Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Social Democratic Federation
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Helen Taylor | This organization eventually became known as the Social Democratic Federation
. Robson, Ann P. et al. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. Sexual Equality, University of Toronto Press, 1994, p. vii - xxxv; various pages. xxxi |
| politics | Emmeline Pankhurst | EP
defined herself as a Socialist although she did not join the Social Democratic Federation
because of the anti-feminist views of its leadership. Along with her husband, she was an early member of the Fabian Society |
| politics | Katharine Bruce Glasier | Soon after her conversion to socialism in November 1890, Katharine Conway, afterwards KBG
, became involved with several socialist organizations. She joined the Bristol Socialist Society
and the Clifton and Bristol branches of the Fabian Society |
| politics | Margaret Harkness | She was an active member of various socialist parties between 1887 and 1891, including the Social Democratic Federation
and the Independent Labour Party
, though she later called socialism both foolish and wrong. qtd. in Goode, John. “Margaret Harkness and the Socialist Novel”. The Socialist Novel in Britain: Towards the Recovery of a Tradition, edited by H. Gustav Klaus, Harvester Press, 1982, pp. 45-66. 49 |
| politics | Vernon Lee | VL
attended (as an observer rather than a supporter) meetings of the Fabian Society
, the Social Democratic Federation
, and the Fellowship of the New Life
. Beckman, Linda Hunt. Amy Levy: Her Life and Letters. Ohio University Press, 2000. 131 |
| politics | William Morris | In early 1883 WM
became a member of the Social Democratic Federation
. After disagreements with its leader, H. M. Hyndman
, Morris and others formed the Socialist League
in late 1884. He left this... |
| politics | Annie Besant | AB
went to Paris as one of the Social Democratic Federation
's delegates commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the French Revolution. Taylor, Anne, 1932 -. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992. 247 |
| politics | Annie Besant | AB
joined the Social Democratic Federation
in 1888, after having become a friend of Herbert Burrows
. In November of that year she attended the International Trades Union Congress
held in London. Taylor, Anne, 1932 -. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992. 213 |
| politics | Clementina Black | In 1889 CB
met and began work with John Burns
, trade union member of the Social Democratic Federation
and champion of dock workers during the strike of 1889. Glage, Liselotte. Clementina Black: A Study in Social History and Literature. Carl Winter, 1981. 33 |
| politics | Clara Codd | Around 1903 when CC
joined the Theosophists, she also became a member of the Social Democratic Federation
. Crawford, Elizabeth. The Women’s Suffrage Movement. the Taylor & Francis Group, 1999. 134 |
| politics | Charlotte Despard | CD
became joint honorary secretary of the WSPU
, which had recently moved to London from Manchester. (She probably resigned at this time from the Social Democratic Federation
). Mulvihill, Margaret. Charlotte Despard: A Biography. Pandora, 1989. 196-7 |
| politics | Charlotte Despard | By the following year she had joined the Social Democratic Federation
and the Independent Labour Party
. Mulvihill, Margaret. Charlotte Despard: A Biography. Pandora, 1989. 196 |
| politics | Charlotte Despard | This was an opportunity to support on a wider scale the welfare of those she also cared for at Nine Elms: mothers and children, and the old or unemployed. She supported free school meals and... |
| politics | Helen Taylor | HT
helped form, with Henry Mayers Hyndman
, the Democratic Federation
, which held its inaugural meeting on this date. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under Hyndman Robson, Ann P. et al. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. Sexual Equality, University of Toronto Press, 1994, p. vii - xxxv; various pages. xxxi |
| Publishing | Helen Taylor | HT
also contributed articles to the Social Democratic Federation
's weekly newspaper Justice. Robson, Ann P. et al. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. Sexual Equality, University of Toronto Press, 1994, p. vii - xxxv; various pages. xxxi |
Timeline
August 1884: The Democratic Federation (founded three...
National or international item
August 1884
The Democratic Federation
(founded three years earlier by Henry Mayers Hyndman
and Helen Taylor
) changed its name to the Social Democratic Federation.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Hyndman
December 1884: Eleanor Marx, William Morris, and Edward...
National or international item
December 1884
Eleanor Marx
, William Morris
, and Edward Aveling
were among those who formed the Socialist League
after abandoning the Social Democratic Federation
in protest over H. M. Hyndman
's leadership.
Spartacus Educational. 28 Feb. 2003, http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.
13 November 1887: Police broke up a meeting of the Social Democratic...
National or international item
13 November 1887
Police broke up a meeting of the Social Democratic Federation
(militant radicals, many of them Irish) held in Trafalgar Square, London; the day became known as Bloody Sunday.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
21, 129
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
313
Davenport-Hines, Richard. “Horrid Mutilation! Read all about it!”. London Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2002, pp. 37-9.
37-8
Lucas, John, b. 1937. “Republican versus Victorian: Radical Writing in the Later Years of the Nineteenth Century”. Rethinking Victorian Culture, edited by Juliet John and Alice Jenkins, Macmillan, 2000, pp. 29-45.
41-5
1911: The Social Democratic Federation merged with...
National or international item
1911
The Social Democratic Federation
merged with other activist groups to form the British Socialist Party
(not to be confused with the Labour Party
, which had been in being for a decade).
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Hicks, Hyndman
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