This is a chronological index to the articles in The Vote: The Organ of the Women’s Freedom League that I have reproduced at The Picket Line that concern tax resistance.
- Why Pay Taxes?
Margaret Kineton Parkes addresses an “At Home”; Dora Montefiore, Muriel Matters, Charlotte Despard
- The Super-Tax on the Super-Man
George Bernard Shaw writes that he may inadvertently become a tax resister
- Tax Resistance
unnamed “Clapton member” expects seizure/auction, protest planned
- Some silver belonging to Dr. Patch…
auction, protest; Winifred Patch, Mrs. Manson, Miss Benett, Miss Lightman, Charlotte Despard
- Tax-Resistance Meeting at Highbury
protest meeting, remarks of Charlotte Despard & Laurence Housman; Winifred Patch, Miss Guttridge
- Women and Taxation
Teresa Billington-Greig on the new Land Tax
- Tax Resistance
Mark Wilks on his and Elizabeth Wilks’s resistance
- Trafalgar Square Mass Meeting
remarks of Anne Cobden Sanderson, Ayres Purdie, Mrs. Nevinson
- No Vote, No Taxes
attempts to get other suffrage groups to adopt tax resistance
- Why Pay Taxes?
Teresa Billington-Grieg’s exhortation; early resisters: Charlotte Babb, Henrietta Müller, Anna Maria & Mary Priestman, Dora Montefiore
- Outdoor Meetings
Margaret Kineton Parkes, mention in the Manchester Evening Chronicle
- Why Pay Taxes?
Ethel Ayres Purdie helps married women resist taxes
- Welsh Campaign
Mary McLeod Cleeves in court for resisting carriage tax, note in Cambria Daily Leader; Marguerite A. Sidley, Mr. Hyde
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
Anne Cobden Sanderson and Charlotte Despard address a meeting; Margaret Kineton Parkes addresses two meetings
- Welsh Campaign
Mary McLeod Cleeves’s dogcart auctioned, protest; Marguerite A. Sidley, Mr. Hyde, Mrs. Ross
- Married Women and Tax Resistance
text of a Women’s Tax Resistance League pamphlet
- Women and Tax Resistance
Margaret Kineton Parkes addresses a meeting; Anna Munro
- Tax and Census Resistance
Mrs. Jones-Williams resists; Mrs Francis resists; Mrs. Rose Hyland, Edith How-Martyn
- Tax Resisters’ Protest
protest at auction of Bertha Brewster’s goods; Mrs. Gatty, Leonora Tyson, Florence A. Underwood, Miss Brackenbury
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
Edith Zangwill, Alice Abadam, and Margaret Kineton Parkes address a meeting; Adela Stanton Coit, Stanton Coit, Miss Green
- Passive Resistance
Mary McLeon Cleeves resists property seizure, Edith How Martyn writes protest letter; advice on resisting tax withholding on stock dividends; Elizabeth & Mark Wilks
- Protest at Brighton
auction of Mrs. Jones Williams’s goods, protest; Edith How Martyn
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
Evelina Haverfield, Margaret Kineton Parkes, and Anne Cobden Sanderson address meeting; Kate Raleigh
- After the Census
excerpts from an editorial: what if all women resisted taxes?
- Tax Resisters At Woodbridge
Constance E. Andrews on Mrs. Lane’s dog license resistance; Mrs. Stansfield, Isabel Tippett
- Women and Taxation
Marie Lawson shares her lawyer’s letter to the Inland Revenue Department
- Imprisonment of Miss Andrews at Ipswich
Constance E. Andrews; Elizabeth Knight’s and Mrs. Lane’s waggon auctioned; Edith How Martyn, Alison Neilans, Isabel Tippett, Charlotte Despard, Marguerite A. Sidley
- Caxton Hall Meeting
Charlotte Despard addresses meeting on her own resistance
- Sale of Mrs. Despard’s Goods
short-notice auction of Charlotte Despard’s goods
- Tax Resistance League
Margaret Kineton Parkes, Louisa Jopling Rowe, Mrs. Louis Fagan, Laurence Housman; protest at auction of Sarah Benett’s goods
- Caxton Hall “At Home”
Emma Sproson imprisoned for dog license resistance; Edith How Martyn
- Miss Andrews Released
Constance Andrews, dog license resistance, big rallies on her release; Charlotte Despard, Isabel Tippett, Mrs. Bastian, Mrs. Hossack, Marguerite A. Sidley
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
brief notes of talks by Margaret Kineton Parkes and Anne Cobden Sanderson; upcoming auctions of goods of Lilian Hicks, Katherine Heanley, and Kate Raleigh; Mary Evans, Mrs. Osler
- To the Editor of The Vote
Kate Harvey protests the auctioning of her goods
- Caxton Hall “At Home”
Emma Sproson released from prison, government goes after her husband, Margaret Nevinson remembers John Hampden
- Tax Resistance in Wolverhampton
Emma Sproson on her dog license resistance
- Tax Resistance at Wolverhampton
Frank Sproson on Emma Sproson’s imprisonment for dog license resistance
- Mr. Churchill Questioned
Winston Churchill queried about the Sproson case, and gives his defense of the government’s acts; Edith How Martyn
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
Margaret Kineton Parkes addresses meetings; protest at auctioning of Mrs. Muir’s goods; Miss Merrifield, Colonel Kensington, Mr. & Mrs. Baker, Edith Kate Lelacheur, Sarah Grand, Emily Juson Kerr, Ethel Fennings
- Branch Notes: Croydon
Edith How Martyn spoke on the Sproson case.
