Socialism and the Labour Movement |
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Elected as General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. Formed the National Committee of Organised Labour for Old Age Pensions. Became leader of the Labour Party in 1910. (1859-1940)
Was chairman of the Public Control Committee and promoted fair wages. Became the first working-class member of the Poplar Board of Guardians. Helped establish the National Committee on Old Age Pensions. (1852-1921)
Socialist who founded a branch of the Independent Labour Party in Bradford. Opposed war involvement and supported those who resisted conscription and demanded heavy taxation on wartime profits. Includes excerpts from various writings. (1864-1944)
Joined a branch of the Cotton Worker's Union and became involved in a trade union dispute. Supporter of women's suffrage and developed a national reputation for her passionate speeches in favor of women's rights. Elected to Independent Labour Party. Includes excerpts from various writings. (1864-1946)
Member of the Independent Labour Party in Manchester and became involved in trade issues. Founded the Women's Freedom League in 1907. Campaigned to increase the number of women in the House of Commons. (1877-1964)
Editor of the ILP newspaper, the Labour Elector. During the 1926 General Strike became editor of the Trade Union Congress newspaper, the British Worker. Wrote over twenty books on politics, including four volumes of autobiography. Includes excerpts from writings. (1888-1988)
Joined the Liberal Party and was active in the campaign for social reform. Joined the Fabian Society and played a leading role in the protest against police behavior during the events of Bloody Sunday in 1887. (1834-1898)
Interested in women's rights. Helped form the Leeds Women's Suffrage Society and the Leeds branch of the Independent Labour Party (ILP). An important writer of books on the struggle for equality. Includes excerpts from articles dealing with the women suffragists and trade unions. (1855-1924)
Activist in the women's suffrage movement, with early ties to the socialist and trade union movements.
Wrote The History of the Women's Suffrage Movement. A pacifist, she joined with Charlotte Despard to form the Women's Peace Army. Supporter of the Russian Revolution in 1917. In the 1930s supported the Republicans in Spain, helped Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany and led the campaign against the Italian occupation of Ethiopia. (1882-1960)
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