Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 1995.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Material Conditions of Writing | Vera Brittain | Her chief reason for writing these letters, said VB
, was the flow of correspondence coming to her from people asking how they could oppose the war, or making suggestions that women in particular should... |
| Occupation | Vera Brittain | VB
had her third American lecture tour; this time she was supporting a resolution passed by the Peace Pledge Union
calling on women to support peaceful means of resolving conflicts. |
| politics | Maude Royden | Even after this, MR
remained active in the peace movement until the outbreak of the second world war. During the 1930s she worked perseveringly for peace in Palestine. When Italy invaded and appropriated Abyssinia... |
| politics | Storm Jameson | Still a pacifist between the wars, SJ
signed the Peace Pledge Union
in May 1936. Labon, Joanna. “Tracing Storm Jameson”. Women: A Cultural Review, Vol. 8 , No. 1, 1997, pp. 33-47. 40 Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 1995. 354 |
| politics | Storm Jameson | SJ
found the Munich Agreement of September 1938 especially repugnant after observing the last struggles for safety and independence in these cities. She did not adopt a militaristic or pro-war stance: in fact, she remained... |
| politics | Rose Macaulay | Indeed, she hated party politics. Her activism chiefly concerned anti-war work (she had been a sponsor of the Peace Pledge Union
), anti-Fascism, and feminism which took a fairly conservative approach. Lefanu, Sarah. Rose Macaulay. Virago, 2003. 203, 205 |
| politics | Vera Brittain | During a meeting with Captain Philip Mumford
of the Peace Pledge Union
, VB
agreed to join this pacifist organization. Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 1995. 357 Gorham, Deborah. Vera Brittain: A Feminist Life. Blackwell, 1996. 254 |
| politics | Vera Brittain | VB
gave her inaugural address as chair of the Peace Pledge Union
. Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 1995. 449-50, 52 |
| politics | Vera Brittain | VB
became chair of the Peace Pledge Union
's Food Relief Campaign. Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 1995. 425 |
| politics | Evelyn Underhill | Late in this decade, with another world war on the horizon, she became a pacifist. In 1937 she joined the Peace Pledge Union
(founded on 22 May 1936 by Canon Dick Sheppard
, merged in... |
| politics | Gladys Henrietta Schütze | During World War One GHS
became and remained a fully convinced pacifist, as did her husband. Years later, with Nazi
Germany re-arming, she reluctantly ceased to be a pacifist. She resigned, painfully, from Dick Sheppard |
| Textual Features | Rose Macaulay | Daphne Sandomir's character is based on those many middle-class women activists involved in suffrage and peace organizations like the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
, the Peace Pledge Union
, and the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace |
| Textual Production | Vera Brittain | VB
's first Letter to Peace-Lovers appeared, with the endorsement of the Peace Pledge Union
and the Fellowship of Reconciliation
. The last in the series went out on 6 September 1945. Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 1995. 387 Brittain, Vera. Testament of a Peace-Lover: Letters from Vera Brittain. Editors Eden-Green, Winifred and Alan Eden-Green, Virago, 1988. 280 |
Timeline
November 1914: At Lilla Brockway's suggestion, her husband,...
National or international item
November 1914
At Lilla Brockway
's suggestion, her husband, Fenner Brockway
, wrote a letter that he printed in the Labour Leader calling for all war-resisters to contact him; the No-Conscription Fellowship
was established by early 1915.
Ceadel, Martin. Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 : The Defining of a Faith. Clarendon, 1980, http://U of A HSS.
Appendix I
Berkman, Joyce Avrech. Pacifism in England, 1914-1939. Yale University, 1967, http://U of A HSS.
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February 1921: The No More War Movement was founded....
National or international item
February 1921
The No More War Movement
was founded.
Ceadel, Martin. Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 : The Defining of a Faith. Clarendon, 1980, http://U of A HSS.
Appendix I
Hinton, James. Protests and Visions: Peace Politics in Twentieth-Century Britain. Hutchinson Radius, 1989, http://U of A HSS.
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February 1921: The No More War Movement was founded....
National or international item
February 1921
The No More War Movement
was founded.
Ceadel, Martin. Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 : The Defining of a Faith. Clarendon, 1980, http://U of A HSS.
Appendix I
Hinton, James. Protests and Visions: Peace Politics in Twentieth-Century Britain. Hutchinson Radius, 1989, http://U of A HSS.
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July 1935: The Sheppard Peace Movement was founded following...
National or international item
July 1935
The Sheppard Peace Movement
was founded following publication of a letter by Dick Sheppard
on 16 October 1934.
Ceadel, Martin. Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 : The Defining of a Faith. Clarendon, 1980, http://U of A HSS.
Appendix I
Thomson, David, and Geoffrey Warner. England in the Twentieth Century, 1914-1979. 2nd ed., Penguin Books, 1981.
120, 157
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 1995.
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July 1935: The Sheppard Peace Movement was founded following...
National or international item
July 1935
The Sheppard Peace Movement
was founded following publication of a letter by Dick Sheppard
on 16 October 1934.
Ceadel, Martin. Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 : The Defining of a Faith. Clarendon, 1980, http://U of A HSS.
Appendix I
Thomson, David, and Geoffrey Warner. England in the Twentieth Century, 1914-1979. 2nd ed., Penguin Books, 1981.
120, 157
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 1995.
353-4
22 May 1936: The Peace Pledge Union was founded by Canon...
National or international item
22 May 1936
The Peace Pledge Union
was founded by Canon Dick Sheppard
.
Ceadel, Martin. Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 : The Defining of a Faith. Clarendon, 1980, http://U of A HSS.
Appendix I
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 1995.
354
Oakley, Ann. Man and Wife: Richard and Kay Titmuss: My Parents’ Early Years. HarperCollins, 1996.
69
22 May 1936: The Peace Pledge Union was founded by Canon...
National or international item
22 May 1936
The Peace Pledge Union
was founded by Canon Dick Sheppard
.
Ceadel, Martin. Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 : The Defining of a Faith. Clarendon, 1980, http://U of A HSS.
Appendix I
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus, 1995.
354
Oakley, Ann. Man and Wife: Richard and Kay Titmuss: My Parents’ Early Years. HarperCollins, 1996.
69
1938: The No-Conscription League was formed by...
National or international item
1938
The No-Conscription League
was formed by former members of the No-Conscription Fellowship
(founded by the efforts of Lilla
and Fenner Brockway
) when the Peace Pledge Union
refused to lobby against conscription.
Ceadel, Martin. Pacifism in Britain, 1914-1945 : The Defining of a Faith. Clarendon, 1980, http://U of A HSS.
Appendix I
Texts
White Poppies. Peace Pledge Union, 2009.