Johnson, Pamela Hansford. Important to Me. Macmillan; Scribner, 1974.
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Labour Party
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Beatrice Webb | One result of the war was to reveal more clearly, to the Webbs as to others, just how unequal was British society. They became ready to advocate such equalizing measures as higher taxation for the... |
| politics | Pamela Hansford Johnson | During the 1930s PHJ
was involved with left-wing politics. She was, she said, awakened to the reality of Nazism in 1934, |
| politics | Lady Margaret Sackville | UDC activities played an important role in the decline of the Liberal Party
and the rise of the Labour Party
: Joining the UDC became a sort of half-way house between leaving the Liberals and... |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | ER
was even-handed in her actions. During the same year she outspokenly criticised Labour
idol Aneurin Bevan
for what she regarded as a childish display of machismo in irrelevant point-scoring against Churchill
. She accused... |
| politics | Antonia Fraser | In December 1978 AF
voted Conservative, knowing little about Margaret Thatcher
but excited by the idea of a woman becoming Prime Minister for the first time. She later regretted it. In the 1980s she and... |
| politics | Dora Russell | DR
ran unsuccessfully for Parliament, seeking to represent the Labour Party
for Chelsea. Russell, Dora. The Tamarisk Tree: My Quest for Liberty and Love. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1975. 1: 177-9 Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992. 364 |
| politics | Kate Parry Frye | The Frye family was actively political throughout KPF
's formative years, mostly on behalf of the Liberal Party
: her mother
expected Kate to attend the North Kensington Women's Liberal Association
meetings hosted in the... |
| politics | Harriet Shaw Weaver | HSW
was a member of the British Labour Party
. She volunteered as a clerk at her local party office in Marylebone, and participated in May Day demonstrations. Lidderdale, Jane, and Mary Nicholson. Dear Miss Weaver. Viking, 1970. 328, 366 |
| politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | EPL
stood as Labour
candidate for Manchester's Rusholme division in Britain's general election; she was one of sixteen women defeated in this election (the first in which they were eligible to run). Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. My Part in a Changing World. Hyperion, 1976. 322-3 “Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under Frederick Pethick-Lawrence |
| politics | Harriet Shaw Weaver | HSW
was recruited into the British Communist Party
while she was still a member of the Labour Party
; she remained a Communist Party member for the rest of her life. Lidderdale, Jane, and Mary Nicholson. Dear Miss Weaver. Viking, 1970. 359 |
| politics | Nina Bawden | Inspired by hearing Aneurin Bevan
speak when she was a young evacuee in Wales, Watts, Janet. “Nina Bawden Obituary”. The Guardian, 22 Aug. 2012. |
| politics | Dora Russell | She prepared evidence with John Maynard Keynes
, St John Hutchinson
, and John St Loe Strachey
(father of writer Amabel Williams-Ellis
). At issue, ostensibly, was the inclusion of diagrams in the pamphlet. DR |
| politics | Angela Carter | AC
's politics were those of the left, following the Labour
convictions of her mother's family. During the 1960s she supported the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
and went on several of its Easter marches to... |
| politics | Sylvia Pankhurst | SP
turned down an opportunity to stand as Labour
candidate for Sheffield because her views now called for a total revolution of democratic procedures, including Parliament. Mitchell, David J. The Fighting Pankhursts: A Study in Tenacity. MacMillan, 1967. 81 Romero, Patricia W. E. Sylvia Pankhurst: Portrait of a Radical. Yale University Press, 1987. 125 |
| politics | Mary Agnes Hamilton | She knew most of the leaders of this group, to which she gives several pages in her memoirs. She later came to regard it, however, as a cocoon or cell that kept those inside it... |
Timeline
Late July 1931: In Britain the confusingly-named May committee...
National or international item
Late July 1931
In Britain the confusingly-named May committee responded to escalation both in the international financial crisis and mass unemployment at home, by advising draconian cuts in government expenditure.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Ramsay Macdonald
26 August 1931: The Labour Party leader James Ramsay MacDonald...
National or international item
26 August 1931
The Labour Party
leader James Ramsay MacDonald
organized a National Coalition government; many members of his party felt this to be a betrayal.
