Workers' Educational Association

Connections

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Family and Intimate relationships Dorothy Whipple
Henry Whipple, who worked as a civil servant in education, was Dorothy's boss at the time. His work took them to conferences here and there, and meetings of the W. E .A.
Whipple, Dorothy. Random Commentary. Michael Joseph.
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Nicola Beauman
Family and Intimate relationships Fleur Adcock
Her father, Cyril John Adcock, brought from England at the age of ten, grew up on a New Zealand bush farm where as a teenager he constructed cat's whisker radio equipment.
Adcock, Fleur. Poems: 1960-2000. Bloodaxe Books.
194
Adcock, Fleur. Selected Poems. Oxford University Press.
49
In England...
Family and Intimate relationships Frances Cornford
Rupert John Cornford was named after Rupert Brooke , who had died eight months earlier, and John Swan , a miner who met the Cornfords through the Workers' Educational Association .
Delany, Paul. The Neo-Pagans: Rupert Brooke and the Ordeal of Youth. Free Press.
221
Employer Elaine Feinstein
She had been working at several jobs already: magazine editing, giving tutorials (at Cambridge called supervisions) to undergraduates, and teaching for the WEA . She earned money the family sorely needed (in part for school...
Employer Doreen Wallace
DW found the war years tedious. There was a constant turnover of evacuees at her home: she considered sending her own children to Scotland for safety, but did not do so. She became a lecturer...

Timeline

16 May 1903: The Workers' Educational Association was...

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16 May 1903

The Workers' Educational Association was founded in London by Albert and Frances Mansbridge as the Association to Promote the Higher Education of Working Men , primarily by the Extension of University Teaching.

1918-19: The Workers' Educational Association (WEA)...

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1918-19

The Workers' Educational Association (WEA) had 219 branches, with 12,438 students; about 40% were women.

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