Jarrett-Macauley, Delia. The Life of Una Marson, 1905-65. Manchester University Press, 1998.
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Employer | Una Marson | UM
took up a three-week post in the information section of the League of Nations
in Geneva, where she became concerned about the crisis over Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia). Jarrett-Macauley, Delia. The Life of Una Marson, 1905-65. Manchester University Press, 1998. 98 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Ethel Wilson | While she had mixed feelings for the relatives on her mother's side, EW
greatly enjoyed her father's side of the family. His half-sister Margaret Bryant
was a respected journalist for The Observer and although her... |
Intertextuality and Influence | Eleanor Rathbone | Her review concedes that elements of Mayo's argument and approach were flawed, but insists that the book drew valuable attention to India's social problems, especially child marriage. Using quotations and statistics from the League of Nations |
Occupation | Ray Strachey | Following her experience as a parliamentary candidate and an (unpaid) MP's secretary and advisor, RS
worked for the League of Nations
with Lord Robert Cecil
. Strachey, Barbara. Remarkable Relations: The Story of the Pearsall Smith Women. Universe Books, 1980. 287 |
Occupation | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | She also served as vice-president of the Six Point Group
(founded on 17 February 1921 by Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda
), another feminist organisation committed to ensuring that the condition of women remained a prominent... |
Occupation | Mary Agnes Hamilton | In 1929 and again in 1930 she was a member of the British Delegation to the League of Nations
Assembly in Geneva (one of two women delegates sent by Britain), where her most exciting assignment... |
Occupation | Mary Stott | At the end of her school days Mary had her sights set on a high-powered secretarial course and working for the League of Nations
. But when she was set to write an essay on... |
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 | Edith Lyttelton | EL
served five times as British Substitute Delegate to the League of Nations
Assembly at Geneva. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Occupation | Edith Lyttelton | EL
received the high honour of Dame Grand Cross (GBE) for her work with the League of Nations
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Chandos, Oliver Lyttelton, first Viscount. The Memoirs of Lord Chandos. Bodley Head, 1962. xv |
Occupation | Edith Lyttelton | After her husband's death, EL
withdrew from the social scene she had entered through marriage and devoted herself to a number of causes relating to theatre, psychical research, and the League of Nations
. Chandos, Oliver Lyttelton, first Viscount. The Memoirs of Lord Chandos. Bodley Head, 1962. xv |
Occupation | Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda | From 1926, when she took over editorial responsibilities from Archdale, MHVR
selected all articles printed in the paper, and she demanded absolute loyalty to the journal's humanist and liberal policies. The journal stressed that feminists... |
Occupation | Kathleen E. Innes | KEI
was among those presenting to the League of Nations
Assembly in Geneva the 14 million signatures on disarmament petitions gathered by the Peoples' Mandate to Governments
. Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta, 1995. 135, 252 |
Occupation | Una Marson | UM
accompanied Haile Selassie
as his personal secretary to the League of Nations
in Geneva, where his plea for assistance for the Abyssinian people was unsuccessful. Jarrett-Macauley, Delia. The Life of Una Marson, 1905-65. Manchester University Press, 1998. 102-3 |
Occupation | Virginia Woolf | The Press, which began as therapy and for the purpose of publishing the works of its owners, grew into a major engine of modern culture and thought. Lee, Hermione. Virginia Woolf. Chatto and Windus, 1996. 371-3 |