- Tax Resistance
Janet Legate Bunten’s goods seized; Mrs. Darent Harrison’s goods auctioned, big protest; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Anna Munro
- Tax Resistance
Gertrude Eatons’s goods auctioned, Anne Cobden Sanderson addresses crowd, protest; Marion McKenzie’s goods auctioned, protest; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Florence Hamilton, Mrs. Clarkson Swann, Muriel Matters, Violet Tillard
- Tax Resistance
Miss Nelligan’s goods auctioned, Anne Cobden Sanderson addresses crowd; Marianne Clarendon Hyde bids; Mrs. Cameron Swann, Mrs. Hyde
- Tax Resistance
Kate Raleigh’s goods auctioned, Anne Cobden Sanderson and Emily Juson Kerr address crowd, procession afterwards; Marianne Clarendon Hyde, Alison Neilans
- Women and the Land Taxes
Winifred Patch announces her Land Tax resistance
- Holloway: Woman’s “Polling Booth”
rainy day march to protest Clemence Housman’s imprisonment; Christabel Pankhurst, Laurence Housman, Charlotte Despard, Margaret Kineton Parkes
- Branch Notes: Mid-London
Mrs. Clarkson Swann and Emma Sproson address a large crowd
- Tax Resistance in Liverpool
Mr. & Mrs. F.N. Hall’s goods auctioned off; Mrs. Hall gives an account
- Branch Notes: South of England — Brighton and Hove
Mrs. Louis Fagan & Margaret Kineton Parkes to address a meeting; Miss Hare
- The Women’s Tax Resistance League
Frances Ede’s and Amy Sheppard’s goods auctioned, protest; Kate Harvey holds a meeting, Laurence Houseman, Margaret Kineton Parkes, and Anne Cobden Sanderson speak, Mrs. Louis Fagan presides
- The Women’s Tax Resistance League and the Reform Bill
resolution urging tax resistance as protest against Reform Bill
- Imprisonment for Tax Resistance
Janet Legate Bunten sentenced; Nina Boyle
- Tax-Resistance in Scotland
Janet Legate Bunten fined, refused to pay, sentenced to jail
- The First Scotch Tax Resister
Janet Legate Bunten’s dog license resistance, and what happened in court; Nina Boyle
- Tax Resistance: Meeting at Buxton
Charlotte Despard, Margaret Kineton Parkes address meeting; Emily Juson Kerr, Miss Ashmall-Salt
- Is It Illegal Distraint?
