Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. My Part in a Changing World. Hyperion, 1976.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| 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). “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 | Judith Kazantzis | JK
joined the women's movement as soon as she read about it, and was active in London during the 1970s as a member of the first Women's Liberation Workshop
, the Labour Party
, and... |
| 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... |
| 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 | Dora Russell | DR
was involved with the Labour Party
, the Independent Labour Party
(ILP
), and their affiliates for most of her adult life. For instance, she attended the 1924 ILP Summer School
, where... |
| politics | Jane Hume Clapperton | She
was a member of the International Labour Party
(ILP), Waters, Chris. British Socialists and the Politics of Popular Culture, 1884-1914. Stanford University Press, 1990. 45 Montefiore, Dora. “Jane Hume Clapperton Speaks”. New Age, 4 May 1905, p. 288. 288 Crawford, Elizabeth. The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928. Routledge, 2001. 166 Bland, Lucy. Banishing the Beast: Feminism, Sex and Morality. Tauris Parke, 2002. 172 |
| politics | Mary Agnes Hamilton | She describes in detail the shock to her thinking caused by the Austro-Serbian conflict in which Russia seemed likely to join and Britain to join in support of Tsarist Russia. Fear rose and blocked thinking... |
| politics | Maude Royden | MR
spoke in support of the NUWSS
's Election Fighting Fund policy at the meeting of the NUWSS and the Labour Party
at the Royal Albert Hall. “The Papers of Agnes Maude Royden”. Archives Hub: London Metropolitan University: Women’s Library. Fletcher, Sheila. Maude Royden: A Life. Basil Blackwell, 1989. 100 |
| politics | Virginia Woolf | VW
's feminist and socialist views went along with firm opposition to the war, and to the militaristic political structures that had produced the war, which is evident in many of her writings. Leonard was... |
| politics | Mary Agnes Hamilton | MAH
's allegiance to the mainstream Labour Party
, begun during these years, was maintained throughout her life, although she was one of its outspoken internal critics, for instance on issues of unemployment. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
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1 July 1999: The devolved Scottish parliament held its...
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1 July 1999
The devolved Scottish parliament held its opening ceremony. Devolution for Scotland (a transfer of some governmental powers from Westminster to Edinburgh) had been an election promise of the British Labour Party
in 1997.
Brown, Jenny. “Keep the Anarchy”. The Author, Vol.
cx
, No. 4, 1 Dec.–28 Feb. 1999, pp. 168-9. 168
“British Politics”. History Learning Site.
Devolution and Scotland
4 May 2000: In the first election for the newly created...
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4 May 2000
In the first election for the newly created position of Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone
was elected (standing as an Independent after being de-selected by the Labour Party
).
7 June 2001: In the general election the Labour Party...
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7 June 2001
In the general election the Labour Party
under Tony Blair
lost only a tiny fraction of its huge majority.
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
102
May 2003: Valerie Amos became Britain's first black...
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May 2003
Valerie Amos
became Britain's first black woman Cabinet minister, following the resignation from Tony Blair
's Labour
Cabinet of Clare Short
.
White, Michael. “It’s time for Tony Blair to go”. Guardian Weekly, 15–21 May 2003, p. 1.
1
5 May 2005: A British general election returned the Labour...
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5 May 2005
A British general election returned the Labour Party
under Tony Blair
to power with a majority reduced since 2001 but still substantial.
“Blair secures historic third term”. BBC News, 6 May 2005.
3 May 2007: In elections to the Scottish parliament,...
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3 May 2007
In elections to the Scottish parliament, a chaotic poll featuring large numbers of lost and disqualified votes revealed, several days later, that the Scottish Nationalist Party
held a one-seat lead over Labour
.
Carrell, Severin, and Michael White. “SNP claim victory, though power may yet elude them”. Guardian Unlimited, 5 May 2007.
6-11 May 2010: A British general election returned inconclusive...
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6-11 May 2010
A British general election returned inconclusive results and led to days of negotiations among party leaders attempting to form a viable government.
Cochrane, Kira. “Election results for women to celebrate and worry about”. The Guardian, 8 May 2010, p. 19.
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23 June 2016: By a narrow margin (about 52% to 48%) the...
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23 June 2016
By a narrow margin (about 52% to 48%) the British electorate voted for Brexit: that is, to take Britain out of the European Union
.
“EU referendum: full results and analysis”. theguardian.com, 24 June 2016.
8 June 2017: In a general election called by Britain's...
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8 June 2017
In a general election called by Britain's second-ever female Prime Minister, Theresa May
, her Conservative
government was returned with a significantly reduced majority, weakening instead of strengthening its hand for the imminent negotiations over...
14 June 2017: A fire started at a little after midnight...
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14 June 2017
A fire started at a little after midnight in the kitchen of a flat on the fourth floor of Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London, a 23-storey building that was home to about 350...
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