Zephyrine
Zephyrine describes her involvement in political activism, starting with Quaker-inspired activism which focussed on loca...
14 November, 2014No comment
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Wray with Botton National School (now Wray Endowed School) and the League of Nations
Developing awareness of the international peace movement in a rural school between the wars...
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Women’s World Committee Against War and Fascism 1934
Women from around the world meet to pledge to fight against war and fascism...
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Women’s Peace Crusade Meeting on Disarmament 1932
Women’s work for peace...
18 December, 2017No comment
Selina Martin
Lancaster’s Selina Martin was a pioneer in the movement for women’s suffrage who suffered for our political rights. This is her story....
04 October, 2013No comment
Abbot John Paslew
Was Abbot John Paslew loyal to his Catholic faith, or was his dissent based on self-interest? Rebecca Maddox explores this question with reference to the Pilgrimage of Grace - the largest peacetime rebellion against an English monarch. ...
04 October, 2013No commentFenner Brockway
Fenner Brockway is a significant figure in British twentieth century politics. An ardent socialist and pacifist, his long political career had important connections with Lancaster: he stood twice, unsuccessfully, for election to the local parliamentary seat in...
04 October, 2013No comment