Women's Labour League
Variant namesThe Women's Labour League was formed in 1906 as an institution organized exclusively for and by women, and affiliated to the Labour Party. The League was committed to the cause of Universal Labour representation in Parliament. Provincial branches of the Women's Labour League were established across the country. The first League conference was held in Leicester in 1906. At this conference branches represented were central London, Bow and Bromley, Leicester, Hull and Preston; over one hundred women attended including Isabella Ford.
In 1918, after the vote was given to propertied women over the age of 30 and the new Labour Party constitution was written, the League was dissolved and its members formed the women's section of the Labour Party.
Margaret MacDonald (wife of Ramsay MacDonald), Mary Middleton (wife of James Middleton, Labour Party Secretary) and Dr Marion Phillips were leading figures in the Women's Labour League.
From the guide to the Women's Labour League, 1906-1918, (Labour History Archive and Study Centre)
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| creatorOf | Women's Labour League, 1906-1918 | Labour History Archive and Study Centre | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Mary E. Gawthorpe Papers, 1881-1990 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Gawthorpe, Mary Eleanor, 1881-1973. Mary E. Gawthorpe : papers, 1881-1990 (bulk 1907-1933). | Churchill County Museum | |
| referencedIn | Labour Party Archives, 1837-1990 | Labour History Archive and Study Centre |
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| associatedWith | Ford Isabella Ormston 1855-1924 | person |
| associatedWith | Gawthorpe, Mary Eleanor, 1881-1973. | person |
| associatedWith | Labour Party | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Labour Party (Great Britain) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Macdonald Margaret Ethel 1870-1911 | person |
| associatedWith | Middleton Mary 1870-1911 | person |
| associatedWith | Phillips Marion 1881-1932 | person |
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| Labor movement Great Britain |
| Social policy |
| Women in politics |
| Women's suffrage |
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