Mrs. Tollemache’s goods seized; Nina Boyle, Janet Legate Bunten
- Tax Resistance
auction of Mrs. Tollemache’s goods, protest at which Margaret Kineton Parks speaks; Janet Legate Bunten
- Tax Resistance: Income from Investments
Ethel Ayres Purdie’s advice on avoiding income tax on investments
- Mrs. Ayres Purdie Victimised
other tenants offended by her “Women Tax-Payers’ Agency” sign force her to find a new office
- Political and Militant Work
urges readers to contact the Woman’s Freedom League if they or any women they know wants to learn how to resist
- Tax Resistance
Miss Ball’s goods auctioned
- A Tax-Resisting Cow
authorities try to seize Edith Kate Lelacheur’s cow, cow has other ideas
- Tax Resistance
auction of Mary Sargent Florence’s and Miss Hayes’s goods, protest; Elizabeth Knight charged for dog license resistance, Mrs. H. Lane charged for trap license resistance, protest; Dorinda Neligan’s and Florence Gardiner Hamilton’s silver auctioned, protests; Emily Juson Kerr, Margaret Kineton Parkes, Alison Neilans, Lila Pratt, Emma Sproson
- Tax Resistance
auctions of goods of Miss Carson, Miss Green, Elizabeth Wilks, Mrs. Gerlach, Mary Hare, Miss Symons, Kate Lelacheur, Mrs. & Miss Richards, Helen Alexander Archdale, and Winifred Patch, accompanied by meetings and protests; Kate Harvey barricades her house; Alison Neilans, Marianne Clarendon Hyde, Mrs. Merrivale Mayer, Margaret Kineton Parkes, Clemence Housman, Miss Thomas, Anne & Mr. Cobden Sanderson, Miss Gilliat, Phyllis Ayrtin, Emily Juson Kerr, Mr. Carlin, Miss Howes, Miss Pridden, J. Kirtlan, Nina Boyle, Mrs. Louis Fagan, Gertrude Eaton, Charlotte Despard, Helen Hanson, Mrs. Armstrong
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
L.E. Turquand’s silver cake basket auctioned; Kate Harvey still barricading her house
- Mrs. Harvey’s Unbroken Barricade
Kate Harvey’s barricade
- Other Resisters: The Growing Movement
Elizabeth Knight and Mrs. Lane resist dog & trap licenses and have their waggon auctioned; Miss McGregor’s Rembrandt auctioned; goods of Mrs. Tyson, Lilian Hicks, Constance Collier, Mrs. O’Sullivan auctioned; demonstration planned at new John Hampden statue
- Poster Campaign
three tax-resistance-specific propaganda posters
- John Hampden Statue at Aylesbury
unveiling of statue is an outreach opportunity; Kate Harvey updates on her barricade; Charlotte Despard and Isabel Tippet address meetings; auctions of goods of Edith Morley, Miss Manuelle, Mrs. Skipwith, Mrs. Douglas Hameton, Mrs. Sky; Gertrude Eaton, Clemence Housman, Myra Eleanor Sadd Brown, Mary Sergeant Florence, Kate Haslam, Ethel Ayres Purdie, Margaret Kineton Parkes, Minnie Turner, Maud Roll, Mr. Lee, Mr. Sergeant, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Mrs. Louis Fagan, C.V. Drysdale, Barbara Ayrton Gould, Mr. Warren
- Watch the Authorities!
Clara Lee notes a error by the officials in calculating her taxes
- Tax Resistance
Kate Harvey’s barricade unbroken; auction of Maud Roll’s goods; meetings with Mrs. Alfred Nutt, Mrs. Louis Fagan, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Hugh Chapman, Maud Parry, Laurence Housman; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Honnor Morten, C.V. Drysdale
- Tax Resistance
Kate Harvey’s barricade unbroken; auction of Marion Cunningham’s goods
- Tax Resistance Protest
Mary Anderson’s goods auctioned; Mrs. & Mr. Snow, Mrs. Fisher, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Mrs. Huntsman, Charlotte Despard, Nina Boyle, Florence Underwood, Kate Harvey, Emma Fox-Bourne, Mrs. Lawrence, Miss Charrington, Mrs. Robert Barr, Mr. & Mrs. Galbraith, Colonel & Mrs. Eales, Mrs. O’Sullivan, Mrs. Croad, Miss Watson
- Tax Resistance
Kate Harvey gets some verse while under siege
- How the Government Defies the Law
Ethel Ayres Purdie on the upcoming arrest of Mark Wilks; Elizabeth Wilks
- An Appeal to the King
Marie Lawson petitions His Most Excellent Majesty
- Somerset House and Its Ways
The Mark & Elizabeth Wilks case; Ethel Ayres Purdie
- “Mostly Fools”
C. Nina Boyle on the tax law writers; Mark & Elizabeth Wilks
- Trafalgar-Square Demonstration
protesting the Mark Wilks arrest; Mme. Mirovitch, Herbert Jacobs, Anna Munro, Isabel Tippett, Mr. Futvoye, Mrs. Merivale Mayer, Nina Boyle, Margaret Kineton Parkes, Charlotte Despard, Mrs. Pankhurst, Margaret Nevinson, Laurence Housman, Mary Leigh, Mrs. Tanner, Mr. Kennedy, A. Mitchell, Elizabeth Wilks
