Jarrow MP Ellen Wilkinson addressing a crowd during the ... qualification which allowed her to vote and used her maiden speech to address the need for votes for all women, unemployment benefits ...

He said: "The honourable Member for Jarrow gave a passionate speech about the industrial heritage and history of her community and the inspiration that Ellen Wilkinson provided. I congratulate her ...

In 1936, mass unemployment and extreme poverty in the north-east of England drove 200 men to march in protest from Jarrow to London. Their MP, Ellen Wilkinson was with them as they came south to ...

Dubbed as the 'mighty atom' as she only stood four foot ten, Ellen Wilkinson was a surefire force ... across the region and leading the famous Jarrow March to London. Nicknamed Red Ellen because ...

Ms Osborne used her speech to reflect on Jarrow ... She paid tribute to Jarrow’s first female MP, Red Ellen Wilkinson, who served from 1935-1947. Ms Osborne said she was “filled with pride ...

Ellen Wilkinson is a name that ... In 1936, with eighty per cent of people out of work in her Jarrow constituency, in the north east of England, Wilkinson organised a march of unemployed workers ...

As Reeves was photographed putting the finishing touches to her Budget, beady eyes zoomed in on the striking picture above her desk of Ellen Wilkinson ... the leader of the Jarrow Crusade in ...

Ellen Wilkinson, Jarrow's Labour MP at the time, backed a plan to open a steel works on the site, but this was blocked by the steel industry. Sophie also meets today's Jarrow MP, Stephen Hepburn ...

Mr Corbyn read from a book written in 1939 by Jarrow's then MP Ellen Wilkinson Re-elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has visited Tyneside to mark the 80th anniversary of the Jarrow Crusade.

In 1936, mass unemployment and extreme poverty in the north-east of England drove 200 men to march in protest from Jarrow to London. Their MP, Ellen Wilkinson was with them as they came south to ...