The Women's Emancipation Union was founded by Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy in September 1891, following an infamous court case.
[3] It had a four point agenda: The WEU had an executive council, annual conference, ten local organisers in cities from Glasgow to Bristol and an international subscription list of over 7,000.
Well known members included Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, Harriot Stanton Blatch Florence Dixie, Mona Caird and George Holyoake.
[8] Following the loss of Ferdinand Begg's 1897 Suffrage Bill, subscriptions halved and the death of the Union's benefactor caused the demise of this group.
The WEU published the first sex education manuals for adults to teach children and teenagers, The Human Flower and Baby Buds.