League of Nations

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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
According to literary critic Alice Crawford , the novel is...
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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