Claude Robinson (b.1898) – Politics and Protest: the Jarrow Crusade Part 1 ‘The historical importance of the unemployment in Jarrow, unlike that which swept the world after the Wall Street collapse in 1929, consists …
Faizur Rasul (b. 1910): Politics, Protest & Class The national movement had rushed at us, engulfing the whole country (7). Faizur Rasul uses the first movement for independence lead by …
Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): Politics, Protest & Class The dock strike was still on and to make matters worse, a rail strike began which meant that I couldn’t get back …
Molly Keen Childhood Memories (1903-1921): Politics, Protest and Class Molly Keen does not appear to be a particularly political person herself, however she describes the current social views of the working …
HJ Harris (b.1903): Politics and Protest ‘I shall look forward to hearing whether you find my epistle worthy of consideration in your proposed Social History Early 20th Century’ (Harris, …
George Gregory (b.1888): Politics and Protest George grew up in a way that limited his world-view. He was born in the late 19th Century into a working class family …
Thomas Jordan (B.1892): Politics, Protest and Class Thomas Jordan grew up on a colliery in Usworth, County Durham and followed his father down the mines aged 14. Although in …
Alice Maud Chase (1880-1968): Politics, Protest & Class The nineteenth and twentieth century was a time of great political reform but also a struggle for inclusion. Political reform was brought …
Mabel Florence Lethbridge (1900-1968) : Politics,Protest and Class. ”A letter had been written to the Lieut.Colonel H.K.Gordon, who had endeavoured to interest the King in the blunder of the condemned …
Mary Stewart (B.1909-): Politics, Protest and Class In Mary’s memoir, she chooses not to discuss anything political. This could be due to her not taking a personal interest in …
