Labour Party

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Material Conditions of Writing Cecily Mackworth
Working for the Labour Party in summer 1945, CM wrote a number of reports on current and remembered political issues: among other things she covered the fishing industry (ten thousand words), the government of New...
Material Conditions of Writing Dorothy Wellesley
Material Conditions of Writing Angela Thirkell
In a whole series of comic novels set in Barsetshire, AT deliberately recreated an Anthony-Trollope -like, present-day yet almost period world of the country gentry and the cathedral close. She called herself a sardonic...
Occupation J. K. Rowling
Before the turn of the century she gave up teaching to become a full-time writer. She also became a patron of and ambassador for several charities: the National Council for One-Parent Families (now known as...
Occupation Judith Kazantzis
Nevertheless she was constantly painting, pursuing her ambition to be an artist.
Kazantzis, Judith. “The Errant Unicorn”. On Gender and Writing, edited by Michelene Wandor, Pandora Press, pp. 24-30.
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She also worked for the Labour Party . During the 1970s she worked as a home tutor for the Inner London Education Authority
Occupation Nina Bawden
The narrator of her novel Afternoon of a Good Woman, 1976, is also a magistrate. NB wrote, I was a political appointment, in the sense that the local Labour Party , asked to put...
Occupation Mary Agnes Hamilton
Having earned her bread by work as assistant in a university history department, and as writer, translator, and journalist, MAH entered politics. Journalism continued to provide her main source of income until 1929, and her...
Occupation Mary Agnes Hamilton
During 1929-31 she also served as a member of the Royal Commission on the Civil Service . In 1931 she was elected to the parliamentary executive of the Labour Party and often spoke for the...
Occupation Mary Agnes Hamilton
The final meeting of the Socialist International was held in Vienna; Mary Agnes Hamilton attended as one of the Labour Party delegation from Britain.
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape.
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Other Life Event Sylvia Pankhurst
The Sylvia Pankhurst Memorial Committee , supported by Labour Party politicians Tony Benn , Margaret Beckett , and Gordon Brown , lobbied for a statue of SP to be chosen to fill the vacant plinth in Trafalgar Square.
“Pass Notes”. The Guardian, p. 3.
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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.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century.
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politics Doreen Wallace
Generally Rowland Rash was Conservative, while Doreen was socialist although only intermittently in agreement with the current policies of the Labour Party . Late in life she opposed Britain's entry into the European Economic Community
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 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.
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politics J. K. Rowling
She is not slow to take a public political stance. To her 11 million followers on Twitter , she tweeted before the 2016 referendum on Britain's  leaving or remaining within the European Union (Brexit) that...

Timeline

Late July 1931: In Britain the confusingly-named May committee...

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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.

26 August 1931: The Labour Party leader James Ramsay MacDonald...

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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.

27 October 1931: In the general election, the National Coalition...

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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...

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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.

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.

1 October 1935: At the Labour Party's annual conference Ernest...

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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.

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.

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 .

12 April 1938: Physician Edith Summerskill was elected to...

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12 April 1938

Physician Edith Summerskill was elected to Parliament as an MP for the Labour Party .

10 May 1940: Winston Churchill succeeded Neville Chamberlain...

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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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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