Activism in the suffragist, pacifist, Irish republican, and socialist movements; novels
Political party
Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB)
Spouse
Maximilian Carden Despard
(m. 1870; died 1890)
Charlotte Despard (née French; 15 June 1844 – 10 November 1939) was an Anglo-Irish suffragist, socialist, pacifist, Sinn Féin activist, and novelist.[3] She was a founding member of the Women's Freedom League, the Women's Peace Crusade, and the Irish Women's Franchise League, and an activist in a wide range of political organizations over the course of her life, including among others the Women's Social and Political Union, Humanitarian League, Labour Party, Cumann na mBan, and the Communist Party of Great Britain.
Despard was imprisoned four times for her suffragette activism,[4][5] and she continued campaigning for women's rights, poverty relief and world peace into her 90s.[4]
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^ abOxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 15. p. 906.
^Leneman, Leah (1997). "The awakened instinct: vegetarianism and the women's suffrage movement in Britain", Women's History Review, Volume 6, Issue 2.
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^"Women's Suffrage Pioneer, Death of Mrs C. Despard". Gloucestershire Echo. 10 November 1939. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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moment lived – my entire mental outlook was changed." WFL was led by CharlotteDespard and was set up to be more democratic than the Pankhursts led Women's...
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Emmeline Pankhurst, founder of the Women's Social and Political Union CharlotteDespard, co-founder of the Women's Freedom League List of suffragists and...
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Hyndman in a ceremony attended by, among others, Dadabhai Naoroji, CharlotteDespard and Bhikaji Cama When opened as a student-hostel in 1905, it provided...
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club. Annual birthday parties to raise funds for CharlotteDespard were held at the club with Despard herself travelling from Ireland each year to attend...
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