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Muriel Lilah Matters (12 November 1877 – 17 November 1969) was an Australian-born suffragist, lecturer, journalist, educator, actress and elocutionist. [1] Based in Britain from 1905 until her death, Matters is best known for her work on behalf of the Women's Freedom League at the height of the militant struggle to enfranchise women in the ...
- Avoiding Arrest in 'The Air'
- 'Shouting and Proclaiming Votes For Women'
- 'The Sort of Thing We Were Up Against'
A few years after her arrival in London, Muriel made international headlines when she climbed aboard an airship emblazoned with the slogan "Votes for Women". Members of the movement had been threatened with arrest if they were caught handing out leaflets as the king drove to open parliament. "They had this brilliant idea that if they can't take to ...
In 1908 Muriel became the first woman to speak in the British House of Commons. But she hadn't been invited to speak. Instead, she chained herself to the grille that obscured women's views of proceedings at London's Houses of Parliament and addressed the assembledpoliticians. "This grille was seen as a symbol of the separation that women experience...
Muriel also took part in a three-month 'Votes for Women' caravan tour around the UK. She used her acting skills to spread the message of the Women's Freedom League in town centres. "The police surrounded the stage on many occasions and she'd speak from the back of a cart or on a town statue," Wainwright says. There are references of up to 3,000 peo...
- Sophie Kesteven
Heroine of the Grille. Muriel Matters was fearless. In 1908 she first made worldwide headlines by chaining herself to the grille of the Ladies’ Gallery high above the chamber of the House of Commons. This grille had huge significance for the suffrage campaigners, as it symbolised women’s exclusion from the political system.
Wainwright’s excellent biography adds a new name to the list: Miss Muriel Matters. Born in Adelaide, Australia, in 1877, Matters witnessed dramatic social reforms including South Australia giving some women the vote.
Muriel Matters was an Australian born teacher and courageous activist. She campaigned fiercely for the right of women to participate fully in society by having the right to vote. She also championed women and children’s rights and living standards more broadly, but was largely forgotten until South Australian MP, Frances Bedford realised who ...
Matters was an extremely prominent member of a critical mass of people agitating for womens suffrage. Largely active between AI@E-1924, she began her life of activism aboard the Womens Freedom League caravan which toured Englands south-east. Although tirelessly campaigning for womens voting rights in the English Counties for many years, Matters ...
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Matters was an extremely prominent member of a critical mass of people agitating for women’s suffrage. Largely active between 1905-1924, she began her life of activism aboard the Women’s Freedom League caravan which toured England’s south-east.