- The Government in a Knot
statements by Mark and Elizabeth Wilks; petition against the arrest; public indignation meeting; John Cockburn, Henry George Chancellor, Laurence Housman, Herbert Jacobs, Fleming Williams, George Bernard Shaw
- In Hyde Park and Regent’s Park
Marianne Hyde and Miss Bennett address a meeting
- Great Protest Meeting Against the Imprisonment of Mr. Mark Wilks
Speeches of Mansell Moullin, George Bernard Shaw, Laurence Housman, Herbert Jacobs, Henry George Chancellor, and Fleming Williams; John Cockburn, Elizabeth Wilks, Mary Leigh, Mrs. Mustard, Charlotte Despard, Margaret Kineton Parkes
- Ignominious Defeat of Law-Makers
Charlotte Despard on the Mark Wilks case and its implications for the government; Clemence Housman
- The “Favouritism” of the Law
Ethel Ayers Purdie responds to critics who say the arrest of Mark Wilks proves the law favors women
- Forerunners
Suffragists Nannie & Jesse Brown’s father was an Annuity Tax resister in 1859
- In Hyde Park
Charlotte Despard speaks on the Wilks case; Mrs. Mustard, Mark & Elizabeth Wilks
- Branch Notes: Stamford-hill
Mr. Hawkins, Mrs. Tanner
- The Men Who Govern Us
Nina Boyle on the release of Mark Wilks; Clemence Housman, Mary Leigh, Miss Evans
- Tax Resistance
release of Mark Wilks, Ethel Ayres Purdie’s efforts; Mrs. Fyffe’s goods seized; Mrs. Louis Fagan taken to court, goods seized; Elizabeth Wilks, Fleming Williams, George Lansbury address meeting on Wilks case; Grace Cadell and Janet Bunten refuse to pay inhabited house duty; Lillian Hicks, Mrs. Williamson-Forrestier, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Margaret Kineton Parkes
- The “Favouritism” of the Law
Ethel Ayres Purdie on the irrational tax law that goes after the husband for taxes due on the wife’s property; Mark Wilks
- Tax Resistance
auction of goods of Mrs. Louis Fagan, Grace Cadell, and Mrs. Fyffe, protests; Men’s League supports Mark Wilks; Gertrude Eaton, Margaret Kineton Parkes, M. Burn Murdock, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Charles Baumgarten, Laurence Housman, Dr. Drysdale, J.M. Mitchell
- Political News
Wilks case comes up in Parliament
- Tax Resistance
Elizabeth Knight prosecuted for dog license resistance; report of protest at the Fyffe auction; Constance Andrews, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Constance Andrews, Mrs. Louis Fagan, Charles Baumgarten
- Women Writers’ Suffrage League
that League considers resisting taxes on their secretary’s salary
- Branch Notes: Stamford Hill
they appreciate the protest of Mark & Elizabeth Wilks
- Tax Resistance
reception for Elizabeth & Mark Wilks; Elizabeth Knight summoned for dog license refusal; three Glasgow suffragists have their goods auctioned; Janet Bunten, Nina Boyle, Constance Andrews, Miss Hunt, Mrs. Spiller, Lillian Hicks, Mrs. Garrod, Charlotte Despard, George Lansbury, F. Pethick Lawrence, Laurence Housman
- Victims of Justice!
Elizabeth Knight and Charlotte Despard still at large; Kate Harvey’s barricade goes on
- The Organiser: An Impression
a look at the Kate Harvey barricade at Bromley
- Suffragists will rally in force…
to greet Mark & Elizabeth Wilks
- Women’s Tax Resistance League: A Reception
Mark Wilks, Elizabeth Wilks; R. Cholmeley, George Lansbury, Charlotte Despard, Pethick Lawrence
- Tax Resistance
J.A. Hall’s goods auctioned; Ethel Ayers Purdie, Mrs. Hall
- A Red-Tape Comedy [Part 1]
Ethel Ayers Purdie tells of defending Alice Burn in court; Elizabeth & Mark Wilks
- Tax Resistance
the government goes after Elizabeth Knight; Janet Bunten’s goods auctioned; meetings, marches, and more; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Mrs. Fagan, Myra Eleanor Sadd Brown, Mark Wilks, Alixe Burn, Ethel Ayers Purdie
- Enthusiastic Reception to Mr. Mark Wilks
Mark Wilks, Elizabeth Wilks, Captain Gonne, Robert Cholmely, Pethick Lawrence, Charlotte Despard, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Miss Bensusan, Decima Moore
- A Red-Tape Comedy [Part 2]
Ethel Ayers Purdie tells of defending Alice Burn in court
- A Red-Tape Comedy [Part 3]
Ethel Ayers Purdie tells of defending Alice Burn in court
- Rally in Force!
