10 Facts About Katharine Glasier

Katharine Glasier was an English socialist politician, journalist and novelist.

Katharine Glasier became a founder member of the Independent Labour Party in 1893.

Katharine Glasier attended Hackney High School for Girls and then studied classics at Newnham College, Cambridge with a scholarship, graduating with a second-class degree.

Katharine Glasier quit her job to become a teacher at a board school in Bristol and moved in with Dan Irving, where she had to care for his wife.

Katharine Glasier began lecturing for the organisation, and in 1893 became a founding member of the Independent Labour Party.

Katharine Glasier was one of the 15 members and the only woman elected to the ILP's first National Administrative Council in January 1893.

Katharine Glasier married John Bruce Glasier, a Scottish socialist politician, on 21 June 1893, but she continued to undertake lecture tours.

Katharine Glasier remained prominent in the ILP and in 1916 took over from Fenner Brockway as editor of its newspaper, the Labour Leader.

Katharine Glasier became the ILP's National Organiser, but resigned in 1931 when the ILP left the Labour Party, continuing to work for the Labour Party, after a brief flirtation with the Socialist League.

Katharine Glasier moved to Glen Cottage in Earby, Lancashire in 1922 and remained there until her death in 1950.