Article 5Z8HJ Famous rallying speech by feminist leader Millicent Fawcett was never made, says new book

Famous rallying speech by feminist leader Millicent Fawcett was never made, says new book

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Her quote Courage calls to courage everywhere' has been taken out of context, claims professor

It has become a fashionable feminist slogan that is printed on everything from T-shirts and badges to fridge magnets and mugs: Courage calls to courage everywhere".

On her statue in Parliament Square, the suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett even proudly displays her famous quotation on a stone banner.

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