ABSTRACT

This viewpoint discusses the legacy that my grandmother, Norah Dacre Fox (aka Norah Elam), left to me as a result of her political campaigning during the period 1900-1945. Norah, together with Mary Richardson (infamous for slashing the Rokeby Venus) and Mary Allen (awarded an OBE in 1917 for services to women's policing) were three high-profile suffragettes who joined the British Union of Fascists (BUF) in the 1930s. After researching and uncovering the full extent of Norah's public career, it left me with a burning question. How could a woman who fought for the democratic right for women to vote take a decision twenty years later to fight in the ranks of a profoundly undemocratic political party?

摘要

这个观点讨论了我的祖母诺拉·达克雷·福克斯（又名诺拉·埃拉姆）在 1900 年至 1945 年期间因政治竞选而留给我的遗产。诺拉与玛丽·理查森（因砍掉罗克比维纳斯而臭名昭著）和玛丽·艾伦（1917 年因为女性警务服务而获得 OBE）是 1930 年代加入英国法西斯联盟 (BUF) 的三位备受瞩目的女权主义者。在研究并揭示了诺拉公共事业的全部内容后，这给我留下了一个紧迫的问题。一个为女性投票的民主权利而奋斗的女性怎么会在二十年后决定加入一个极度不民主的政党？