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RED ELLEN Red Ellen THE LIFE OF ELLEN WILKINSON, SOCIALIST, FEMINIST, INTERNATIONALIST Laura Beers Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts • London, E ngl and 2016 Copyright © 2016 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Printed in the United States of Amer i ca First printing Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Beers, Laura, 1978– author. Title: Red Ellen : the life of Ellen Wilkinson, socialist, feminist, internationalist / Laura Beers. Description: Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts : Harvard University Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifi ers: LCCN 2016012438 | ISBN 9780674971523 (alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Wilkinson, Ellen Cicely, 1891–1947. | Stateswomen— Great Britain— Biography. | Statesmen— Great Britain— Biography. | Feminism— Great Britain— History—20th century. | Internationalists— Great Britain— Biography. | Communist Party of Great Britain— History. | Labour Party ( Great Britain)— History. Classifi cation: LCC DA566.9.W459 B44 2016 | DDC 328.41092—d c23 LC rec ord available at http:// lccn . loc . gov / 2016012438 For Gabriel, my angel CONTENTS Introduction 1 1 The Only Girl Who Talks in School Debates 7 2 Ellen’s Great War 37 3 On the Road to Radicalization 61 4 From Ireland to Rus sia 83 5 A Woman Candidate with Communistic Views 105 6 The Mighty Atom Bursts into Parliament 133 7 Nine Days That (Almost) Shook the World 165 8 No Longer Upsetting the Apple Cart 195 9 Out of Parliament 227 10 On the International Stage 247 11 A Fight for Humanity Itself 279 12 Pursuing Social Justice in Britain and Beyond 311 13 The Anti- Fascist Tribune 347 14 Ellen Is Now a Minister 383 15 Reforming Education 411 16 Death of a Good Comrade 449 Notes 457 Acknowledgements 509 Index 513 viii CONTENTS RED ELLEN

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