Johnson, Richard William. “Associated Prigs”. London Review of Books, 8 July 2004, pp. 19-21.
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Standard Name: Stocks, Mary
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Eleanor Rathbone | ER
's mother, Emily Acheson (Lyle) Rathbone
, was her husband's second wife: biographer Susan Pedersen
implies that Emily was more practical than his intensely pious first wife, Lucretia. |
| Literary responses | Eleanor Rathbone | In her biography of ER
published in 1949, Mary Stocks
comments that in War Can Be Avertedpassionate conviction gave wings to her pen and it may be counted among the best of her writings... |
| Literary responses | Mary Agnes Hamilton | Mary Stocks
in the Times Literary Supplement enjoyed this autobiography as a reflective commentary on the democratic idea. Hamilton's trajectory, she felt, had been not steadily uphill but across rolling upland with one brief but... |
| Occupation | Maude Royden | Once women had received the vote, MR
, whose feminism stressed the differences epitomized in maternity, joined Eleanor Rathbone
and Mary Stocks
in arguing that the status of motherhood should be raised to that of... |
| Occupation | Maude Royden | Other members of the committee included MR
's close friend Kathleen Courtney
, H. N. Brailsford
, Elinor Burns
, and Mary Stocks
. The committee's report, Equal Pay and the Family: A Proposal for... |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | Her friend and biographer Mary Stocks
observes that [i]n due course, she became its leading spirit, Stocks, Mary. Eleanor Rathbone: A Biography. Gollancz, 1949. 64 |
| Textual Production | Eleanor Rathbone | Her fellow members of the committee who produced this work were Mary Stocks
, Dr Maude Royden
, Kathleen Courtney
, Elinor
and Emile Burns
, and H. N. Brailsford
. Their text expanded the... |
Timeline
6 February 1920: The Woman's Leader (new incarnation of The...
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6 February 1920
The Woman's Leader (new incarnation of The Common Cause) began publication in London. Under its new title it became the most substantial feminist periodical of the 1920s.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Later May 1924: The Workers' Birth Control Group was formed....
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Later May 1924
The Workers' Birth Control Group
was formed. The group's formation was intended to bring birth control supporters in the Labour and Co-operative ranks together.
Fryer, Peter. The Birth Controllers. Secker and Warburg, 1965.
260
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
193
March 1933: The Woman's Leader (formerly The Common Cause)...
Building item
March 1933
The Woman's Leader (formerly The Common Cause) ended publication; once again it was revived in a new form, the following month, as The Townswoman.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Bibliographers David Doughan
and Denise Sanchez
give a...
Texts
Stocks, Mary. Eleanor Rathbone: A Biography. Gollancz, 1949.
Kamm, Josephine, and Mary Stocks. Rapiers and Battleaxes: The Women’s Movement And Its Aftermath. George Allen and Unwin, 1966.
Stocks, Mary. “The Democratic Idea”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 2711, p. 42.