[2] After the announcement that the 1907 Annual Conference of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) would be cancelled and the organisation's committee replaced by one hand-picked by Emmeline Pankhurst, a meeting was held to discuss the unconstitutional action in Eustice Miles' restaurant, a vegetarian restaurant in Chandos Street, Charing Cross, near the Strand.

As a result, a letter dated 14 September 1907 and signed by Charlotte Despard, Edith How-Martyn, Caroline Hodgson, Alice Abadam, Teresa Billington-Greig, Marion Coates-Hansen, Irene Miller,[3] Bessie Drysdale and Maude Fitzherbert was sent to Mrs Pankhurst insisting that the constitution be honoured, and the Conference be allowed to go ahead.

From 1909 until 6 July 1928, this read:OBJECTS: To secure for Women the Parliamentary Vote as it is, or may be, granted to men; to use the power thus obtained to establish equality of rights and opportunities between the sexes, and to promote the social and industrial well-being of the community.

In October 1909, How-Martin wrote in The Times that the League consisted of sixty-five branches and had nearly five thousand members, and many more sympathisers.

In 1912, Dr Elizabeth Knight took over as Treasurer from Constance Tite and improved the WFL's financial situation.

[15] The Vote became the primary means of communication with the public, informing readers of campaigns, protests, and events.

[16] On 28 October 1908, three members of the Women's Freedom League, Muriel Matters, Violet Tillard, and Helen Fox, released a banner at the House of Commons.

[17] Law enforcement had to remove the grille while they were still attached until they could file off the locks that held them connected to the window.

[17] Two members of the League, Alice Chapin and Alison Neilans, attacked polling stations during the 1909 Bermondsey by-election, smashing bottles containing corrosive liquid over ballot boxes in an attempt to destroy votes.

A presiding officer, George Thornley, was blinded in one eye in one of these attacks, and a Liberal agent suffered a severe burn to the neck.

[19] Suffragette sisters Muriel and Arabella Scott chained themselves to their seats at a political event and spoke out on behalf of WFL and WSPU policies, at by-election hustings across Scotland.

They had white scarfs and green hats and as they travelled they gathered signatures for a petition for women's rights.

[25] The group declined in membership but continued under the leadership of Marian Reeves to organise annual birthday parties for Despard and maintain the Minerva Club in Brunswick Square.