Independent Labour Party

Connections

Connections Author name Sort descending Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships Angela Carter
Her husband, AC 's maternal grandfather, had both educated and radicalised himself while serving with the British army in India, and became a trade-unionist and member of the Independent Labour Party .
Gamble, Sarah. Angela Carter. A Literary Life. Palgrave Macmillan.
15-17, 20
politics Charlotte Despard
By the following year she had joined the Social Democratic Federation and the Independent Labour Party .
Mulvihill, Margaret. Charlotte Despard: A Biography. Pandora.
196
politics George Egerton
Two days before Britain declared war on Germany, GE attended a peaceful protest in Trafalgar Square, at which socialists Keir Hardie and Henry Hyndman , and Scottish nationalist R. B. Cunninghame Graham ...
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
The UDC drew together ILP socialists, liberal radicals, and suffragists. It confirmed, by resolution, the equal citizenship of men and women, and supported women's right to vote.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
166-7
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
Several members of the Women's International League were committed suffragists, including Helena Swanwick , Maude Royden , Margaret Ashton , Kate Courtney , and Charlotte Despard . Others were IOF 's old friends from the...
Publishing Isabella Ormston Ford
Subsequent articles and letters by IOF appeared regularly in the Yorkshire Factory Times and the ILP journal Labour Leader from 1893. She also wrote letters and articles for The Englishwoman and The Woman's Herald...
Textual Production Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF gave her first public speech when she decided to support striking female weavers in Leeds in October 1888. Despite her nervousness—she sometimes characterized herself as terrified by the faces gazing at me
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
72
—expressing...
Textual Features Isabella Ormston Ford
This pamphlet employs a historically-based argument to analyse the roots of women's oppression, as well as drawing on IOF 's practical experiences as a labour activist.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
98
It is thus both practical and theoretical. IOF
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF became a member of the Independent Labour Party in the same month as its formation, because she believed it stood for equality and opportunity for the whole race . . . women had never...
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF was elected to the National Administrative Council of the Independent Labour Party , a position she held for four years, until April 1907.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
xi, 89
Publishing Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF wrote her own column, Up and Down the World, in the ILP paper Leeds Forward, which displayed her talents to the full.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
72
Textual Production Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF 's important pamphlet Women and Socialism, published by the Independent Labour Party , established a theoretical reading of the connection between the labour movement and the women's movement.
Spartacus Educational. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
101
Author summary Isabella Ormston Ford
Isabella Ormston Ford was a dedicated labour activist, suffragette, and anti-war advocate at the turn of the nineteenth century whose writing advocates her socialist-feminist ideals. She wrote newspaper articles, pamphlets, short stories, and novels, all...
politics Mary Gawthorpe
Tom Garrs introduced MG to Socialist politics. This was a time, she wrote later, when in a place the size of Leeds the labour movement was deeply aware but not yet moving, much less on...
politics Katharine Bruce Glasier
After their marriage, KBG and her husband, John Bruce Glasier , formed an effective socialist partnership very much like that of Sidney and Beatrice Webb . They maintained their involvement in the Independent Labour Party

Timeline

1877: By this date, female spiritualist healer...

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1877

By this date, female spiritualist healer Chandos Leigh Hunt was amazingly popular.

10 October 1891: The newspaper of the emerging Independent...

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10 October 1891

The newspaper of the emerging Independent Labour Party , The Labour Leader, first appeared. It ran until 28 September 1922, after which the title changed to the New Leader.

7 July 1892: In the British general election of this month,...

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7 July 1892

In the British general election of this month, James Keir Hardie and two other candidates became the first independent Labour Members of Parliament.

13 January 1893: The Independent Labour Party led by James...

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13 January 1893

The Independent Labour Party led by James Keir Hardie , Member of Parliament for West Ham South, was officially founded in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

: The Women's Social and Political Union moved...

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Summer1906

The Women's Social and Political Union moved its headquarters to London; this relocation was emblematic of its shift away from its Independent Labour Party and working-class origins.

By mid-June 1907: Margaret McMillan, socialist, educationist,...

Women writers item

By mid-June 1907

Margaret McMillan , socialist, educationist, and sister and biographer of Rachel McMillan , published an important work in social studies entitled Labour and Childhood.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
(14 June 1907): 191
OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Margaret and Rachel McMillan

November 1907: Charlotte Despard and Teresa Billington Greig...

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May 1916: The British Parliament took the unpopular...

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May 1916

The British Parliament took the unpopular decision to institute conscription for the armed forces (which had been standard practice in other European countries but not in the UK); the Military Service Act followed.

June 1925: The Independent Labour Party founded an Arts...

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June 1925

The Independent Labour Party founded an Arts Guild to promote socialist drama and performance.

30 July 1932: The Independent Labour Party, increasingly...

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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.

Texts

Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Dolly-Logues. Independent Labour Party, 1926.
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Socialism and the Home. Independent Labour Party, 1909.
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Socialism for Beginners. Independent Labour Party, 1929.
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Socialism for Children. Independent Labour Party, 1902.
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Tales from the Derbyshire Hills. Independent Labour Party, 1907.