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Ellen Wilkinson

1891 - 1947

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Ellen Cicely Wilkinson (8 October 1891 – 6 February 1947) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death. Earlier in her career, as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow, she became a national figure when she played a prominent role in the 1936 Jarrow March of the town's unemployed to London to petition for the right to work. Although unsuccessful at that time, the March provided an iconic image for the 1930s and helped to form post-Second World War attitudes to unemployment and social justice. Wilkinson was born into a poor though ambitious Manchester family and she embraced socialism at an early age. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Ellen Wilkinson is the 18,238th most popular politician (down from 18,175th in 2024), the 6,456th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,417th in 2019) and the 690th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Ellen Wilkinson ranks 18,238 out of 19,576. Before her are Ayman Nour, Mokhtar Ould Djay, Karl Erjavec, Mike Braun, Garry Conille, and Yannis Stournaras. After her are Jack Valenti, Sam Nunn, Børge Brende, Anna Diamantopoulou, Steve Daines, and J. Donald Cameron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Ellen Wilkinson ranks 291. Before her are Gene Lockhart, Ann Little, Gaston Strobino, Buck Jones, Robert Frazer, and Stanley Spencer. After her are Tim McCoy, Henry O'Neill, Stanley Andrews, Bert Roach, and Hitoshi Sasaki. Among people deceased in 1947, Ellen Wilkinson ranks 219. Before her are Ercole Olgeni, Albert Ireton, Adrienne Ames, Alfred Bowerman, Olive Borden, and Georg Hoffmann. After her is Henry Kolker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ellen Wilkinson ranks 6,458 out of 8,785. Before her are Sammy Lee (1959), Mike Doyle (1946), Christopher Dean (1958), Lara Pulver (1980), Passenger (1984), and Toyah Willcox (1958). After her are Dominic Sherwood (1990), Lenny Henry (1958), Al Alvarez (1929), Joe Corrigan (1948), Ryan Taylor (1984), and Wendy Richard (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Ellen Wilkinson ranks 690. Before her are Nicky Morgan (1972), Rebecca Long-Bailey (1979), Alistair Darling (1953), Dominic Raab (1974), David Miliband (1965), and Malcolm Rifkind (1946). After her are Eoin MacNeill (1867), Ann Widdecombe (1947), Philip May (1957), Diane Abbott (1953), Eric Bristow (1957), and Najla El Mangoush (1973).

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