Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere

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Many people have argued that they found this work too simplistic, but for me, someone who often initially has trouble navigating a more complex and sophisticated dialect, I appreciated how this was written at a level that most people would find easier to relate to. Often, issues such as feminism are seen as intellectual and scholarly, but that simply isn't, and shouldn't be, the case. Anyone, and everyone, can be a feminist, so why should people be excluded from the conversation in fear of looking 'dumb'? a b c Elwes, Annunciata (14 September 2017). "Emmeline Pankhurst or Millicent Fawcett? Battle over Westminster Suffragette statues". Country Life . Retrieved 26 April 2018.

I gave this gem to my partner as a Christmas present. He, being a long-time Winterson fan, was suitably excited and somehow limited his reading as to make this book last two sittings.Instead, she suggests that Fawcett, a patriotic pro-war imperialist, was making a connection between Davison’s “self-sacrifice” for the cause of “freedom” and the deaths of so many men during the first world war. Terras said: “In the context of 1920, when lots of young people had just lost their lives, she writes that giving up your life for something you believe in is courageous.” Creating a room of one’s own takes courage, the type that overcomes the fear of stepping out of the norm and expectations and exploring into the unknown. Newnham’s 150 year of Pathfinders and Pioneers remind us of the importance of a nurturing culture for diversity and inclusion in every organization and the active outreach needed to open more rooms for aspiring young women. Walking on the grass The sculpture depicts Fawcett at her most influential, in 1907 at the age of sixty, when she had become the president of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). At this point, Fawcett had been a part of the organisation for over ten years. She had campaigned tirelessly throughout her adult life, from gathering signatures for the first suffrage petition in 1866, to negotiating on women’s behalf with Members of Parliament. Gillian Wearing: Fawcett was chosen by [the British journalist and feminist activist] Caroline Criado Perez who led the successful campaign to put [the statue] in Parliament Square. But I am equally delighted she was chosen as she is the pivotal person who got the vote for women in 1918.

The statue was commissioned to recognise the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 which gave some women the right to vote. It portrays Millicent at the age of 50, when she became President of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies. The names and images of 55 women and four men who supported women’s suffrage also appear on the statue’s plinth.

Courage alone is not enough

Winterson closes this wee firebrand with Emeline Pankhurst’s 1913 speech, ‘Freedom or Death’, delivered when she sailed to America between prison sentences. She had been released long enough to recover her strength from a hunger strike and was reincarcerated under the terms of the Cat and Mouse Act upon her return to England. Technically this is a quote from Suffragist Millicent Fawcett. Millicent believed in using peaceful methods to campaign for women’s At that point, Fawcett was merely trying to explain why Davison’s death – which she described as a deliberately “sensational” act of self-sacrifice – made headlines around the world, argues Terras. I thought: how can it be that someone so famous as the first woman to have a statue in Parliament Square – how can it be that no one can read her words? And that felt like an injustice to me.” a b Topping, Alexandra (24 April 2018). "First statue of a woman in Parliament Square unveiled". The Guardian . Retrieved 24 April 2018.

I unexpectedly found this in Waterstones a little over a week ago and I am so glad that I did. Courage Calls To Courage Everywhere is a lecture that Winterson gave adapted into and essay. Also included is the introduction to the speech 'Freedom or Death' made by Emmeline Pankhurst in 1913. Gillian Wearing’s statue commemorating the life of Suffragist Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square Gareth Harris There is a brief look at the suffrage movement and an assessment of how things have progressed (or not). There is also an outline of the current state of women’s issues with a look at the #MeToo movement, education and medicine. Winterson also looks at the future and argues that more women need to be in technology and IT. Criado Perez called the unveiling of the statue "one hell of a start" in increasing the representation of women across Britain in both cultural and political spheres. Similar views were supported by Khan, the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and the former Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman, who suggested that the square's male statues be temporarily moved elsewhere in London to allow there to be only female statues in this prominent location. [2] Reaction and commentary [ edit ]years after some women won the right to vote, 50 years after the Equal Pay Act and 20 years after the Equality Act and it’s become an increasingly compelling argument that this “evolution process” may need a very big helping hand.

stars for a Jeanette Winterson book... I still can't believe it! She's one of my favorite writers (among the top 3, I mean, maybe even top 1) But I had high expectations for this little nonfiction book and I was a bit disappointed. I thought it was beautifully written, as is usual with her, but I found it a bit superficial, basic and slightly tone down for my taste, which was a surprise as I was expecting something really revolutionary and full of spite for anyone with a Y chromosome. I mean, this is Jeanette Winterson whom we're talking about and she's never hidden her thoughts about such gender... and I love her wholeheartedly because of it. Winterson then goes on to list the various, and numerous, ways in which women deserve respect but sadly are not getting. Winterson published Courage in the 100 th anniversary year since the passing of the Representation of the People Act which provided some women the right to vote. She describes the challenges to, and eventual victory of, the Suffragettes as their activities became progressively militant in response to the wall of contempt put up by men around them. Her discussion of decades more of struggle up to the present holds all the more relevance following in the wake of the #MeToo movement. She undertook her first speaking tour aged just 22, at a time when women rarely spoke in public. By 1897 suffrage societies all over the UK came together to become the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies and by 1907 – 40 years into the campaign – Millicent Fawcett became the movement's president. By that stage it had tens of thousands of members. She went on to establish the International Women's Suffrage Alliance, forming links with women all over the world who were campaigning for equal voting rights. A spokesman for the attorney general’s office confirmed that it had received multiple complaints about the leniency of the sentencing. He added: “The case will of course be considered for referral to the court of appeal.”

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Many of the subjects Winterson discussed are things that are at the forefront of my mind. The #MeToo movement is on everyone's lips, and Winterson made sure that she had her say. Listen to this: This is a vital collection of the vital speeches of a vital person. You need to read this to understand the history of Millicent Fawcett and if you don’t understand the history of Millicent Fawcett you don’t understand one of the most important developments in modern civilisation.' a b c Wheeler, Brian (18 January 2018). "Margaret Thatcher set to lose out in Parliament Square statue battle". BBC News . Retrieved 26 April 2018. Courage calls to courage everywhere’ is the best-known phrase associated with Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), the leading UK suffragist and campaigner of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But what is the source of her quote, and what is its context?