Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray Duchess of Atholl
Standard Name: Atholl, Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray,,, Duchess of
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Intertextuality and Influence | Eleanor Rathbone | This work was an extension of a declaration released by the press on 31 January 1937. In that declaration, signatories including the Duchess of Atholl
, Winston Churchill
, David Lloyd George
, Robert Cecil |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | ER
, with Josiah Wedgwood
and the Duchess of Atholl
, founded the Committee for the Protection of Coloured Women in the Crown Colonies
, a non-partisan group concerned with African women's welfare. Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press, 1996. 103 Stobaugh, Beverly. Women and Parliament, 1918-1970. Exposition Press, 1978. 45 |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | ER
responded to the Spanish Civil War by serving as a Vice-Chair of the All-Party Committee for Spanish Relief
, which was headed by her colleague the Duchess of Atholl
. Stobaugh, Beverly. Women and Parliament, 1918-1970. Exposition Press, 1978. 10 |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | The Basque Children's Committee
, established by ER
and the Duchess of Atholl
, brought about four thousand children from Bilbao to a safe camp near Southampton. Stobaugh, Beverly. Women and Parliament, 1918-1970. Exposition Press, 1978. 10, 45 |
| Travel | Eleanor Rathbone | ER
travelled to Spain with her colleagues Ellen Wilkinson
, Dame Rachel Crowdy
, and the Duchess of Atholl
for ten days as observers in the Republican-dominated cities of Barcelona, Madrid, and Valencia. Stobaugh, Beverly. Women and Parliament, 1918-1970. Exposition Press, 1978. 45 |
| Travel | Eleanor Rathbone | ER
and the Duchess of Atholl
spent three weeks in Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Yugoslavia, working to raise awareness of and to generate support for these nations' efforts against fascist aggression. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Stobaugh, Beverly. Women and Parliament, 1918-1970. Exposition Press, 1978. 45 |
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21 July 1908: The Women's National Anti-Suffrage League...
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21 July 1908
The Women's National Anti-Suffrage League
was established.
Norquay, Glenda. Voices and Votes: A Literary Anthology of the Women’s Suffrage Campaign. Manchester University Press, 1995.
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Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
99
1 December 1919: Nancy, Lady Astor (Conservative and Unionist...
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1 December 1919
Nancy, Lady Astor
(Conservative and Unionist Party
), became the first woman Member of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons
.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
234
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
357
Craig, Fred W. S. British Electoral Facts 1832-1987. 5th ed., Parliamentary Research Services, 1989.
122-3
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History 1714-1987. 2nd ed., Longman, 1988.
26
Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
199
Jack, Ian. “The Best Stuff”. London Review of Books, Vol.
38
, No. 11, 2 June 2016, pp. 33-7. 33-4
December 1929: The Duchess of Atholl spoke in the House...
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December 1929
The Duchess of Atholl
spoke in the House of Commons
on the issue of female circumcision or genital mutilation among the Kikuyu people of Kenya.
Pugh, Martin. Women and the Women’s Movement in Britain 1914 - 1959. Macmillan Education, 1992.
198
A peeress, whose title was properly not her...
1 April 1936: Eight of the nine women Members of Parliament...
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1 April 1936
Eight of the nine women Members of Parliament in the House
supported Ellen Wilkinson
's amendment seeking to provide equal pay for women in the civil service.
Phillips, Melanie. The Divided House: Women at Westminster. Sidgwick and Jackson, 1980.
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