Independent Labour Party

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...

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.

EM joined the Independent Labour Party (which had disaffiliated from the decreasingly radical Labour Party the previous summer); she soon began writing regularly for its paper, the New Leader.

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...

Her opportunities for public speaking soon exploded. She was a Bristol delegate to the first annual conference of the Fabian Society in February this year; in June she was electioneering on behalf of Ben Tillett

The Independent Labour Party tried unsuccessfully to expel EM because of her un-Marxist pacifism.

The UDC drew together ILP socialists, liberal radicals, and suffragists. It confirmed, by resolution, the equal citizenship of men and women, and supported women's right to vote.

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.

Shortly thereafter, she was one of fifteen elected to the Independent Labour Party 's first National Administrative Council (NAC). She was again the only woman elected to this position. Although she remained for only one...

Several members of the Women's International League were committed suffragists, including Helena Swanwick , Maude Royden , Margaret Ashton , Kate Courtney , and Charlotte Despard . Others were IOF 's old friends from the...

During the 1930s, EM was an atheist and a member of the Independent Labour Party . She later leaned more towards anarchism and pacifism. She described herself as an champion for freedom who opposed the...

EP was chosen as the Independent Labour Party candidate for the Manchester School Board; she was not, however, elected.

After their marriage, KBG and her husband, John Bruce Glasier , formed an effective socialist partnership very much like that of Sidney and Beatrice Webb . They maintained their involvement in the Independent Labour Party

EP and some female members of the Independent Labour Party formed the Women's Social and Political Union , with the slogan Votes for Women!

Meanwhile, KBG returned to her socialist activism in 1924 after she had recovered from her breakdown. She began a lecture tour on 4 June that year, addressing socialist gatherings, and worked at selling her husband's...