Mulhallen, Jacqueline. “Sylvia Pankhurst’s Paintings: A Missing Link”. Women’s History Magazine, No. 60, 1 June 2009– 2025, pp. 35-8.
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Independent Labour Party
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Amabel Williams-Ellis | AWE
and her brother John Strachey
, future politician and author, joined the Independent Labour Party
(which was founded by Keir Hardie
in 1893, gave birth to the Labour Party
, and disaffiliated from it... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Amabel Williams-Ellis | This work was shaped by her observations at Independent Labour Party
summer schools; she incorporates portraits of her then-colleagues the future Fascist Oswald Mosley
and Labour leader Aneurin Bevan
. The novel is concerned with... |
| politics | Beatrice Webb | This same year the Webbs (not without some regret for the Liberals) joined the Independent Labour Party
. |
| Literary responses | Ali Smith | The chair of the judges, Shami Chakrabarti
(an Independent Labour Party
politician, then a director of Liberty
, formerly the National Council for Civil Liberties) described AS
's work as a tender, brilliant, and witty... |
| Publishing | Evelyn Sharp | In March 1912 when Emmeline
and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
were arrested, ES
became, almost at a moment's notice, acting editor (officially assistant editor) of Votes for Women, the official organ of the WSPU
. She... |
| politics | Dora Russell | DR
was involved with the Labour Party
, the Independent Labour Party
(ILP
), and their affiliates for most of her adult life. For instance, she attended the 1924 ILP Summer School
, where... |
| politics | Dora Russell | Other speakers included Vera Brittain
, Clemence Dane
, Megan Lloyd George
, and Storm Jameson
(all Six Point Vice-Presidents). The conference also involved the Married Women's Association
and the National Union of Women Teachers |
| politics | Dorothy Richardson | With varying degrees of commitment (usually minor), Richardson immersed herself in various philosophical movements of the period. She did much of her reading at the British Museum
's Reading Room, which she revered, but elsewhere... |
| Literary responses | Eleanor Rathbone | Opponents of ER
's plans included members of the Conservative
, Liberal
, and Labour
parties, though the Independent Labour Party
gave the plans its official support in 1926. In 1925 some members of the... |
| politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | Fifty years later in her autobiography, EPL
explains how, although Katherine Price Hughes
never explicitly lectured on female equality, the expectations Katherine had for the women in the club introduced Emmeline to the influence and... |
| politics | Sylvia Pankhurst | She discovered another area of discrimination when a branch of the Independent Labour Party
, which invited her to decorate a hall in memory of her father, turned out not to admit women as members. |
| death | Sylvia Pankhurst | On the wall above her deathbed hung an election manifesto written by her father
when he was a candidate for the Independent Labour Party
in Manchester in 1895. Emperor Haile Selassie
ensured that she should... |
| politics | Emmeline Pankhurst | EP
was chosen as the Independent Labour Party
candidate for the Manchester School Board; she was not, however, elected. Pankhurst, Sylvia. The Life of Emmeline Pankhurst. Kraus Reprint, 1969. 34 |
| Occupation | Emmeline Pankhurst | EP
was elected to the Manchester School Board under the aegis of the Independent Labour Party
; she served on it until 1903. Purvis, June. Emmeline Pankhurst: A Biography. Routledge, 2002. 57 Pankhurst, Sylvia. The Life of Emmeline Pankhurst. Kraus Reprint, 1969. 44 |
| politics | Emmeline Pankhurst | EP
and some female members of the Independent Labour Party
formed the Women's Social and Political Union
, with the slogan Votes for Women! Pankhurst, Sylvia. The Life of Emmeline Pankhurst. Kraus Reprint, 1969. 48 |
Timeline
1877: By this date, female spiritualist healer...
Building item
1877
By this date, female spiritualist healer Chandos Leigh Hunt
was amazingly popular.
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
130-2, 137
10 October 1891: The newspaper of the emerging Independent...
Writing climate item
10 October 1891
The newspaper of the emerging Independent Labour Party
, The Labour Leader, first appeared. It ran until 28 September 1922, after which the title changed to the New Leader.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
7 July 1892: In the British general election of this month,...
National or international item
7 July 1892
In the British general election of this month, James Keir Hardie
and two other candidates became the first independent Labour Members of Parliament.
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
87
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
320
Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd revised, Simon and Schuster, 1991.
446
13 January 1893: The Independent Labour Party led by James...
National or international item
13 January 1893
The Independent Labour Party
led by James Keir Hardie
, Member of Parliament for West Ham South, was officially founded in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
321
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman, 1983.
87
: The Women's Social and Political Union moved...
National or international item
Summer 1906
The Women's Social and Political Union
moved its headquarters to London; this relocation was emblematic of its shift away from its Independent Labour Party
and working-class origins.
Holton, Sandra Stanley. “Women and the Vote”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis and June Purvis, University College London, 1995, pp. 277-05.
291
Garner, Les. Stepping Stones to Women’s Liberty: Feminist Ideas in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1900-1918. Heinemann Educational, 1984.
45
By mid-June 1907: Margaret McMillan, socialist, educationist,...
Women writers item
By mid-June 1907
Margaret McMillan
, socialist, educationist, and sister and biographer of Rachel McMillan
, published an important work in social studies entitled Labour and Childhood.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
(14 June 1907): 191
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Margaret and Rachel McMillan
November 1907: Charlotte Despard and Teresa Billington Greig...
National or international item
November 1907
Charlotte Despard
and Teresa Billington Greig
left the Women's Social and Political Union
to form the Women's Freedom League
.
Holton, Sandra Stanley. “Women and the Vote”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis and June Purvis, University College London, 1995, pp. 277-05.
291
Garner, Les. Stepping Stones to Women’s Liberty: Feminist Ideas in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1900-1918. Heinemann Educational, 1984.
29
May 1916: The British Parliament took the unpopular...
National or international item
May 1916
The British Parliament
took the unpopular decision to institute conscription for the armed forces (which had been standard practice in other European countries but not in the UK); the Military Service Act followed.
Morgan, Kenneth O., editor. The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain. Oxford University Press, 1984.
524
Wainwright, Martin. “Conchies of the north fought the war at home”. Guardian Weekly, Vol.
11
, 7–13 Mar. 2002, p. 18. 18
June 1925: The Independent Labour Party founded an Arts...
Writing climate item
June 1925
The Independent Labour Party
founded an Arts Guild
to promote socialist drama and performance.
Merkin, Ros. “The religion of socialism or a pleasant Sunday afternoon?: The ILP Arts Guild”. British Theatre between the Wars, 1918-1939, edited by Clive Barker and Maggie B. Gale, Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 162-89.
162, 165, 168, 174-5, 181
30 July 1932: The Independent Labour Party, increasingly...
National or international item
30 July 1932
The Independent Labour Party
, increasingly disillusioned with the Labour Party
's movement towards the centre, took a decision to disaffiliate from its own larger and more successful offspring.
Red Clydeside: A History of the Labour Movement in Glasgow 1910-1932. 16 Mar. 2003, http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/redclyde/.
Texts
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Dolly-Logues. Independent Labour Party, 1926.
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Socialism and the Home. Independent Labour Party, 1909.
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Socialism for Beginners. Independent Labour Party, 1929.
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Socialism for Children. Independent Labour Party, 1902.
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Tales from the Derbyshire Hills. Independent Labour Party, 1907.