Ellen Wilkinsoni
Born 8 Oct 1891

As MP for Jarrow, Wilkinson marched with the 1936 Jarrow Crusade and presented its petition to the Commons, bringing unemployment in the north-east into the chamber in a way MPs could not ignore. Earlier she had piloted the Hire Purchase Act of 1938 through as a private member's bill, protecting…

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