EFB
's involvement with the socialist and feminist movements of the day brought her into close contact with several notable activists and revolutionaries. Through the Fabian Society
, she interacted with Beatrice
and Sidney Webb
Friends, Associates
Mary Gawthorpe
During her time with the WSPU, MG
worked with Christabel Pankhurst
(who was twenty-four when Gawthorpe first met her, before she had yet met Isabella Ford
), whom, like Ethel Snowden
, she knew from...
Friends, Associates
Katharine Bruce Glasier
Her involvement in socialist circles led her to acquaintance with Sidney
and Beatrice Webb
, Edward Hulton
(editor of the Sunday Chronicle), and Robert Blatchford
, for whom she wrote several articles.
Thompson, Laurence. The Enthusiasts. Victor Gollancz Limited, 1971.
Mitchell, David J. The Fighting Pankhursts: A Study in Tenacity. MacMillan, 1967.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Katharine Bruce Glasier
They had met through socialist circles the previous autumn when Keir Hardie
invited Conway to a gathering at the Glasier family's home while both were attending the Trades Union Congress
meeting in Glasgow.
Thompson, Laurence. The Enthusiasts. Victor Gollancz Limited, 1971.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Katharine Bruce Glasier
KBG
was devastated by her husband's death, but later she began to experience visions of his continuing presence (as she did of her son's presence after he too died).
Kelly, Gary, and Edd Applegate, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 190. Gale Research, 1998.
190:125
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. The Glen Book. London.
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John Bruce Glasier had...
Family and Intimate relationships
Sylvia Pankhurst
While in London she became intimate with the labour politician Keir Hardie
, a long-time friend of her parents. He was her lover and, perhaps more importantly, her political mentor from approximately 1904 to 1912...
Education
Sylvia Pankhurst
SP
grew up amidst the political discussions of her parents' home. An intimate friend, politician Keir Hardie
, later remarked of this informal education: So that is what is the matter with you! You heard...