Lefanu, Sarah. Rose Macaulay. Virago.
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Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Rose Macaulay | In this book delegates to a League of Nations conference at Geneva disappear at an alarming rate, and contrasting national characteristics are amusingly depicted. Lefanu, Sarah. Rose Macaulay. Virago. 164 |
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... |
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. 98 |
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. 102-3 |
politics | Naomi Mitchison | In 1917 NM
joined the movement to establish a League of Nations
. In the twenties she participated in the Women's International League
, an organization of feminist outlook which was working to establish such... |
Textual Features | Jan Morris | This time the story begins with Kitchener
's re-taking of Khartoum, and ends with the death in 1965 of Winston Churchill
, presented as the last imperialist. In it JM
appeals to her own... |
Travel | Iris Murdoch | The schoolgirl IM
spent ten days at a League of Nations
Summer School for young people at Geneva. Conradi, Peter J. Iris Murdoch. A Life. HarperCollins. 68 |
Travel | Iris Murdoch | IM
's early travel was mostly political: Geneva for the League of Nations
summer school, Brussels, Bruges and Antwerp in the intoxicating postwar moment of personal reunions and renewed intellectual freedom. Even her delighted... |
Reception | Iris Murdoch | She twice won prizes, in 1937 and 1938, for essays on political themes under League of Nations
auspices. On the second occasion the runner-up was the future critic Raymond Williams
. Conradi, Peter J. Iris Murdoch. A Life. HarperCollins. 76, 78 |
politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | EPL
firmly believed that the Treaty of Versailles was doing more harm than good to Europe's attempts to recover from war. Her foresight as to its effects comes over strongly in her autobiography, published in... |
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... |
politics | Eleanor Rathbone | As the political climate moved increasingly towards war, ER
advocated League of Nations
sanctions against Mussolini
's Italy (with the threat of force), as well as a closer relationship between Britain and the USSR in... |
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 |
politics | Eleanor Rathbone | Representing international women's committees, ER
began serving as Assessor to the Child Welfare Committee
of the League of Nations
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Textual Production | Eleanor Rathbone | ER
's short political treatise War Can Be Averted: The Achievability of Collective Security (Left Book Club
) argued for collective security organized by the League of Nations
, and against either appeasement, non-intervention, or disarmament. Stobaugh, Beverly. Women and Parliament, 1918-1970. Exposition Press. 45 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
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