Eleanor Rathbone

(1872–1946) Politician

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Eleanor Rathbone was a politician.

Quick Facts About Eleanor Rathbone

Born: May 12, 1872
Died: January 2, 1946
Profession: Politician

About Eleanor Rathbone

[Wikidata] member of British parliament, women's rights campaigner (1872-1946)... | [Wikipedia] Eleanor Florence Rathbone was an independent British Member of Parliament (MP) and long-term campaigner for family allowance and for women's rights. She was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool.

Quotes by Eleanor Rathbone

I doubt whether there is any subject in the world of equal importance that has received so little serious and articulate consideration…

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Community

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Pluck from under the family all the props which religion and morality have given it, strip it of the glamour, true or…

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Begets

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the struggle for the right to become politicians in itself made women into politicians.

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Made

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There is, I suppose, no occupation in the world which has an influence on the efficiency and happiness of the members of…

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Career

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the explanation of the ebb and flow of the women's movement ... is partly psychological. During those early post-war years when successes…

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Drinking

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continually measuring women's wants by men's achievements seems out of date, ignominious, and intolerably boring. ... Now that we have secured possession…

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Achievement

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