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Florence "Ida" Chamberlain (22 May 1870 – 1 April 1943) was a British political organiser and activist in Birmingham. She moved to Hampshire, where she was a County Councillor and that county's first woman alderman.
The Papers of Beatrice, Ida, Hilda and Ethel Chamberlain have been microfilmed by Primary Source Media as part of an ongoing project to publish the entire Chamberlain collection in series arranged around the three statesmen: Neville, Austen and Joseph and other family members.
Florence Ida Chamberlain was born in Birmingham in 1870. She was the eldest daughter of Joseph Chamberlain and his second wife, Florence Kenrick, and was the younger sister of Neville Chamberlain. Ida attended boarding school at Allenswood, Wimbledon, along with her sisters Hilda, and Ethel.
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In the Chamberlain family, it appeared, it was felt that though they loved him dearly they were sorry to have lost £50,000. ‘I was fascinated’, Churchill recorded after the war, ‘by the way Mr. Chamberlain warmed as he talked, and by the tale itself, which was one of gallant endeavour.
The Conservative party's preparations for the 1929 general election have been harshly treated by historians. Because the election was lost, they have understandably concentrated on explaining the defeat and so looked for weaknesses in Conservative leadership, policies and organization.
The travel diaries kept by both Ida and Hilda Chamberlain provide a detailed record of travels in Britain and Europe between 1890 and the 1940s and include a travel diary kept by Ida during the family's tour of Egypt in 1889-1890 which can be read alongside the travel diary written about the same trip by her brother, Neville (NC2/1).
13 de jan. de 2009 · Three historical case-studies are explored: Chamberlain and Hitler in 1938, Kennedy and Khrushchev in 1961 and Reagan and Gorbachev in 1985. In each case, cultural perceptions and expectations played a significant part in the outcome of the summit.
