In 1897 small groups of women joined forces to form the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. (NUWSS) led by Millicent Garrett Fawcett who maintained that peaceful protests were the only way to achieve equal rights for women. Millicent strongly believed that violence or trouble caused by protesters would only prove to men that women could not be trusted with the right to vote. Vintage, Art, Equal Rights, Suffragettes, Vintage Photos, International Womens Day, Women's Rights, Equal Rights For Women, Suffrage Movement