Marian Ramelson was a 20th-century communist, political activist and historian.
11 Facts About Marian Ramelson
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Marian Ramelson wrote The Petticoat Rebellion: a century of struggle for women's rights concerning the suffrage movement published in 1967.
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Marian Ramelson Jessop was born in 1908 in Leeds, to parents Thomas Austin Jessop, an engine fitter, and Ethel Jessop, nee Wilson.
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Marian Ramelson's father was a socialist and trade unionist, and served as a Leeds city councillor and was lord mayor in 1956.
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Marian Ramelson supported women's suffrage, and his activism influenced Ramelson in her own political views.
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Marian Ramelson joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1932, and was active in the Leeds Communist Party.
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Marian Ramelson served as vice-president of the local trades council in 1934 to 1935, and at this time was secretary of Leeds May Day committee.
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Marian Ramelson was the first British representative to greet the new People's Republic of China in Beijing, which has been established in 1949 by the Chinese Communist Party following the Chinese Civil War, and officially recognised by Britain in 1950.
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Marian Ramelson arrived in China in December 1949 for an Asian Women's conference.
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Marian Ramelson is the author of The Petticoat Rebellion: a century of struggle for women's rights, a socialist, feminist history of the suffrage movement published in 1967.
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Marian Ramelson died in 1967 from cancer, following a long illness.