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politics | Virginia Woolf | VW
's feminist and socialist views went along with firm opposition to the war, and to the militaristic political structures that had produced the war, which is evident in many of her writings. Leonard was... |
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. 371-3 |
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... |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Evelyn Waugh | The man who emerges as the white protagonist of the story, Basil Seal, is in trouble with his feckless, privileged circle at home, fed up and wanting to get away, when he is invited to... |
politics | Annie S. Swan | In the light of the First World War and its aftermath, ASS
's latent interest in politics came to life, taking the form of a desire to serve the League of Nations
(whose later fall... |
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. 287 |
politics | Ray Strachey | She later devoted much time and effort to work for the League of Nations Union
and then the League of Nations
itself. |
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... |
Travel | Evelyn Sharp | ES
's time in Berlin brought her an engagement for a lecture tour of Holland in November 1920. Sharp, Evelyn. Unfinished Adventure. John Lane, Bodley Head. 191 |
politics | Lady Margaret Sackville | The UDC lasted until the mid-sixties. After World War One, it concentrated on foreign affairs, pressing for a reformed League of Nations
(to include Germany and Russia), opposing expanded imperialist activities in China and East... |
politics | Maude Royden | Brought up in a Conservative family, MR
began in her late twenties and early thirties to develop the Socialist views she espoused throughout her adulthood. She said, however, I never joined any party .... |
politics | Maude Royden | The first such confrontation in which the Peace Army intervened was the Manchurian Crisis (which had begun in September 1931 when the Japanese launched a forcible takeover of the Chinese region of Manchuria). The... |
Textual Production | Anne Ridler | Anne Bradby, later Ridler, was highly precocious in some kinds of writing. Her elder brother at the front in World War One recorded receiving a long and interesting letter from her when she was only... |
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/. |