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date of joining Labour party?
Sources have stated she joined the Labour party in the 1920s but disagree about the date.
Kaybeesquared (
talk) 15:31, 30 April 2021 (UTC)reply
is there more support for one of these as the correct date?
Option 1 - 1921 - "Reading Labour 100 The Centenary of the Labour Party in Reading, 1918-2018" John S. Partington. Published by Reading Trades Union Council, 2019, p12. [1]
Option 2 - 1922 - "Madam Mayor" Journal of Liberal History 89 Winter 2014-15.p18. no author named [2]
Option 3 - 1925 - "Women at home and abroad" The Vote 29 September 1933. p306. no author named [3]
Additional source for Option 3 - 1925 - thanks to
IanTheArchivist talk for the research here “Reading’s next Mayor” The Reading Standard 22 September 1933 Page 11 no author named [4]
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date of joining Labour party?
Sources have stated she joined the Labour party in the 1920s but disagree about the date.
Kaybeesquared (
talk) 15:31, 30 April 2021 (UTC)reply
is there more support for one of these as the correct date?
Option 1 - 1921 - "Reading Labour 100 The Centenary of the Labour Party in Reading, 1918-2018" John S. Partington. Published by Reading Trades Union Council, 2019, p12. [1]
Option 2 - 1922 - "Madam Mayor" Journal of Liberal History 89 Winter 2014-15.p18. no author named [2]
Option 3 - 1925 - "Women at home and abroad" The Vote 29 September 1933. p306. no author named [3]
Additional source for Option 3 - 1925 - thanks to
IanTheArchivist talk for the research here “Reading’s next Mayor” The Reading Standard 22 September 1933 Page 11 no author named [4]