Jarrett-Macauley, Delia. The Life of Una Marson, 1905-65. Manchester University Press, 1998.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| 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). |
| 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 | 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 | 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
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 |
Timeline
March 1917: British troops invading Ottoman territory,...
National or international item
March 1917
British troops invading Ottoman territory, having suffered defeat at Kut the previous spring, succeeded in capturing Baghdad.
Glass, Charles. “Iraq Must Go!”. London Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2002, pp. 12-13.
12
7 May 1919: The League of Nations assigned Samoa as mandated...
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7 May 1919
The League of Nations
assigned Samoa as mandated territory to New Zealand.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 945
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
1117
28 June 1919: The Treaty of Versailles was signed, settling...
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28 June 1919
The Treaty of Versailles was signed, settling the peace terms imposed by the victors of World War I on Germany and its allied nations.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
249
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 593
Thomson, David, and Geoffrey Warner. England in the Twentieth Century, 1914-1979. 2nd ed., Penguin Books, 1981.
82
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
9
Bussey, Gertrude, and Margaret Tims. Pioneers for Peace: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 1915-1965. WILPF British Section, 1980.
32
Keynes, John Maynard, Baron. The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Macmillan, 1919.
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
978
Keynes, Britain's chief Treasury...
November 1919: The American Senate voted against the United...
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November 1919
The American Senate voted against the United States joining the League of Nations
.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
358
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
10
1 January 1920: The League of Nations officially came into...
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1 January 1920
The League of Nations
officially came into being—without the United States, although the first suggestion for such a body had been made by President Woodrow Wilson
.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
19 March 1920: The US Senate refused to endorse the Treaty...
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19 March 1920
The US Senate refused to endorse the Treaty of Versailles (signed on 28 June 1919, which set, among other things, the post-war French-German frontier).
Haslam, Jonathan. “Between Jesus and Napoleon”. London Review of Books, 2001, pp. 28-9.
28
25 April 1920: The Supreme Allied Council, supported by...
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25 April 1920
The Supreme Allied Council
, supported by the League of Nations
, gave Britain the Mandate to administer Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq, formed from the three Turkish provinces of Mosul, Baghdad, and Basra) and for Palestine...
15 November-18 December 1920: The first League of Nations Assembly met...
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15 November-18 December 1920
The first League of Nations
Assembly met.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
476
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
232
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
10
: A conference held at Cairo installed the...
National or international item
Spring 1921
A conference held at Cairo installed the Hashemite Faisal I
as king of Iraq, then a new entity under British Mandate conferred by the League of Nations
.
Buchan, James. “Miss Bell’s fateful lines in the sand”. Guardian Weekly, Vol.
168
, No. 13, 20–26 Mar. 2003, p. 20. 20
June 1921: Nansen passports were first issued by the...
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June 1921
Nansen passports were first issued by the League of Nations
to identify refugees and stateless persons. Dr Fridjtof Nansen
, Norwegian Arctic explorer appointed League of Nations Commissioner for refugees, was awarded the Nobel
Peace...
1923: The League of Nations sponsored an International...
Writing climate item
1923
The League of Nations
sponsored an International Conference in Geneva for the Suppression of Obscene Publications.
Craig, Alec. The Banned Books of England and Other Countries. George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
80
24 July 1923: Turkey agreed to cede territory under the...
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24 July 1923
Turkey agreed to cede territory under the Treaty of Lausanne; this signalled the end of the Ottoman Empire.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 850
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
1086-7
Mazower, Mark. “Half-Infidels”. London Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2006, pp. 9-10.
9-10
10 September 1923: The Irish Free State (Saorstt Éireann) entered...
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10 September 1923
The Irish Free State (Saorstt Éireann) entered the League of Nations
.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
614
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
308
16 October 1925: The Locarno Agreements (sometimes known as...
National or international item
16 October 1925
The Locarno Agreements (sometimes known as treaties or guarantees) were signed: a series of undertakings among various European countries mutually to guarantee each other's borders.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
Stevenson, David. “Casino Politics”. London Review of Books, 6 Oct. 2005, pp. 23-4.
23
29 May 1926: Dr Ethel Williams set out from Aberdeen to...
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29 May 1926
Dr Ethel Williams
set out from Aberdeen to walk the more than two hundred miles to London on the Peacemakers' Pilgrimage.
Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta, 1995.
85
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Times. Times Publishing Company.
Texts
Lyttelton, Edith. Protection of Women and Children in the Near East. League of Nations.