“ By about 1870 various small societies had grown up with the purpose of advancing the cause of women's suffrage, and in 1896 these were amalgamated under the name of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, Mrs. Fawcett in 1907 becoming the president of this movement. The body was for some years the only important suffrage society, and most of the pioneers of the movement belonged to it; but in 1906 the Women's Social and Political Union was formed, pledged to work by militant, as opposed to constitutional methods. ”

“ She herself produced various works on economics, including Political Economy for Beginners (1870) , Tales in Political Economy (1875) , and, with her husband, a volume of Essays and Lectures (1872) . Mrs. ”