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Lella Secor Florence

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wrote of Secor in his autobiography that she was "a freckled American redhead who had been a spirited battler against the violence with which the U.S. authorities assailed pacifist protest.'
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described how "Most English Left-Wing intellectuals and American intellectuals visiting Britain must have passed through Highfield between 1930 and 1950". Lella remained committed to
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and finally, in 1898, returning to Battle Creek. Her father abandoned the family, and her mother ran a boarding house.
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in 1915 as a reporter. She co-founded two pacifist organisations that aimed to keep the United States out of
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became a focal point for the intellectual life of Birmingham in the 1930s – the poet
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In 1906 she became a journalist in Battle Creek and then in a variety of towns in
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For a period she lived away from her husband in a flat in Paris.
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As I Walked Down New Grub Street: memories of a writing life
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lived in the converted coachman's quarters and the writer
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They had two children, both sons. 134:In 1917 Secor married the economist 102:Journalism career and peace activist 372:. London: Lawrence & Wishart. 14: 463:, London: Heinemann, p. 37, 327:"Secor, Lella | Encyclopedia.com" 558:American birth control activists 433:Nicholls, Tony (March 6, 1999), 90:. In 1892 her family moved to 1: 416:Lella Secor Florence (1930). 86:Lella Faye Secor was born in 228:following a stroke in 1966. 186:and the couple moved to the 156:Women's International League 422:. G. Allen & Unwin ltd. 599: 573:American women journalists 124:Emergency Peace Federation 27: 200:. In 1930 she published 184:University of Birmingham 146:In 1921, Secor moved to 152:University of Cambridge 136:Philip Sargant Florence 459:Allen, Walter (1981), 419:Birth control on trial 202:Birth Control on Trial 88:Battle Creek, Michigan 43:Battle Creek, Michigan 112:Henry Ford Peace Ship 331:www.encyclopedia.com 220:, birth control and 110:. She sailed on the 96:Green Bay, Wisconsin 60:Lella Secor Florence 22:Lella Secor Florence 182:in commerce at the 92:Ventura, California 578:American feminists 568:American pacifists 485:, pp. 268–269 154:. She joined the 142:Feminist activist 94:before moving to 57: 56: 590: 534: 533: 531: 498: 492: 486: 480: 474: 473: 456: 450: 449: 448: 446: 430: 424: 423: 413: 407: 401: 392: 391: 363: 357: 351: 342: 341: 339: 337: 323: 317: 311: 305: 304: 302: 300: 285: 276: 270: 264: 263: 262: 260: 247: 108:Washington state 64:Lella Faye Secor 40:February 13 1887 32: 18: 598: 597: 593: 592: 591: 589: 588: 587: 538: 537: 529: 527: 525: 510: 507: 502: 501: 493: 489: 481: 477: 471: 458: 457: 453: 444: 442: 439:The Independent 432: 431: 427: 415: 414: 410: 402: 395: 380: 365: 364: 360: 352: 345: 335: 333: 325: 324: 320: 312: 308: 298: 296: 287: 286: 279: 271: 267: 258: 256: 249: 248: 239: 234: 144: 132: 104: 84: 74:and pioneer of 53:January 14 1966 41: 23: 12: 11: 5: 596: 594: 586: 585: 580: 575: 570: 565: 560: 555: 550: 540: 539: 536: 535: 523: 506: 503: 500: 499: 487: 475: 469: 451: 425: 408: 393: 378: 358: 343: 318: 306: 294:Lost Cambridge 277: 265: 236: 235: 233: 230: 222:women's rights 210:Louis MacNeice 204:. 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Battle Creek, Michigan
pacifist
feminist
birth control
Battle Creek, Michigan
Ventura, California
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Washington state
Henry Ford Peace Ship
World War One
American Neutral Conference Committee a
Emergency Peace Federation
Philip Sargant Florence
Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Women's International League
birth control
Labour Party
Ivor Montagu
chair
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
Selly Park
Highfield
Louis MacNeice
Walter Allen
disarmament
women's rights
pneumonia

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