Young, Toby. “What U.S. needs is a Queen”. Edmonton Journal, 1 Dec. 2000, p. A17.
A17
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
981
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape, 1944.
124-5, 172
27 October 1931: In the general election, the National Coalition...
National or international item
27 October 1931
In the general election, the National Coalition Government won a landslide victory (a majority of nearly five hundred seats over the combined opposition) but became much more Conservative
in tone than it had been. Most...
30 July 1932: The Independent Labour Party, increasingly...
National or international item
30 July 1932
The Independent Labour Party
, increasingly disillusioned with the Labour Party
's movement towards the centre, took a decision to disaffiliate from its own larger and more successful offspring.
Red Clydeside: A History of the Labour Movement in Glasgow 1910-1932. 16 Mar. 2003, http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/redclyde/.
March 1935: The League of Nations Union organised a ballot...
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March 1935
The League of Nations Union
organised a ballot in Britain (sometimes misleadingly called the Peace Ballot) on the question of intervention by other nations when one nation attacked another.
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape, 1944.
289-91
1 October 1935: At the Labour Party's annual conference Ernest...
National or international item
1 October 1935
At the Labour Party
's annual conference Ernest Bevin
made a dramatic attack on the pacifist views of the leader, George Lansbury
, who thereupon resigned.
Light, Alison. “Harnessed to a Shark”. London Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2002, pp. 29-31.
31
Woolf, Virginia. The Diary of Virginia Woolf. Editors Bell, Anne Olivier and Andrew McNeillie, Hogarth Press, 1977–1984, 5 vols.
4: 345
14 November 1935: A general election was held in Britain. The...
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14 November 1935
A general election was held in Britain. The Conservative Party
polled most votes, and the National Coalition government was returned to power.
Kimber, Richard. “UK General Elections since 1832”. Richard Kimber’s Political Science Resources: British Politics: Election Information.
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape, 1944.
288
12 September 1936: Charlotte Haldane edited the first issue...
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12 September 1936
Charlotte Haldane
edited the first issue of Woman Today for the Women's Committee for Peace and Democracy
.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
53
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
602
12 April 1938: Physician Edith Summerskill was elected to...
National or international item
12 April 1938
Physician Edith Summerskill
was elected to Parliament
as an MP for the Labour Party
.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
377-8
10 May 1940: Winston Churchill succeeded Neville Chamberlain...
National or international item
10 May 1940
Winston Churchill
succeeded Neville Chamberlain
as British Prime Minister, heading a Coalition government which was designed to submerge party differences in the joint effort to defeat Hitler.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
49
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape, 1944.
177
After 26 July 1945: In the new Labour government, Dr Edith Summerskill...
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After 26 July 1945
In the new Labour
government, Dr Edith Summerskill
was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food. In that position she ensured the compulsory pasteurisation of milk.
Phillips, Melanie. The Divided House: Women at Westminster. Sidgwick and Jackson, 1980.
51
July 1945: Journalist Barbara Castle was elected a Labour...
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July 1945
Journalist Barbara Castle
was elected a Labour
member of the British Parliament
, where she served for thirty-four years.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
390
26 July 1945: The postwar general election put the Labour...
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26 July 1945
The postwar general election put the Labour Party
in power with a landslide victory. Clement Attlee
became Prime Minister; prominent in his Cabinet were Herbert Morrison
, Ernest Bevin
, Hugh Dalton
, and Sir...
April 1946 : A fact-finding mission for Clement Attlee's...
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April 1946
A fact-finding mission for Clement Attlee
's Labour
government visited Tanganyika (now Tanzania) to investigate the feasibility of a large-scale scheme for cultivating groundnuts (peanuts).
Wood, Alan. The Groundnut Affair. Bodley Head, 1950.
June 1947: The Labour Party declared its government...
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June 1947
The Labour Party
declared its government would not be introducing equal pay legislation.
Smith, Harold L. “The Politics of Conservative Reform: The Equal Pay for Equal Work Issue, 1945-1955”. The Historical Journal, Vol.
35
, No. 2, June 1992, pp. 401-15. 404
“Palmer’s Index to the Times”. Historical Newspapers Online.
(April-June 1947): 218
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