Catalogue description Walker, Mrs Anne

This record is held by London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library

Details of 8SUF/B/076
Reference: 8SUF/B/076
Title: Walker, Mrs Anne
Description:

Her mother (Mrs Laura Taylor) and Edwardian suffrage in Lincoln. Her public speaking. Her socialist friends. Her lifelong interest in current affairs. Mr Taylor as Labour MP for Lincoln, 1924-31. Mrs Taylor's political work in Lincoln. Her respect for Mary Macarthur. Her belief in travel. Class relationships in Lincoln. Laura Taylor's early life. How she brought up her children. Running a trade union convalescent home at Stansted Mountfitchet (Mary Macarthur House). Her parents' marriage. A second convalescent home opened at Poulton-le-Fylde in 1948, and run by Laura Taylor till she retired. Her attitude to Mrs Walker's career. Her outlook in old age. Her dislike of wasting time. National Council of Women at Cottingham in old age. (Part 2 on tape 24).

Date: 20 Mar 1976
Held by: London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: Tape 23
Language: English

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