Ellen Wilkinson

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Date of birth: 
08 Oct 1891
City of birth: 
Manchester
Country of birth: 
England
Date of death: 
06 Feb 1947
Location of death: 
London
Location: 

London

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About: 

Ellen Wilkinson was a Labour politician and campaigner. She was an active member of the India League. In 1932, she was part of the League's delegation to India with Monica Whately, Krishna Menon and Leonard Matters. She was also a supporter of the Left Book Club. She was an outspoken opponent of the Spanish Civil War and campaigned against fascism.

Connections: 

Stafford Cripps, Rajani Palme Dutt, Leonard Matters, Krishna Menon, Jawaharlal Nehru, Paul Robeson, Monica Whately.

Network: 
Krishna Menon
Organizations: 
India League
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Published works: 

Peeps at Politicians (London: P. Allan, 1930)

(with Monica Whately, Leonard W. Matters and V. K. Krishna Menon) Condition of India: Being the Report of the Delegation Sent to India by the India League in 1932 (London: Essential News, 1934)

Why Fascism (London: Selwyn and Blount, 1934)

Why War? A Handbook for Those Who Will Take Part in the Second World War (London: N.C.L.C. Publishing Society, 1934)

We Saw in Spain (Labour Party, 1937)

The Town that was Murdered: The Lfe-Story of Jarrow (London: Gollancz, 1939) [Left Book Club edition]

Secondary works: 

Harrison, Brian, ‘Wilkinson, Ellen Cicely (1891–1947)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: OUP, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36902]

Vernon, Betty D., Ellen Wilkinson, 1887-1947 (London: Croom Helm, 1982)