Following her experience as a parliamentary candidate and an (unpaid) MP's secretary and advisor, RS
worked for the League of Nations
with Lord Robert Cecil
.
Strachey, Barbara. Remarkable Relations: The Story of the Pearsall Smith Women. Universe Books, 1980.
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politics
Constance Lytton
In spring 1912, with the suffrage struggle continuing unabated, the issue of the Home Secretary's word against CL
's resurfaced. A new Home Secretary, Reginald McKenna
, finding himself challenged on the government's record in...
politics
Storm Jameson
SJ
and Philip Noel-Baker
co-ordinated a dinner hosted by Viscount Cecil
at the Wellington Club, in order to marshal well-known authors against war.
Jameson, Storm. Journey from the North. Harper and Row, 1970.
326-7
Textual Production
Storm Jameson
The plans for this publication were set in motion at a dinner party at the Wellington Club, hosted by Viscount Cecil
and organized primarily by Jameson and Philip Noel-Baker
. SJ
also edited the...
Timeline
10 December 1937: Writer and founder of the International Peace...
National or international item
10 December 1937
Writer and founder of the International Peace Campaign
, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
Nobel Prize in Literature. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/.