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Millicent Garrett was born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk in 1846 to a prosperous middle-class family. When she was twelve, Millicent was sent to London, with her sister Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (the first female doctor in the UK) to study at a private boarding school in Blackheath.
Aged twelve in 1858, Millicent Fawcett was sent to London with her sister Elizabeth to attend a private boarding school in Blackheath. Millicent found Louisa Browning who led the school to be a "born teacher" whereas her sister remembered the "stupidity" of the teachers. [11]
Aug 16, 2023 · Regarded by many as the most influential leader of the moderate women’s suffrage movement in Britain, Millicent Fawcett was not just a campaigner for votes for women but also for many other causes which affected women, ranging from education, careers to divorce rights.
At the age of 12, Fawcett attended Blackheath, a private boarding school in London, furthering her education and intellectual development. Fawcett's engagement with the suffrage movement began in earnest in 1865 when she attended a speech by John Stuart Mill and subsequently assisted the Kensington Society in gathering signatures for a petition ...
At the age of twelve, Millicent along with her sister was enrolled in a private boarding school in Blackheath, London, from where her inclination towards literature and education began.
Forgotten hero, Millicent Fawcett, lived in such a world and devoted her life to changing it, helping to guarantee women’s right to vote and enable the improved gender equality we enjoy today. Millicent Fawcett (née Garrett) was born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk in 1847.
Her first article on ‘The Education of Women of the Middle and Upper Classes’ was published in April 1868, in the month of her daughter’s birth. Brighton Town Hall, 1870s Then, on 17 July 1869, still only 22 years old, she was one of the speakers at the first London public ‘votes for women’ meeting and on 23 March 1870 gave a talk on ...