the government breaks through Kate Harvey’s barricade; Isabel Tippett
- Tax Resistance
Kate Harvey’s barricade broken; Isabel Tippett in court; Anna Munro, Lila Pratt, Mrs. Foster
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
upcoming auction of Adeline Cecil Chapman’s goods, protest; Mrs. Cecil Chapman, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Myra Eleanor Sadd Brown, J. Malcolm Mitchell
- Mrs. Harvey’s Sale
auction of Kate Harvey’s goods; Anna Munro, Mrs. Huntsman, Charlotte Despard, Margaret Kineton Parkes, Nina Boyle, Amy Hicks, Mrs. Clarkson Swann, Mrs. Snow, Mrs. Fisher, Elizabeth Knight, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Mrs. Kux, Mrs. Macpherson, Mrs. Smith, Florence A. Underwood, Miss Howard, Miss Rowell, Mrs. Thomas, Emily Juson Kerr, Miss Barrow, Miss Taylor
- Tax Resistance
Women’s Freedom League decides to resist the Insurance Act
- Government Rests Upon the Consent of the Governed
A parable by Margaret Wynne Nevinson
- Success at Letchworth
Clara Lee, Charlotte Despard, Margaret Nevinson, Mrs. Tudor
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
meetings, new pamphlets; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Mrs. Arthur Sykes, Edith Hulme
- A “Person” Only in Finance
Janie Allan taken to court
- A Distinguished Tax Resister
Mary Russell, the Duchess of Bedford, begins resisting taxes
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
Mrs. Tollemache’s silver auctioned, protest; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Mr. Jeudwine, B.C.S. & Mrs. Everett, Mrs. Hartley Withers, Edith Zangwill, Ruth Cavendish Bentinck, C. Baumgarten
- English Reform Bills [part 2]
brief excerpt from Helena Normanton’s article concerning tax resistance of the Political Unions of the 1830s
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
Mary Russell joins; goods of Miss Baker, Mary Sargent Florence, Miss Hayes, and Ina Moncrieff auctioned, protest; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Nina Boyle, Agnes Edith Metcalfe, Amy Hicks, Miss Watson
- Tax Resistance
reluctant auctioneer fails to sell the waggon of Elizabeth Knight and Mrs. Lane; goods of Mrs. Skipwith, Bertha Brewster, and Kate Raleigh auctioned, protests; Sarah Bennet, Myra Eleanor Sadd Brown, Constance E. Andrews, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Margaret Kineton Parkes, Ethel Ayres Purdie, Amy Hicks
- The Federated Council Urges Tax Resistance
The Federated Council of Suffrage Societies unanimously adopts tax resistance; Mary Adelaide Broadhurst, Earl Russell, Israel Zangwill
- Women’s Tax Resistance League: A Public Meeting
Earl Russell, Israel Zangwill, Mrs. Cecil Chapman
- Distraint on a Duchess
Mary Russell’s goods seized
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
auction of goods of Rhoda Anstey, Francis Ede & Amy Sheppard, Miss Rose, Kate Raven Holiday, Miss Corcoran, Beatrice Harraden, Mabel Hardie & Miss Gibbs, Jessie Murray, Mrs. Beaumont Thomas & Mary Sutcliffe, protests; Margeret Kineton Parkes, Dorothy Evans, Leonora Tyson, Amy Hicks, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Winifred Holiday
- Tax Resistance
new barricade at Kate Harvey’s house; Mary Anderson’s resistance; mob attacks suffrage protest of auction; Flora Annie Steel has a manuscript chapter auctioned off
- Tax Resistance
auctions against Kate Raleigh, Miss Weir, Miss Lees, Miss Koll, Honnor Morten, Misses Collier, Mrs. Hartley, Mrs. Hicks, Adeline Roberts, Dorinda Neligan, Miss James, Adeline Chapman, associated protests; Mrs. Darent Harrison protests mob attack on May 14; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Charlotte Despard, Kate Harvey, Mary Anderson, Elizabeth Knight, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Reginald Pott, Maud Roll, Myra Eleanor Sadd Brown, Louisa Thompson Price, Mrs. Nevinson, Teresa Gough, Mrs. Strickland
- Tax Resistance
Mary Anderson’s goods seized; Elizabeth Knight summoned to court; Helen Smith’s, Miss Moncrieff’s, and Mrs. Portrey’s goods auctioned; Miss Hicks, Mrs. Tanner, Mrs. Tyson, Margaret Kineton Parkes, Charlotte Despard, Laurence Housman, Teresa Gough, Constance Andrews, Miss Bobby, Lila Pratt
- Branch Notes: London and Suburbs — Harrow
protest when Mrs. Portrey’s goods auctioned; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Laurence Houseman
- Branch Notes: Scotland — Edinburgh
the Sheriff Officer threatens distraint
- The Duty of Tax Resistance
excerpts from Laurence Housman’s pamphlet
- Tax Resistance
