Ellen Wilkinson
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Ellen Cicely Wilkinson was a British Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death. Earlier in her career, as the Member of Parliament for Jarrow, she beca
Wilkinson in 1924
The building at the junction of Devonshire Street and Hyde Road, Ardwick, that housed the Ardwick Higher Elementary Grade School in the 1900s.
Whitworth Hall, Manchester University's Oxford Road building
Ramsay MacDonald, Labour's first prime minister
Jarrow March
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The Jarrow March of 5–31 October 1936, also known as the Jarrow Crusade, was an organised protest against the unemployment and poverty suffered in the English town of Jarrow during the 1930s. Around 2
Ellen Wilkinson
…death. Earlier in her career, as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow, she became a national figure when she played a prominent role in the 1936 Jarrow March of the town's unemployed to London to petition for the right to work. Although unsuccessful at that time, the March provided an iconic image for the…
Jarrow marchers en route to London
Charles Palmer, founder of Jarrow's shipyard
HMS Duchess, the last ship to be launched from Palmer's shipyard, July 1932
Ellen Wilkinson marching with the Jarrow Marchers, Cricklewood, London