Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press, 1991.
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Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Family and Intimate relationships | Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda | D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda
, died, leaving to his daughter Margaret Haig Mackworth
his businesses and a fortune. In the absence of a male heir, she also inherited his title. Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press, 1991. 49 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda | After attending Cambridge University
, David Alfred Thomas
, Margaret's father, became a Liberal
Member of Parliament, representing Merthyr Tydfil from 1888 to 1910. Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press, 1991. 5 Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda,. This Was My World. Macmillan, 1933. 5 |
Occupation | Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda | Margaret Haig Mackworth (later MHVR
) headed the Thomas Newspaper
business after David Thomas
, her father, signed over to her his controlling interests. Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press, 1991. 36 |
Occupation | Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda | |
Other Life Event | Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda | Margaret Haig Mackworth (later MHVR
) and her father
were aboard the Lusitania when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat; both survived. Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press, 1991. 37 |
politics | Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda | MHVR
's Liberal father
, though vehemently against suffragist militancy, attended the court proceedings for both his wife's and daughter's sentencing. He said to Margaret after her mother's appearance in court that he felt very proud. Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda,. This Was My World. Macmillan, 1933. 170 |
Publishing | Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda | In 1909, during the height of her involvement with the WSPU
, Margaret Haig Mackworth
(later MHVR
) began publishing articles in praise of militancy Spender, Dale. Time and Tide Wait for No Man. Pandora Press, 1984. 34 Spender says she was... |
Travel | Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda | In Spring 1915, Margaret Haig Mackworth (later MHVR
) accompanied her father and employer, David Thomas
, to Canada and the United States on a business trip. They visited coal mines in Pennsylvania and Mississippi... |
Wealth and Poverty | Margaret Haig, Viscountess Rhondda | MHVR
inherited twenty-eight companies from her father
, and she added five more to that by 1919. |
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