Independent Labour Party

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politics George Orwell
Through his association with the Independent Labour Party , GO served in the POUM militia, an independent Marxist organization, in Spain.
Davison, Peter. George Orwell: A Literary Life. St Martin’s Press, 1996.
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politics Beatrice Webb
This same year the Webbs (not without some regret for the Liberals) joined the Independent Labour Party .
politics Katharine Bruce Glasier
Katharine Conway (later KBG ) was the only woman on the committee that brought into official being on this date the Independent Labour Party (ILP).
Thompson, Laurence. The Enthusiasts. Victor Gollancz Limited, 1971.
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Kelly, Gary, and Edd Applegate, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 190. Gale Research, 1998.
190:122
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
politics Mary Agnes Hamilton
MAH joined the Independent Labour Party during the week before the outbreak of the Great War (later called the First World War). It was, she wrote, the leading force for peace and socialism until after...
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.
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politics George Egerton
Two days before Britain declared war on Germany, GE attended a peaceful protest in Trafalgar Square, at which socialists Keir Hardie and Henry Hyndman , and Scottish nationalist R. B. Cunninghame Graham ...
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF became a member of the Independent Labour Party in the same month as its formation, because she believed it stood for equality and opportunity for the whole race . . . women had never...
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 Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF was elected to the National Administrative Council of the Independent Labour Party , a position she held for four years, until April 1907.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell, 1989.
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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...
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.
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Author summary Katharine Bruce Glasier
Katharine Bruce Glasier was a socialist-feminist writer and activist at the turn of the nineteenth century whose writing advances her ideas for social reform. She wrote newspaper articles, pamphlets, short stories, and novels all in...
Author summary Isabella Ormston Ford
Isabella Ormston Ford was a dedicated labour activist, suffragette, and anti-war advocate at the turn of the nineteenth century whose writing advocates her socialist-feminist ideals. She wrote newspaper articles, pamphlets, short stories, and novels, all...
Publishing Isabella Ormston Ford
Subsequent articles and letters by IOF appeared regularly in the Yorkshire Factory Times and the ILP journal Labour Leader from 1893. She also wrote letters and articles for The Englishwoman and The Woman's Herald...

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