Balshaw, June Marion. Suffrage, solidarity and strife: political partnerships and the women’s movement 1880-1930. University of Greenwich, 1998.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Mary Gawthorpe | After her momentous decision, at the age of nineteen, that she must support her mother instead of going on to university, MG
decided to leave St Michael's (though they offered to raise her salary to... |
| politics | Mary Gawthorpe | |
| politics | Katharine Bruce Glasier | KBG
helped in the founding on this day of the Women's Labour League
. She was an active member from its inception. Law, Cheryl. Women: A Modern Political Dictionary. I.B. Tauris & Co., 2000. 66 |
| politics | Katharine Bruce Glasier | She sat on the executive committee of the WLL
from 1907 to 1918. Law, Cheryl. Women: A Modern Political Dictionary. I.B. Tauris & Co., 2000. 66 |
| politics | Isabella Ormston Ford | IOF
, along with her friend Mary Gawthorpe
, travelled together to Leicester to attend the first annual conference of the Women's Labour League
. Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell, 1989. 117 |
| Author summary | Katharine Bruce Glasier | Katharine Bruce Glasier
was a socialist-feminist writer and activist at the turn of the nineteenth century whose writing advances her ideas for social reform. She wrote newspaper articles, pamphlets, short stories, and novels all in... |
| Textual Production | Clementina Black | As a member of the Women's Industrial Council
and the Women's Labour League
, CB
advocated trade unionism, consumer action, more factory legislation, and the establishment of a minimum wage. She lectured and wrote extensively... |
| Travel | Mary Gawthorpe | MG
arrived in London representing the Leeds Women's Labour League
. Gawthorpe, Mary. Up Hill to Holloway. Traversity Press, 1962. 218-19 |
Timeline
9 March 1906: The Women's Labour League was founded by...
National or international item
9 March 1906
The Women's Labour League
was founded by Mary Fenton MacPherson
and Margaret MacDonald
; the WLL provided campaign support for Labour candidates but was not offically connected to the Labour Party
until 1908.
Hannam, June. “Women and Politics”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis, University College London Press, 1995, pp. 217-45.
228
Collette, Christine. For Labour and For Women: The Women’s Labour League, 1906-1918. Manchester University Press, 1989.
Graves, Pamela M. Labour Women: Women in British Working-Class Politics, 1918-1939. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
June 1908: The Women's Labour League established its...
National or international item
June 1908
The Women's Labour League
established its first Scottish branch in Glasgow.
Gordon, Eleanor. Women and the Labour Movement in Scotland 1850-1914. Clarendon, 1991, http://University of Toronto (Robarts).
265
1909: The Women's Labour League gained affiliation...
National or international item
1909
The Women's Labour League
gained affiliation with the Labour Party
in London.
Madsen, Axel. Chanel: A Woman of Her Own. Henry Holt, 1990.
chronology
Thane, Pat. “The Women of the British Labour Party and Feminism, 1906-1945”. British Feminism in the Twentieth Century, edited by Harold L. Smith, Edward Elgar, 1990, pp. 124-43.
124
January 1911: The League Leaflet, a magazine for members...
Building item
January 1911
The League Leaflet, a magazine for members of the Women's Labour League
, began publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
31
Collette, Christine. For Labour and For Women: The Women’s Labour League, 1906-1918. Manchester University Press, 1989.
139
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
278
Early 1918: The Women's Labour League merged with the...
National or international item
Early 1918
The Women's Labour League
merged with the Labour Party
to become the Women's Section: this happened when the Party's new constitution allowed women (and other people) to join as independent members.
Hannam, June. “Women and Politics”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis, University College London Press, 1995, pp. 217-45.
237
Collette, Christine. For Labour and For Women: The Women’s Labour League, 1906-1918. Manchester University Press, 1989.
178
Callaghan, James. Women in the Labour Movement: The British Experience. Editor Middleton, Lucy, Croom Helm, 1977.
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