Proper noun
NUWSS
(UK, historical) Initialism of National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.
By 1905, Fawcett's NUWSS had reached 305 constituent societies and nearly fifty thousand members. Source: Internet
Quoted in Purvis 2002, p. 194. The NUWSS refused to join a march of women's suffrage groups after demanding without success that the WSPU end its support of property destruction. Source: Internet
The NUWSS continued to campaign for the vote during the war, and used the situation to their advantage by pointing out the contribution women had made to the war effort in their campaigns. Source: Internet
There was even concern that the composer might withdraw the song, but the situation was saved by Millicent Fawcett of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). Source: Internet
When the First World War broke out in 1914, while the WSPU ceased all of their activities to focus on the war effort, Fawcett's NUWSS did not. Source: Internet
While Fawcett was not a pacifist, she risked dividing the organisation if she ordered a halt to the campaign, and the diverting of NUWSS funds from the government, as the WSPU had done. Source: Internet