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 ...

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 ...

The folk of Jarrow wanted work and the re-establishment of industry in their town. Led by the town’s formidable MP, Ellen Wilkinson, and kept in step by a 'mouth organ band', the marchers were ...

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 ...

Jarrow’s Labour MP, Ellen Wilkinson – ‘Red Ellen’ – was among the organisers. The town’s unemployment rate stood at 70 per cent and it was, said one marcher, “a filthy, dirty ...

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 ...

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 ...