Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
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Edith Summerskill
Standard Name: Summerskill, Edith
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Muriel Box | After they moved to Mill Hill, the Boxes became good friends of the Labour
politicians Aneurin Bevan
and Jennie Lee
, through the fact that the two husbands shared the same physiotherapist. They were... |
| Friends, Associates | Amabel Williams-Ellis | Her political activities kept AWE
at the centre of London's socially-conscious literary circles. Guests at The Well of Loneliness tea-party included Virginia Woolf
, Rose Macaulay
, Vita Sackville-West
, G. B. Shaw
, and... |
| politics | Muriel Box | During the late 1950s and early 1960s MB
became involved with several political causes. She joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
(CND), and was arrested and roughed up by the police on a demonstration of... |
Timeline
1938: Edith Summerskill, feminist and medical reformer,...
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1938
Edith Summerskill
, feminist and medical reformer, was instrumental in the year that also saw her first election to parliament in establishing the Married Women's Association
with the purpose to researching the welfare of married...
12 April 1938: Physician Edith Summerskill was elected to...
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12 April 1938
September 1938: The Woman's National Newspaper began publishing...
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September 1938
The Woman's National Newspaper began publishing in London; it had claimed to be the first independent newspaper in the world owned and controlled entirely by women.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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January 1940: Juanita Frances edited the first issue of...
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January 1940
Juanita Frances
edited the first issue of Wife and Citizen, a monthly magazine from the Married Women's Association
that campaigned for equal financial and legal rights for married women.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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September 1943: The Women's Publicity Planning Association...
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September 1943
The Women's Publicity Planning Association
sponsored a mass meeting at Central Hall, Westminster, in support of the proposed Equal Citizenship (Blanket) Bill which would end all forms of sex discrimination.
Smith, Harold L. “The Effects of the War on the Status of Women”. War and Social Change: British Society in the Second World War, edited by Harold L. Smith, Manchester University Press, 1986.
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After 26 July 1945: In the new Labour government, Dr Edith Summerskill...
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After 26 July 1945
In the new Labour
government, Dr Edith Summerskill
was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food. In that position she ensured the compulsory pasteurisation of milk.
Phillips, Melanie. The Divided House: Women at Westminster. Sidgwick and Jackson, 1980.
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