013: 1008: 1001: 996: 990:, p. 73. 989: 984: 977: 972: 965: 960: 958: 956: 954: 947:, p. 60. 946: 941: 934: 933:Jeffreys 1982 929: 927: 925: 923: 916:, p. 96. 915: 910: 904:, p. 35. 903: 898: 892:, p. 79. 891: 886: 879: 874: 867: 862: 855: 850: 843: 838: 831: 826: 824: 817:, p. 63. 816: 811: 809: 802:, p. 29. 801: 796: 794: 792: 785:, p. 28. 784: 779: 773:, p. 27. 772: 767: 765: 758:, p. 21. 757: 752: 750: 743:, p. 20. 742: 737: 735: 728:, p. 16. 727: 722: 716:, p. 15. 715: 710: 708: 706: 704: 697:, p. 14. 696: 691: 685:, p. 13. 684: 679: 677: 670:, p. 12. 669: 664: 662: 660: 658: 651:, p. 11. 650: 645: 643: 635: 630: 628: 626: 624: 622: 620: 618: 611:, p. 10. 610: 605: 603: 595: 590: 588: 581:, p. 66. 580: 575: 569:, p. 62. 568: 563: 559: 549: 545: 541: 538: 534: 530: 527: 523: 519: 516: 512: 508: 505: 501: 500: 495: 492: 488: 484: 481: 477: 473: 469: 466: 462: 459: 458: 452: 450: 444: 442: 438: 428: 424: 420: 417: 412: 408: 406: 401: 397: 386: 382: 380: 374: 372: 371:Joan Malleson 366: 364: 360: 359:Alice Jenkins 356: 346: 344: 338: 336: 332: 328: 322: 320: 316: 312: 308: 302: 300: 296: 295: 294:The Freewoman 290: 286: 282: 278: 267: 263: 261: 257: 251: 248: 247: 246:The Freewoman 242: 238: 234: 229: 227: 223: 213: 211: 206: 202: 197: 191: 188: 184: 180: 174: 170: 168: 167: 160: 158: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 128: 125: 121: 115: 113: 109: 108:birth control 105: 101: 100:Stella Browne 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 56: 52: 33: 29: 25:Stella Browne 22: 19: 2123:Marie Stopes 2003:Ian Campbell 1958:Aleck Bourne 1767:Lewis Silkin 1762:Eliot Slater 1737:Diane Munday 1712:Dugald Baird 1687:Dora Russell 1681: 1677:Janet Chance 1646:Humanists UK 1471: 1443: 1437: 1420: 1414: 1392: 1386: 1363: 1346: 1340: 1323: 1317: 1296: 1284: 1279:, p. 7. 1257: 1245: 1240:, p. 8. 1218: 1206: 1179: 1167: 1155: 1143: 1112: 1085: 1073: 1061: 1049: 1007: 995: 983: 971: 940: 909: 897: 885: 873: 861: 849: 837: 778: 721: 690: 574: 562: 543: 536: 521: 510: 497: 490: 479: 460: 445: 434: 425: 421: 413: 409: 399: 392: 383: 375: 367: 355:Janet Chance 352: 339: 323: 311:Annie Kenney 303: 298: 292: 288: 284: 280: 276: 273: 264: 252: 244: 230: 219: 192: 175: 171: 164: 161: 144: 136: 134: 116: 99: 98: 93:Suffragettes 59:(1955-05-08) 18: 2174:1955 deaths 2169:1880 births 2023:David Alton 2013:Bill Benyon 2008:John Corrie 1998:James White 1983:Simon Mahon 1978:Jill Knight 1857:Ian Mikardo 1842:Roy Jenkins 1827:RenĂ©e Short 1802:David Steel 1772:John Silkin 1722:Martin Cole 1702:Frida Laski 1546:Legislation 1326:: 129–148. 964:Cowman 2002 487:Ella Winter 449:thalidomide 241:sexologists 222:H. 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Wells 66:Nationality 2163:Categories 2058:Rob Flello 2048:Jim Dobbin 2043:Joe Benton 1973:James Dunn 1895:Opposition 1872:Ann Furedi 1862:John Marks 1837:David Owen 1262:Jones 1995 1250:Jones 1995 1042:Jones 1995 854:Jones 1995 842:Jones 1995 830:Jones 1995 555:References 548:Max Hodann 522:The family 485:(tr. with 476:Cedar Paul 361:began the 239:and other 226:polygynous 153:Royal Navy 131:Early life 112:law reform 57:8 May 1955 45:9 May 1880 41:1880-05-09 1942:(defunct) 1223:Hall 2011 1211:Hall 2011 1199:Hall 2011 1184:Hall 2011 1172:Hall 2011 1160:Hall 2011 1117:Hall 2011 1105:Hall 2011 1090:Hall 2011 1078:Hall 2011 1066:Hall 2011 1054:Hall 2011 1027:Hall 2011 1000:Hall 2011 988:Hall 2011 976:Hall 2011 945:Hall 2011 914:Hall 2011 902:Hall 2011 890:Hall 2011 866:Hall 2011 800:Hall 2011 783:Hall 2011 771:Hall 2011 756:Hall 2011 741:Hall 2011 726:Hall 2011 714:Hall 2011 695:Hall 2011 683:Hall 2011 668:Hall 2011 649:Hall 2011 634:Hall 1997 594:Hall 2011 183:Southwold 157:gastritis 1602:Advocacy 1470:(1977). 1460:11640067 537:Abortion 478:, eds., 441:feminism 277:The Call 270:Activism 104:feminist 90:Movement 2091:Related 1882:Anna Lo 1310:Sources 482:, 1917. 122:. 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Index

feminist
birth control
law reform
Abortion Law Reform Association
women's rights
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries
Royal Navy
gastritis
Princess Louise
St. Felix School for Girls
Southwold
Somerville College, Oxford
Helene Stöcker
Victoria County History
Morley College
Women's Social and Political Union
H. G. Wells
polygynous
Havelock Ellis
Edward Carpenter
sexologists
The Freewoman
Mary Scharlieb
Elizabeth Sloan Chesser
The Freewoman
Christabel Pankhurst
Annie Kenney
Independent Labour Party
Society for the Study of Sex Psychology

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