League of Nations

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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...
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...
politics Kathleen E. Innes
Over the years she reported to the WIL on a wide variety of issues—League of Nations and International Labour Organization work, disarmament initiatives, the pay equity drive by women teachers in Britain, and suffrage...
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...
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.
politics Constance Lytton
Even during the height of the suffrage struggle CL had thought while attending a penal reform meeting that it was interesting the way these meetings for other reforms always turn out to be full of...
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 Winifred Holtby
She and Vera Brittain regularly attended the League of Nations Assembly in Geneva. In 1924 they went on a lecture tour of Central Europe for the Union.
Shaw, Marion. The Clear Stream: A Life of Winifred Holtby. Virago, 1999.
112-13
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 1995.
219
Through her lectures, WH advocated...
politics Stella Benson
SB became a member of a League of NationsCommittee on the International Traffic in Women .
Grant, Joy. Stella Benson: A Biography. Macmillan, 1987.
283
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...
politics Stella Benson
The society voted to send the report to the Hong Kong government, and then, if necessary, to Westminster. The Governor of Hong Kong, Sir William Peel , was furious, called SB hysterical, and snubbed her...
politics Vera Brittain
She and Holtby attended a number of League of Nations Assemblies, including the one held in August 1926 at Geneva in Switzerland, when Germany was accepted into the League. After 1923 these trips were...
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/.
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
After the war, IOF increasingly turned her attention towards the promotion of peace and international co-operation through her involvement with the Women's International League as an executive member, and as the secretary of her local...

Timeline

10 September 1926: Germany was formally accepted into the League...

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10 September 1926

Germany was formally accepted into the League of Nations .
Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.
Sharp, Evelyn. Unfinished Adventure. John Lane, Bodley Head, 1933.
295-7

22 November 1927: Persia protested to the UK against the allotment...

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22 November 1927

Persia protested to the UK against the allotment of the Bahrein Islands to Britain.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 888
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
1099

21 March 1930: The Popular and Nationalist parties of Iraq...

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21 March 1930

The Popular and Nationalist parties of Iraq demonstrated against the British (whose mandate to govern the country had been supported by the League of Nations in April 1920).
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 852

19 September 1931: The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began,...

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19 September 1931

The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began, signalling a shift of the balance of power from the Emperor to the escalating military machine.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
15
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
242-3
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape, 1944.
230

October 1933: Hitler took Germany out of the League of...

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October 1933

Hitler took Germany out of the League of Nations , contrary to the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles (signed on 28 June 1919).
Best, Geoffrey. “Hooked Trout”. London Review of Books, 2 June 2005, pp. 32-3.
32

10 December 1933: For his active participation in peace organizations...

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10 December 1933

For his active participation in peace organizations such as the World Committee against War and Fascism and the League of Nations , Sir Norman Angell from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
Nobel Prize in Literature. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/.

March 1935: The League of Nations Union organised a ballot...

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March 1935

The League of Nations Union organised a ballot in Britain (sometimes misleadingly called the Peace Ballot) on the question of intervention by other nations when one nation attacked another.
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape, 1944.
289-91

: Members of the League of Nations members...

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Summer 1935

Members of the League of Nations members conducted a peace ballot in Britain: eleven and a half million people voted ten to one for disarmament.
Oakley, Ann. Man and Wife: Richard and Kay Titmuss: My Parents’ Early Years. HarperCollins, 1996.
69

3 October 1935-9 May 1936: Italy (ruled by Benito Mussolini) invaded...

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3 October 1935-9 May 1936

Italy (ruled by Benito Mussolini ) invaded Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia).
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
16
Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
2-3, 23

April 1936: The League of Nations mounted an investigation...

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April 1936

The League of Nations mounted an investigation into Italy's alleged use of poison gas in its invasion of Ethiopia (violating the 1925 Geneva Protocol).
Waal, Alex de. “Dangers of Discretion”. London Review of Books, 21 Jan. 1999, pp. 27-9.
27-8

28 February 1939: Britain recognized Franco's government in...

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28 February 1939

Britain recognized Franco 's government in Spain.
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
514
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
246

30 November 1939: The Soviet Union, professing concern over...

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30 November 1939

The Soviet Union, professing concern over recent aggressive acts by Germany, invaded Finland when a joint military agreement between the two countries could not be reached.
Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
24
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
47-9

14 December 1939: The USSR was formally expelled from the League...

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14 December 1939

The USSR was formally expelled from the League of Nations as a consequence of its invasion of Finland on 30 November.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
24
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
47-49

22 July 1946: The World Health Organization came into ...

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22 July 1946

The World Health Organization came into being.
International Organizations and Groups. http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/org-fact.html#ec.

10 December 1959: Philip J. Noel-Baker from Great Britain was...

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10 December 1959

Philip J. Noel-Baker from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his long-term commitments to disarmament, the aid of war-displaced refugees, and the League of Nations .
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
The Nobel Foundation,. Nobel E-Museum.

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