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The Church League for Women's Suffrage (CLWS) was an organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. The league was started in London, but by 1913 it had branches across England, in Wales and Scotland and Ireland.^[1]

Aims and achievements

This organisation aimed to 'Secure the Vote in Church and State as it is, or may be granted to men'. It was over a century later that females were permitted to be ordained as bishops within the Church of England. The Church League in 1914 allowed individuals to participate in other movements for the cause of women's equality but their own organisation's 'only methods.. are those of Prayer and Education". A benefit of the League was to refute the charge that the Church was indifferent to the matter of women's right to vote.^[2]

The first woman to preach in a Church of Ireland church, which was done with the approval of the Archbishop of Dublin and the church's governors, was Edith Picton-Turbervill. She was speaking in Ireland under the auspices of the CLWS.

Notable members

The League was founded by the Reverend Claude Hinscliff in 1909, who was its secretary for a long time.^[4] Other founding members included Margaret Nevinson and Olive Wharry,^[5] and Joan Cather, whose husband Lt. John Leonard Cather was chair of its finance committee.^[6]

Notable members included Frances Balfour and Louise Creighton and the more militant Muriel Matters, Florence Canning, the outstanding Maude Royden,and Lady Constance Lytton.^[1] Emily Wilding Davison, who died under the King's horse at Epsom, was a member, and her funeral was held at St George's, Bloomsbury, led by its vicar, Charles Baumgarten (also a member of the League), Claude Hinscliff,^[7] and Charles Escreet, Archdeacon of Lewisham^[8].

The Irish Church had resisted the League because it refused to denounce the behavior of militant suffragettes. By 1913 Florence Canning led the executive committee and she was one of six of the thirteen members identified for their militancy.^[1]

The League of the Church Militant

After the end of World War I, and the passage of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which gave votes to many but not all women, the League decided to re-focus its efforts. In 1919 it renamed itself The League of the Church Militant^[9].

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Inkpin, Jonathan David Francis (1996). "Combatting the 'Sin.of Self -Sacrifice'?: CHRISTIAN FEMINISM IN THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE STRUGGLE: (1903-18)" (PDF). Durham University. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ Delap, Lucy; DiCenzo, Maria; Ryan, Leila (2006). Feminism and the Periodical Press, 1900-1918. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415320276.
^ Crawford, Elizabeth (2003-09-02). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. ISBN 9781135434021.
^ Krista Cowman (9 December 2010). Women in British Politics, c.1689-1979. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-1-137-26801-3.
^ Royden, Maude (1938). Asquith, Margot (ed.). Myself When Young. London: Muller.
^ Delap, Lucy; DiCenzo, Maria; Ryan, Leila (2006). Feminism and the Periodical Press, 1900-1918. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415320276.
^ Elizabeth Crawford (2 September 2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. pp. 475–. ISBN 1-135-43401-8.
^ Street, Peter. "Death on the path to suffrage". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
^ Saunders, Robert (26 October 2019). "'A Great and Holy War': Religious Routes to Women's Suffrage, 1909–1914*". The English Historical Review. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cez360. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check |doi= value (help); External link in |doi= (help)

[:0-1] Inkpin, Jonathan David Francis (1996). "Combatting the 'Sin.of Self -Sacrifice'?: CHRISTIAN FEMINISM IN THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE STRUGGLE: (1903-18)" (PDF). Durham University. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[2] Delap, Lucy; DiCenzo, Maria; Ryan, Leila (2006). Feminism and the Periodical Press, 1900-1918. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415320276.

[3] Crawford, Elizabeth (2003-09-02). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. ISBN 9781135434021.

[Cowman2010-4] Krista Cowman (9 December 2010). Women in British Politics, c.1689-1979. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-1-137-26801-3.

[5] Royden, Maude (1938). Asquith, Margot (ed.). Myself When Young. London: Muller.

[6] Delap, Lucy; DiCenzo, Maria; Ryan, Leila (2006). Feminism and the Periodical Press, 1900-1918. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415320276.

[Crawford2003-7] Elizabeth Crawford (2 September 2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. pp. 475–. ISBN 1-135-43401-8.

[8] Street, Peter. "Death on the path to suffrage". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

[9] Saunders, Robert (26 October 2019). "'A Great and Holy War': Religious Routes to Women's Suffrage, 1909–1914*". The English Historical Review. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cez360. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check |doi= value (help); External link in |doi= (help)

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+After the end of World War I, and the passage of the [[Representation of the People Act 1918]], which gave votes to many but not all women, the League decided to re-focus its efforts. In 1919 it renamed itself The League of the Church Militant<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Saunders |first1=Robert |title=‘A Great and Holy War’: Religious Routes to Women’s Suffrage, 1909–1914* |journal=The English Historical Review |date=26 October 2019 |doi=https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cez360 |accessdate=18 April 2020}}</ref>.
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