'Red Ellen' Wilkinson : Her ideas, movements and world /
This study seeks to delve beyond the familiar image of Ellen Wilkinson as the leader of the Jarrow Crusade. It has attempted to unearth new evidence to provide a richer understanding of this figure who is remarkable in terms of her achievements, her acquaintances and her witnessing of history's...
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2014.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- 'RED ELLEN' WILKINSON: HER IDEAS, MOVEMENTS AND WORLD; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Socialist ideas and movements; 2. Feminism and the women's movement; 3. The trade union movement; 4. Against imperialism and war; 5. The Commons and the Parliamentary Labour Party; 6. A journey through the crisis years: the slump, travel and anti-fascism; 7. 'The hope of the world': Spain in revolution and war, 1933-39; 8. In government, 1940-47; Select bibliography; Index.