Ernest Bevin
Standard Name: Bevin, Ernest
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| Occupation | Eleanor Rathbone | ER
was the object of misogynistic attacks, personal and professional, throughout her parliamentary career. When she was absent from a House of Commons
debate in June 1942, someone called A. McLaren commented, I see that... |
Timeline
1 October 1935: At the Labour Party's annual conference Ernest...
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1 October 1935
At the Labour Party
's annual conference Ernest Bevin
made a dramatic attack on the pacifist views of the leader, George Lansbury
, who thereupon resigned.
1940: Ernest Bevin and Basil Dean established the...
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1940
Ernest Bevin
and Basil Dean
established the Entertainments National Service Association
(generally known as ENSA) to boost the morale of factory workers, allied servicemen, and civilians in underground air-raid shelters.
November 1940-January 1941: The Registration for Employment Order authorized...
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November 1940-January 1941
The Registration for Employment Order authorized Ernest Bevin
, Minister of Labour, to require women aged between twenty and thirty-one to register at the Labour Exchange
for war work.
1941: Ernest Bevin began his Calling all Women...
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1941
Ernest Bevin
began his Calling all Women campaign, urging women to join the Bevin Beauties.
March 1941: The Women's Consultative Committee was established...
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March 1941
The Women's Consultative Committee
was established to advise Minister of Labour Ernest Bevin
on matters of policy affecting women.
26 July 1945: The postwar general election put the Labour...
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26 July 1945
The postwar general election put the Labour Party
in power with a landslide victory. Clement Attlee
became Prime Minister; prominent in his Cabinet were Herbert Morrison
, Ernest Bevin
, Hugh Dalton
, and Sir...
15 January 1948: The Anglo-Iraqi treaty signed at Portsmouth...
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15 January 1948
The Anglo-Iraqi treaty signed at Portsmouth was described by Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin
as regularizing and expressing friendship between this country and the Arabic world.
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