British Feminist, Social Reformer and Activist. She was born to John Hall Gladstone, later Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution. She was educated both at home and at Doreck College in Bayswater. Early in adulthood, she engaged in voluntary social work including work for the Charity Organisation Society in Hoxton. By 1890, she was a keen socialist, influenced by the Christian socialists and the Fabian Society. In 1894, she joined the Women's Industrial Council, serving on several committees and organizing the enquiry into home work in London, which was published in 1897. She met Ramsay MacDonald through this work in 1895 and they married in 1896. After her marriage she was concerned about the need for skilled work and training for women and played a key part in establishing the first trade schools for girls in 1904 and continued this work until 1910. She was a member of the National Union of Women Workers and also served as an executive of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, although she was opposed to militant action. In 1906 she became involved in the formation of the Women's Labour League, serving as chair until her death. After her death from blood poisoning in 1911, Ramsay MacDonald became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times but did not remarry.
British Feminist, Social Reformer and Activist. She was born to John Hall Gladstone, later Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution. She was educated both at home and at Doreck College in Bayswater. Early in adulthood, she engaged in voluntary social work including work for the Charity Organisation Society in Hoxton. By 1890, she was a keen socialist, influenced by the Christian socialists and the Fabian Society. In 1894, she joined the Women's Industrial Council, serving on several committees and organizing the enquiry into home work in London, which was published in 1897. She met Ramsay MacDonald through this work in 1895 and they married in 1896. After her marriage she was concerned about the need for skilled work and training for women and played a key part in establishing the first trade schools for girls in 1904 and continued this work until 1910. She was a member of the National Union of Women Workers and also served as an executive of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, although she was opposed to militant action. In 1906 she became involved in the formation of the Women's Labour League, serving as chair until her death. After her death from blood poisoning in 1911, Ramsay MacDonald became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times but did not remarry.
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Inscription
Beneath this stone placed here in
affectionate remembrance by
J. Ramsay Macdonald lie the ashes of
DAVID RAMSAY MACDONALD
Born 4th Jul 1904
Died 3rd February 1910
MARGARET ETHEL MACDONALD
Born 20th July 1870
Died 8th September 1911
Also the ashes of
JAMES RAMSAY MACDONALD
Born 12th October 1866
Died 9th November 1937
And of his son
MALCOLM JOHN MACDONALD
Born 17th Aug 1901
Died 11th January 1981
And of his daughter
ISHBEL ALLAN PETERKIN
Born 2.3.1903. Died 14.4.1982.
“Passed to where beyond these voices there is peace.”
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