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30 de mai. de 2024 · George Lansbury (1859−1940) was a lifelong socialist and supporter of women's rights, along with his wife, daughters, sons and daughters-in-law. ‘There are working women... No one will want to argue that these women have undertaken this imprisonment, and the torture of forcible feeding merely for the fun of the thing or merely to get notoriety.'
George Lansbury (22 de febrero de 1859 - 7 de mayo de 1940) fue un político británico y reformador social que dirigió el Partido Laborista de 1932 a 1935. Además de un breve período en la oficina ministerial durante el gobierno laborista de 1929-31, pasó su carrera política realizando campaña contra la autoridad establecida y los intereses generados, siendo sus principales causas la ...
19 de set. de 2002 · John Shepherd. OUP Oxford, Sep 19, 2002 - History - 444 pages. 'The most lovable figure in modern politics' was how A.J.P Taylor described the Christian pacifist, George Lansbury. At 73 he took over the helm of the Labour Party of only 46 MPs in the Depression years of the 1930s. Throughout a remarkable life, Lansbury remained an extraordinary ...
Lansbury is always put in context, yet the life is never in danger of being swamped by the time.' -Robert Pearce, History TodayRising from humble working-class beginnings to lead the Labour party during the Depression years of the 1930s, George Lansbury was an extraordinary politician of the people.
George Lansbury was born in Suffolk, the son of a railway construction employee who travelled from place to place before finally settling in London's East End when George was aged nine. From then on the East End, and more particularly Bow, became Lansbury's home, and from his experience of hardship - he was one of nine children - he was determined to alleviate poverty and improve opportunities ...
George Lansbury, the son of a railway contractor, was born in Halesworth, Suffolk, in 1859. When George was nine years old the family moved to East End. George started work in an office at the age of eleven but after a year he returned to school where he stayed until he was fourteen. This was followed by a succession of jobs as a clerk, a ...
24 de ago. de 2016 · Lansbury, George. Lansbury, George (1859–1940). Christian socialist and pacifist. Lansbury came from working-class stock, and after flirting with Liberalism in London's East End in the 1880s identified himself with socialist politics, more especially in the context of local government. In 1921 he and other members of Poplar Borough Council ...
