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politics | Elizabeth Taylor | Her politics remained steadily Labour
. She took a public stand against the military coup in Greece in 1967 and boycotted South African produce in protest against apartheid. Liddell, Robert, and Francis King. Elizabeth and Ivy. Peter Owen. 108, 113 |
politics | Naomi Mitchison | NM
attended the annual Labour Party
Conference as delegate of the Argyll Constituency Party. Mitchison, Naomi. You May Well Ask: A Memoir 1920-1940. Gollancz. 204 |
politics | Isabella Ormston Ford | She used her position to advocate on behalf of women's suffrage, which she believed to be an integral part of socialism. She spoke to this effect on several occasions, including the annual conferences of the... |
politics | Eva Gore-Booth | The women formed this committee (a break-away group from the North of England Society for Women's Suffrage
) after backing Labour
candidate David Shackleton
in a by-election. In exchange for the support of EGB
... |
politics | Naomi Jacob | NJ
began her political life as a Tory who thought Socialism deeply shocking, like all or most of the older generation of her very mixed family. She went out canvassing at elections, urging people to... |
politics | Rebecca West | RW
met Emma Goldman
in London, and joined her in her campaign against Bolshevism and its support in the Labour Party
in Britain. Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton. 83 |
politics | Phyllis Bentley | PB
grew increasingly conservative, socially if not in party politics, as she grew older. She identified herself as a Liberal, and was uncomfortable about the Welfare State system launched while the Labour Party
held power... |
politics | Isabella Ormston Ford | When she was invited to stand as a Labour Party
candidate in the 1918 general election, however, she declined, primarily on grounds of her advancing age. A Historical Dictionary of British Women. Europa. |
politics | Ruth Rendell | During the 1980s RR
was active in support both of the Labour Party
and of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
. Later she was involved with Emily's List
(founded in February 1993 with the aim... |
politics | Graham Greene | GG
joined the British Communist Party
on a whim for a period of about a month in 1925, probably paying dues of a shilling or so for his brief membership. This was an aberration, since... |
politics | Naomi Jacob | NJ
, formerly an ardent socialist, blamed the decline of deference in postwar Britain not on social change but on the Labour
government. She adopted, in other words, the Tory attitudes of her immediate forebears. Bailey, Paul. Three Queer Lives: An Alternative Biography of Fred Barnes, Naomi Jacob and Arthur Marshall. Hamish Hamilton (Penguin). 175 |
politics | Amabel Williams-Ellis | AWE
and her brother John Strachey
, future politician and author, joined the Independent Labour Party
(which was founded by Keir Hardie
in 1893, gave birth to the Labour Party
, and disaffiliated from it... |
politics | Annie Besant | The London School Board implemented a fair wages clause for the award of contracts, as a result of pressure from Labour
members led by Annie Besant
. Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon. 113 |
politics | Isabella Ormston Ford | The establishment of the League, which was the first attempt to form a separate organization for women within the Labour Party
, was met with mixed feelings by IOF
, who always believed that men's... |
politics | Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda | The group's agenda was to obtain legislative improvements in child-assault laws, the position of unmarried mothers, equality of both parents in guardianship rights, equal pay for teachers, equal civic service opportunities for women and men... |
Timeline
October 1947: Stafford Cripps, recently appointed Minister...
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October 1947
Stafford Cripps
, recently appointed Minister for Economic Affairs in the postwar Labour
government, delivered the landmark Economic Survey for 1947. This government white paper set out the principles of democratic planning, reconciling...
31 May 1948: Labour member Florence Paton (1891-1976),...
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31 May 1948
Labour
member Florence Paton
(1891-1976), acting as temporary Chairman [sic] of Committees, became the first woman to preside over the House of Commons
.
1 July 1948: The British Labour government's Town and...
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1 July 1948
The BritishLabour
government's Town and Country Planning Act 1947, which introduced a system of planning for urban and industrial development, came into effect.
23 February 1950: The General Election brought 84 percent of...
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23 February 1950
The General Election brought 84 percent of the British electorate out to vote. The BBC
aired the first televised report of results of this election.
8 March 1952: The British Labour Party discontinued its...
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8 March 1952
The British Labour Party
discontinued its endorsement of International Women's Day, because of the then close ties of the festival with the Communist Party
.
Barclay, Katie. “Women’s History Month: International Women’s Day!”. Women’s History Network Blog.
Autumn 1952: The annual conference of the Labour Party...
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Autumn 1952
The annual conference of the Labour Party
(now out of office) confirmed its commitment to comprehensive education (i.e. nonselective schools at secondary level).
3 October 1952: The UK exploded its first atom bomb, off...
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3 October 1952
The UK exploded its first atom bomb, off the Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia.
8 January 1954: The Labour Party revised its Challenge to...
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8 January 1954
The Labour Party
revised its Challenge to Britain manifesto to state that equal pay legislation would be implemented under its government.
3 July 1956: Bessie Braddock, for many years Labour MP...
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3 July 1956
Bessie Braddock
, for many years Labour
MP for the inner-city seat of Liverpool Exchange, made one of her grabs for the limelight by firing unloaded air-rifles on the floor of the House of Commons
.
15 May 1957: The Conservative government went ahead with...
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15 May 1957
The Conservative government went ahead with the explosion (over Christmas Island in the Central Pacific) of Britain's first thermonuclear bomb.
4 October 1957: At the Labour Party conference at Brighton...
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4 October 1957
At the Labour Party
conference at Brighton Aneurin Bevan
revealed that the party's executive committee was against the policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament.
November 1959: At the Labour Party conference in the wake...
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November 1959
At the Labour Party
conference in the wake of Conservative
electoral victory, leader Hugh Gaitskell
proposed repealing Clause 4 of the party's constitution, the clause that set the goal of common ownership of the means...
1961: The Electrical Trades Union was expelled...
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1961
The Electrical Trades Union
was expelled from the both the Trades Union Congress
(TUC) and the Labour Party
amid allegations of malpractice and ballot-rigging on the part of its Communist
leadership.
15 October 1964: The Labour Party came to precarious power...
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15 October 1964
The Labour Party
came to precarious power in the general election by a majority of four seats; next day Harold Wilson
became Prime Minister.
31 March 1966: In the general election the Labour Party...
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31 March 1966
In the general election the Labour Party
under Harold Wilson
increased its majority from four to nearly a hundred.
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