
Penny Day
Head of UK and Ireland
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Head of UK and Ireland

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Provenance
Acquired by The Rt. Hon. Ellen Wilkinson in the 1930s
Thence by descent to the present owner
Ellen Wilkinson was one of the first women to become an elected Member of Parliament, initially for Middlesbrough East (1924-29) and latterly for Jarrow (1936-47). She served as Minister for Education in the Attlee government and penned a number of political books. Wilkinson frequented St. Ives from the 1930s onwards and was a supporter of the avant-garde culture of the day.