1. Dora Julia Myddleton Worrall, known by her pen name Julia Dawson was a British journalist, socialist, and editor of the women's section of The Clarion.
12 Facts About Julia Dawson
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Julia Dawson is notable for pioneering the use of the Clarion Van for spreading the ideas of socialism around Britain.
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Dora Julia Dawson was born in Egerton, Kent in 1866.
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Julia Dawson married Harry Myddleton Worrall, an export merchant, in 1885 and they had one daughter, Dorothy Mary Myddleton, born that year.
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Julia Dawson was editor of the women's section of socialist newspaper The Clarion between 1895 and 1911.
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Julia Dawson supported the provision of information on birth control, distributing Malthusian tracts to Clarion readers.
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Green notes that alongside other contributors to socialist papers, such as Rebecca West, in carving out a space for the voice of women in the political arena, Julia Dawson helped make "the form of the woman's column anew".
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Nobody knows how hard Julia Dawson has worked for these Vans.
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Julia Dawson was pioneering in the Clarion Handicraft Guild, which she established in 1902.
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Julia Dawson had been inspired by a letter from Godfrey Blount who enthused about the ideas of William Morris.
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In 1908, Julia Dawson published her pamphlet Why Women Want Socialism.
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Julia Dawson died at her home in Shoreham, Sussex on 3 October 1946.