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I paid for my own education by scholarship until I left university.

~Ellen Wilkinson

Topics: Education Left My Own Own Paid Scholarship University Until

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My mother's illness fitted into this protest against the treatment of the sick who could not pay, the inefficiency of commercialism, the waste, the extravagance, and the poverty.

~Ellen Wilkinson

Topics: Against Could Extravagance Fitted Illness Inefficiency Mother Pay Poverty Protest Sick Treatment Waste Who

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But my eyes were riveted on a small slim woman her hair simply coiled into her neck, Katherine Glasier.

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Topics: Eyes Hair Her Neck Simply Slim Small Were Woman

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Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.

~Ellen Wilkinson

Topics: Commons Country Given Hard House House Of Commons Lives Might Part Prison Sit Starved Take Time Women Worked

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Tell the Government, our people shall not starve.

~Ellen Wilkinson

Topics: Government Our Our People People Shall Starve Tell

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Politician

Born: October 8th, 1891

Died: February 6th, 1947

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