supporters rally at Kate Harvey’s barricade; Harvey appears in court, is sentenced; Elizabeth Knight’s waggon auctioned; Nina Boyle resists the Land Tax; Isabel Tippett, Mrs. Lane, Marguerite Sidley, Mrs. Huntsman, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Ms. Tanner, Ms. Mustard, Ms. Catmur, Ms. Pierotti, Ms. Green, Ms. Ball, Ms. Kux, Ms. Presbury, Ms. Johnson, Ms. Sanders, Ms. Pyart, Ms. Watson, Ms. Spiller, Ms. Sutcliffe, Ms. Moser, Florence Underwood, Miss Sanders, Miss St. Clair, Miss Lawrence, Mrs. Snow, Mrs. Fox Bourne, Emma Fox Bourne, Mrs. Fisher, Anna Munro, Margaret Kineton Parkes
- Tax Resistance
Kate Harvey’s continued defiance; Nina Boyle represents her in court; Margaret Kineton Parkes
- An Unlicensed Dog
Alice Walters resists her dog licensing fee
- Tax-Resistance — More Comparisons
an example of female tax resisters treated more harshly than male tax evaders; F. Hamblin, Kate Harvey
- Tax Resistance
Miss Cummin resisting taxes; Women’s Freedom League’s institutional resistance of the Insurance Act finally gets the authorities’ attention; another male tax evader (Joseph Lister) gets off easy while a female tax resister (Kate Harvey) gets the book thrown at her
- First Imprisonment for Insurance Tax Resistance
Kate Harvey imprisoned on a 2-month sentence; another case of male evaders getting comparatively light sentences; letter from Kate Harvey; Charlotte Despard writes the Home Secretary; press release from Women’s Freedom League; Marie Lawson inaugurates “snowball” protest in support of Harvey; Florence Underwood, Mary Anderson, Nina Boyle, Mark Wilkes
- At Headquarters
upcoming demonstration, focus on Kate Harvey case
- “John Hampden”
a look at the historical tax resister, and women who resisted alongside him
- Armed Revolt
Charlotte Despard on the Harvey case and the upcoming demonstration
- At Headquarters
details on upcoming demonstration; Kate Harvey, Charlotte Despard, Nina Boyle, Amy Hicks, Anna Munro, Margaret Nevinson, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Emma Sproson, Mrs. Tanner, Isabel Tippett, Harry de Pass, George Lansbury, H.W. Nevinson, John Scurr, Mark Wilks
- Mrs. Harvey’s Imprisonment
rallies and meetings; demonstration speaker schedule; Henry Harbin’s letter to the Home Office; Kate Harvey, Mrs. Hyde, Charlotte Despard, Nina Boyle, Amy Hicks, George Lansbury, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Harry de Pass, John Scurr, H.W. Nevinson, Mrs. Tippett, Emma Sproson
- “No Taxation Without Representation”
Marie Lawson corrects the earlier piece on her “snowball” protest
- Trafalgar Square Protest
summaries of addresses from Charlotte Despard, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Amy Hicks, John Scurr, and George Lansbury; meetings at Bromley; Emma Sproson, Kate Harvey
- Tax Resistance
Kate Harvey case; Grace Cadell taken to court; Anne Cobden Sanderson, Eliza Wilks, Laura Grover Smith
- “False and Fraudulent Pretenses”
Nina Boyle argues at length that the government hasn’t earned Kate Harvey’s money, or anyone’s really, because of its ineptitude
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
another upcoming protest; Kate Harvey, Margaret Kineton Parkes, H.W. Nevinson
- At Headquarters
indignation meeting on the Kate Harvey case; Charlotte Despard, Margaret Kineton Parkes, Mrs. Mustard, John Scurr, Nina Boyle
- What We Omitted To Say
Ethel Sargant’s tax resistance; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Mary Sargant Florence
- Branch Notes: Edinburgh
protest against Kate Harvey’s imprisonment; Grace Cadell
- Mrs. Harvey’s Imprisonment
Kate Harvey released, in bad health; letter from Harvey; struggle to get homeopathic health care behind bars; an indignation meeting; Margaret Kineton Parkes sends a letter to the Home Office; Clemence Housman, Mark Wilks, Beaumont Thomas, Charlotte Despard, H.W. Nevinson
- Branch Notes: Provinces: Burnage, Manchester
Miss Trott attempts to get local branches to support Kate Harvey
- Mrs. Harvey’s Imprisonment
Message from Kate Harvey; mistreatment in prison; Forbes Robertson
- The Worship of Athene
Katherine Raleigh lectures as a fundraiser for the Women’s Tax Resistance League; Marie Stopes
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
reports of meetings; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Mrs. Diplock, Eliza Wilkes, Myra Eleanor Sadd Brown
- Saul Among the Prophets
wry comment on Unionist tax resistance in Belfast
- The “John Bright” Tradition: No Taxation Without Representation
legendary English statesman John Bright’s grandson supports his wife’s tax resistance; Mrs. Clark’s goods auctioned; Margaret Kineton Parkes
- “Primitive Savagery”: Who Are the Savages?
