National Union of Women' Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)

From the mid 1800's, local and regional groups met to discuss womens voting issues, in '1897 a federation of seventeen societies came together to represent every active suffrage society in Britain' (Parliament,UK, 2014). They formed the National Union of Women Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) 'by 1913 nearly five hundred regional suffrage societies joined, making the NUWSS a most influential alliance' (Parliament.UK, 2014).

The societies that came together to form the NUWSS are listed in this document:

Inaugural NUWSS meeting minutes and Notice of formation of the NUWSS
http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/unesco/nuwss-foundation/

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) was established by Millicent Fawcett in 1897 'this bought together 500 local organisations with over 50,000 members, many of them men' (Chandler, 2001, p.6). Members of the NUWSS hoped to persuade politicians sympathetic to their cause to give them the right to vote with a peaceful campaign, they petitioned peacefully, distributed leaflets and organised meetings. 
(Parliament, UK, 2014)

Between 1870 and 1884 debates on women's suffrage took place almost every year. This kept the issue in the public eye as 'all parliamentary proceedings were covered in the national and regional press'(Chandler, 2001, p.6).

http://www.biographyonline.net/politicians/uk/millicent-fawcett.html

Millicent Fawcett came from a wealthy family that 'supported higher education for women, and the successful warehouse business meant they could afford a good education' (Hanlon, 2010). Millicent's sister Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became the first Englishwoman to qualify as a doctor (BBC, 2014). Millicent Fawcett was married to MP Henry Fawcett , 'Millicent was a regular in the ladies gallery observing her husband' (Crawford,2003,p.214) she was, therefore, familiar with political procedures.
The NUWSS adopted the colours of Green, White and Red as shown in this pin badge, women wore this badge to show unity and pledge support for their campaign. It is reported that 'Mrs. Fawcett gave to each guest a badge in red, white, and green bearing the name of the society to which the wearer belonged' (NUWSS,1909,p.707).

NUWSS Pin Badge
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http://www.thesuffragettes.org/history/key-events/