Red Ellen : the life of Ellen Wilkinson socialist, feminist, internationalist / Laura Beers.
Red Ellen : the life of Ellen Wilkinson socialist, feminist, internationalist / Laura Beers.
Red Ellen : the life of Ellen Wilkinson socialist, feminist, internationalist / Laura Beers.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/3323
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English
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Physical content
viii, 532 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
The only girl who talks in school debates -- Ellen's Great War -- On the road to radicalization -- From Ireland to Russia -- A woman candidate with communistic views -- The mighty atom bursts into Parliament -- Nine days that (almost) shook the world -- No longer upsetting the apple cart -- Out of p...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
In 1908 Ellen Wilkinson, a fiery adolescent from a working-class family in Manchester, was "the only girl who talks in school debates." By midcentury, Wilkinson had helped found Britain's Communist Party, earned a seat in Parliament, and become a renowned advocate for the poor and dispossessed at home and abroad. She was one of the first female del...
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Red Ellen : the life of Ellen Wilkinson socialist, feminist, internationalist / Laura Beers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/3323
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74VKVqjrv0ed
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVqjrv0ed
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ISBN
0674971523 alkaline paper hardcover
9780674971523 alkaline paper hardcover
DDC
328.41092 B
MMS ID
991024010349102626