more on the Unionist tax resisters in Belfast from Charlotte Despard, who says they’re treated with kid gloves by the government compared to suffragists
- At It Again!
Kate Harvey’s barricades again broken, goods seized
- Miss Lena Ashwell on Tax Resistance
Lena Ashwell speaks on tax resistance; Miss Ashwell, Mrs. Louis Fagan
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
meetings; Handley Read, Constance Long, Laurence Housman, Margaret Kineton Parkes, Vernon Compton, Mrs. Skipwith, Alice Abadam, Winifred Holiday
- The Sale That Was Not a Sale
seizure of Kate Harvey’s goods, attempted auction disrupted by supporters; Mark Wilkes, Mr. Bell, Mr. Webber, Mr. Steer, Mr. Jouning, Charlotte Despard
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
meeting summary: remarks by Isabel Hampden Margesson, Laurence Housman, and Margaret Kineton Parkes; Isabelle Stewart summoned for dog license resistance; Sophia Duleep Singh, M. Lawrence, Myra Eleanor Sadd Brown, Kate Harvey, Clemence Housman
- Mrs. Harvey’s Tax Resistance
Letter from Kate Harvey; Harvey writes the tax Surveyor; Frances Wood and seventy University of London graduates sign a letter of protest over the Harvey case
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
meeting; Mrs. Webb, K. Balfour, Margaret Kineton Parkes, Winifred Holiday
- Tax Resistance
Auction of Miss Cummins goods; Arrest of Captain Gonne (a man in a suffrage-sympathetic personal tax strike); Agnes Edith Metcalfe summoned for dog license non-payment; Nina Boyle, Jessie? Murray, Mrs. Baddeley, Mr. Powell, Mr. Roper, Margaret Kineton Parkes, Isabelle Stewart
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
Margaret Kineton Parkes reports from her tour of Ireland on the progress of tax resistance there.
- Mrs. Gonne Declines a “Doubtful Privilege”
Captain Gonne imprisoned; Mrs. Gonne petitions the King
- The Political Outlook
the League continues to resist its taxes and the government seems to be ignoring it
- Government Methods Applied to Business
a cartoon: shopkeeper wants both the money and to choose which product madam purchases
- A Ridiculous Story
the scenario in the cartoon more fully fleshed out
- The Women’s Tax Resistance League Announces a Debate
graphic of announcement of debate over Insurance Act; Margaret Douglas, Gertrude Eaton, Mrs. Louis Fagan, Amy Hicks, Anne Cobden Sanderson
- Just or Unjust?
story about upcoming debate over Insurance Act; Margaret Douglas
- Insurance Act Debate
Florence Underwood summarizes the formal debate about the Insurance Act
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
Katherine Heanley taken to court; subsequent meeting with Margaret Douglas and Amy Hicks
- Tax Resistance at Ipswich
Elizabeth Knight and Mrs. Lane have their waggon auctioned off again; Isabel Tippett, Anna Munro
- The Hon. Treasurer’s Imprisonment
Knight asks for help defraying costs
- Women’s Freedom League Annual Conference
W.F.L. encourages women to resist taxes, the Insurance Act, and also contributions to churches and charitable institutions
- Tax Resistance
Elizabeth Knight still at large, waggon seized; Isabel Tippet, Anna Munro
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
Kate Raleigh lectures on the taxpayer of ancient Athens; Ethel Sargent’s goods auctioned; Mrs. Bacon & Mrs Colquhoun to have goods auctioned; Francis Ede & Amy Sheppard to have goods sold; Adeline Chapman, Margaret Kineton Parkes, Nina Boyle, Anne Cobden Sanderson
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
Miss Wraitslaw’s silver auctioned again; Mrs. Colquhoun & Mrs. Bacon have their goods auctioned; Frances Ede & Amy Sheppard have their goods auctioned; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Nina Boyle, Anne Cobden Sanderson
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
Jessie Murray’s clock auctioned; Mrs. Beaumont Thomas & Mary Sutcliffe have goods auctioned; Miss Rose’s goods auctioned; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Mrs. Tyson, Anne Cobden Sanderson
- The Government Moves Against Us
government interviews Freedom League members about group’s Insurance Act resistance; Elizabeth Knight and Mrs. Lane also under government scrutiny; Florence Underwood gets a letter demanding taxes
- Who Will Bid?
