Ellen Wilkinson
What Ellen Wilkinson means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Labour MP for Jarrow who helped organise and publicise the Crusade, linking local hardship to national debate.
Topics that use Ellen Wilkinson
- Paper 3, Option 34.2: Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780–1939 - 5 Depression and the dole: poverty in the inter-war years, 1920–39 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Global economic interdependence
- Hunger marches
- Jarrow Crusade
- Means testing and poverty
- Publicity and public opinion
- Regional depression and special areas
- Regional economic disparity
- Unemployment and poverty
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