THE WOMEN WRITER’S SUFFRAGE LEAGUE –  Paddington

In 1908 two members of the Women's Social and Political Union, Cicely Hamilton and Bessie Hatton, formed the Women Writers Suffrage League (WWSL). The WWSL stated that its object was "to obtain the vote for women on the same terms as it is or may be granted to men. Its methods are those proper to writers – the use of the pen." Women writers who joined the organisation included Elizabeth Robins, Charlotte Despard, Alice Meynell, Margaret Nevinson, Evelyn Sharp and Marie Belloc Lowndes. Sympathetic male writers such as Israel Zangwill and Laurence Housman, were allowed to become 'Honorary Men Associates'.

Pro-suffragette plays written by members of the WWSL included ‘How the Vote was Won’ and ‘A Pageant of Great Women’ (Cicely Hamilton) and ‘Votes for Women’ (Elizabeth Robins).