Florence Underwood intends to auction off the anticipated writ announcing the tax action against her as a fundraiser
- Tax-Resistance
Elizabeth Knight and Emma Sproson still at large
- Our Honorary Treasurer’s Arrest
Elizabeth Knight imprisoned, protest planned; Eunice Murray, Mrs. Tanner, Mrs. Mustard
- The Arrest of Our Hon. Treasurer
Elizabeth Knight sentenced, arrested, imprisoned; Florence Underwood, Isabel Tippett, Madam Putz
- Women’s Freedom League
its policy on tax resistance, census resistance, and the Insurance Act
- Great Britain enters World War Ⅰ
- the tactic of tax resistance was largely suspended during the war
- Tax Resistance
Matilda Cubley resists dog license fee
- Tax Resistance
A tax resister urges women to maintain the fight “at this time of national crisis”
- The Writ Against Our Secretary
the writ against Florence Underwood arrives
- Tax Resistance and Votes for Women
Marie Lawson, though paying taxes since the war started, is served with a writ for unpaid taxes from before the war, notes more draconian government collection process
- Foundations of Freedom
Helena Normanton on 12th century resisters Thomas Becket and Hugh of Lincoln
- Foundations of Freedom
Helena Normanton on the early history of tax resistance in England; Reed, Bate, Darnel, John Hampden
- Dr. Patch’s Tax Resistance
Winifred Patch defies the court
- Meeting at the Women’s Freedom League Headquarters
Winifred Patch, Elizabeth Knight, Pethick Laurence, Charlotte Despard, Kate Raleigh, Florence Underwood
- No Vote No Tax
Winifred Patch gives a statement in court; Charlotte Despard, Dr. & Mrs. Clark; Evelyn Sharp, Emily Juson Kerr, Barbara Ayrton Gould, Bertha Brewster, Smith Piggott, Agnes Edith Metcalf, Margaret Kineton Parkes, Kate Raleigh, Julia Wood, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Gertrude Eaton, Mrs. Mustard, Mrs. Tanner, Sarah Benett
- No Vote, No Tax.
Winifred Patch in court again; Dr. Clark
- Taxation Without Representation
Kate Raleigh’s goods distrained; Evelyn Sharp in bankruptcy court; Winifred Patch
- Tax Resistance
Mrs. Darent Harrison resists the tax collector; Kate Raleigh’s goods auctioned; Evelyn Sharp brought before the Registrar
- No Vote! No Tax.
Mrs. Darent Harrison’s goods auctioned
- No Vote! No Tax!
Evelyn Sharp undergoes government harassment
- Women Tax Resisters
meeting includes Margaret Kineton Parkes, Anne Cobden Sanderson
- Representation of the People Act of
- enacts not-quite-equal voting rights for women
- Miss Evelyn Sharp’s Bankruptcy Proceedings
women having won the vote, Evelyn Sharp tells the court she’s dropping her tax resistance
- Women’s Tax Resistance League
Gertrude Eaton announces that the Women’s Tax Resistance League is declaring victory and disbanding; Margaret Kineton Parkes, Laurence Housman
- World War Ⅰ ends
- The Tax Resistance Movement in Great Britain
a book on the tax resistance movement by Margaret Kineton Parkes; Laurence Housman, Anna Maria & Mary Priestman, Octavia Lewin, Charlotte Despard, Mark Wilks, Clemence Housman, Mrs. Darent Harrison, Kate Harvey, Kate Raleigh, Anne Cobden Sanderson, Winifred Patch, Bertha Brewster, Elizabeth Knight, Mary Saregnt Florence, Gertrude Eaton, Evelyn Sharp
- Representation of the People Act of
- fully equal voting rights for women
