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. --
Clare Griffiths * Times Higher Education *
In Red Ellen, Laura Beers...draws a multifaceted portrait,
capturing the woman herself as well as her remarkable political
career. -- Martin Rubin * 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. --
Katherine Williams * LSE Review of Books *
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