17 February 2014

University of Manchester plaques #4: Ellen Wilkinson


'THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
commemorates
ELLEN WILKINSON
1891–1947
Labour Politician and
First Female Minister of Eduation
Graduate BA History 1913,
MA 1914'

The plaque is on the John Owens Building. What isn't mentioned here is that she also wrote several books, and her novel Clash (1929) is a significant example of inter-war working-class literature.

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