[2] Over time, its mission expanded to include securing women's political, civil, economic, educational, and social rights on the basis of gender equality.

[1] The Suffragette Fellowship held an annual program of commemorations, including the birthday of Emmeline Pankhurst (14 July), the first militant protest (13 October 1905), and suffrage victories of 1918 and 1928.

[2] The organization also published a newsletter, Calling All Women, from 1947 until 1971, which documented the Fellowship's activities and the legacy of the suffrage movement.

[1] The Fellowship maintained strong links with former suffrage campaigners, including Annie Kenney, Stella Newsome, Marian Reeves, Enid and Sybil Goulden-Bach (nieces of Emmeline Pankhurst), Teresa Billington-Greig,[2] and Una Dugdale Duval.

[5][6] The 1970 unveiling was attended by a number of surviving suffragettes, including the Fellowship's then president Grace Roe[8] and Edith Clayton Pepper,[9] Leonora Cohen and Lilian Lenton.