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Active member of the Associated Society of Railway Servants Union. Helped organize the railway strike of 1911. Was an important figure in the amalgamation of several unions to form the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR). (1874-1949)
Member of the Labour party, elected general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union and a member of the General Council of the Trade Union Congress between 1925 and 1940. Opposed to the forming of the Triple Alliance with the miners and railway men. (1881-1951)
Elected to represent Liberal party in the House of Commons in 1906 and was a strong supporter of the trade union movement. Helped to raise funds for strikers and their families, during the London Dock Strike in 1912. (1877-1960)
Served as secretary of the Women's Labour League and was also active in the Women's Co-operative Guild, which was campaigning for minimum wage legislation, an improvement in child welfare and action to lower the infant mortality rate. Became one of the first women to enter the House of Commons. She was elected as Labour MP for Northampton. (1873-1953)
Became a Labour MP in the 1929 General Election. Wrote The Menace of Fascism and The Theory and Practice of Socialism. Helped form the Left Book Club, whose main aim was to spread socialist ideas and to resist the rise of Fascism in Britain. (1901-1963)
Professor of political science at the London School of Economics. Helped form the Left Book Club and became chairman of the Labour Party in 1945. (1893-1950)
Represented Middlesbrough East in the House of Commons. Active in women's suffrage movement and trade unions. Appointed Minister of Education, the first woman in British history to hold the post. (1891-1947)
Leading figure in the Independent Labour Party in Scotland. Was elected as MP for Bridgeton, Glasgow. Involved in organizing strikes in the shipyards, engineering and munitions factories. Played a prominent role in the leadership of the trade unions during the 1926 General Strike. (1885-1946)
Member of the Labour Party and in the 1924 General Election was elected to represent Camberwell the House of Commons. Became Minister of the Board of Trade and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Includes excerpts from his diary entries. (1887-1962)
A Christian Socialist and member of the Labour Party, who was elected to the House of Commons. Converted to Marxism and became one of the most prominent left-wing figures in Britain. Elected President of the Fabian Society. (1889-1952)
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