Ellen Wilkinson

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Ellen Wilkinson was a prominent British Labour politician and feminist known for her role in the Jarrow March and for serving as Minister of Education in the post-World War II Attlee government.

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instanceOf British politician
Labour Party politician
Member of Parliament
feminist
government minister of the United Kingdom
human
burialPlace St Peter's Church, Prestbury
causeOfDeath barbiturate poisoning
overdose
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1891-10-08
dateOfDeath 1947-02-06
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dictionary of National Biography
surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
educatedAt Manchester University Extension classes
University of Manchester
employer The Manchester Guardian
surface form: Manchester Guardian

National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers
familyName Wilkinson
father Richard Wilkinson
fullName Ellen Cicely Wilkinson
givenName Ellen
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
knownFor advocacy for the unemployed
campaigning for educational reform
opposition to fascism
support for comprehensive education
support for equal pay for women teachers
support for the Spanish Republic
memberOfPoliticalParty Communist Party of Great Britain
Labour Party (UK)
mother Ellen Cicely Wilkinson
surface form: Ellen Wood Wilkinson
movement feminism
labour movement
socialism
women's suffrage movement
notableWork Clash
Peeps at Politicians
The Town That Was Murdered
role in organizing the Jarrow March
occupation journalist
politician
trade union organizer
writer
parliamentaryGroup Parliamentary Labour Party
participatedIn Jarrow March
placeOfBirth Ardwick
Manchester
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Jarrow
Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough East
Minister of Education of the United Kingdom
Minister of Home Security (acting)
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
surface form: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Home Security

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Pensions
religion Methodism
servedInGovernment Attlee government
surface form: Attlee ministry
sexOrGender female
sibling Cicely Wilkinson
Harold Wilkinson
workLocation Jarrow
Middlesbrough
City of Westminster
surface form: Westminster

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Wilkinson hasNotableBearer Ellen Wilkinson