Ellen Robinson (14 March 1840 – 6 March 1912) was a British teacher, Quaker minister, feminist and peace activist.[1] She founded the Liverpool and Birkenhead Women's Peace and Arbitration Society (LBWPAS)[2] and served on the council of the International Peace Bureau.[3] She was also active with the Peace Society, the International Arbitration and Peace Association, and the Religious Society of Friends. Robinson used her background as a teacher to give frequent speeches supporting anti-war principles.[2][4] She was supported by Mary Lamley Cooke who was assistant secretary of the Peace Union.[5] Robinson, in particular, opposed British militarism of the Second Boer War in South Africa and spoke against European human rights abuses in Africa and Asia.[3]
Ellen Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 March 1840  Derby |
| Died | 6 March 1912 (aged 71) Liverpool |
| Occupation | Peace activist |
Robinson worked toward broader cooperation between peace groups.[2][6] She often collaborated with other peace campaigners and feminists including Eugénie Potonié-Pierre, with whom she organized several meetings in Paris,[3] and Priscilla Hannah Peckover.[2]
She retired in 1903 and her place as secretary in the Peace Union was taken by Mary Cooke. Cooke had been editing the peace journal, War or Brotherhood, from 1896.[5]
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edit- ^ "Ellen Robinson". Women In Peace. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d Brown, Heloise (2003). "The Truest Form of Patriotism": Pacifist Feminism in Britain, 1870-1902. Manchester University Press. pp. 99–113. ISBN 978-0719065316.
- ^ a b c Cooper, Sandi E. (19 December 1991). Patriotic Pacifism: Waging War on War in Europe, 1815-1914. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199923380.
- ^ The Herald of Peace and International Arbitration. Published under the auspices of the Peace Society. 1889. p. 204.
- ^ a b Laity, Paul (3 January 2002). The British Peace Movement 1870-1914. Clarendon Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-19-155449-0.
- ^ Rappaport, Helen (2001). Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers. ABC-CLIO. p. 557. ISBN 9781576071014.
- ^ "Two Women Workers". London Standard. 12 March 1912. p. 11. Retrieved 21 June 2020 – via NewspaperArchive.