BRAILSFORD, H. N.

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The "Conciliation" Bill: An Explanation and Defence. First edition. The author defends the 1910 Conciliation Bill, which proposed giving the vote to female householders. In reality, this would enfranchise only a small number of women, but Brailsford argues that it is a practical first step: "English politics do not move on… revolutionary lines". Henry Noel Brailsford (1873-1958) was a left-wing journalist and founder of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage. In 1910, he initiated the formation of the Conciliation Committee, a cross-party organization that was responsible for the Conciliation Bills of 1910, 1911 and 1912. Despite the failure of all three bills, they were the most successful women's suffrage measures introduced into the House of Commons at the time. Provenance: from the collection of the suffrage historian Elizabeth Crawford.

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