Laura Beers is Associate Professor of History at American University and a Birmingham Fellow at the University of Birmingham.
A thorough, readable account of a remarkable life. From working
class roots in Manchester, Ellen Wilkinson went on to become a
socialist, suffragist, Labour MP, journalist, novelist,
internationalist, trade unionist, Jarrow Crusade leader, and the
only woman in Attlee’s postwar Cabinet—a lifetime journey few
women, or men, could achieve even now.
*Pat Thane, coauthor of Sinners? Scroungers? Saints? Unmarried
Motherhood in Twentieth-Century England*
Extremely well researched and exceptionally well written, Red Ellen
is work of the very highest caliber by an immensely talented
historian of twentieth-century Britain. Beers provides a real sense
of who Ellen Wilkinson was, how people reacted to her, and most
importantly of all, why she mattered.
*Andrew Thorpe, author of Parties at War: Political Organisation
in Second World War Britain*
A highly accessible biography of a major figure of
twentieth-century British political culture. Beers presents her
case for Wilkinson as a political polymath with verve and a
convincing narrative style, and reveals the multifarious roles in
politics—both parliamentary and extra-parliamentary—that Wilkinson
played.
*Susan Pennybacker, author of From Scottsboro to Munich: Race
and Political Culture in 1930s Britain*
Beers has produced a detailed account of an extraordinary life.
*Times Higher Education*
In Red Ellen, Laura Beers…draws a multifaceted portrait, capturing
the woman herself as well as her remarkable political career.
*Wall Street Journal*
Gives readers a vivid insight into the life of one of the most
important figures in the history of the British radical left.
*LSE Review of Books*
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