april june twentieth century british labour activist local councillor grew scotland won scholarship train teacher family finances dictated leading domestic worker age involved national labour issues teenager organisations moving lancashire london visited united_states canada held meetings public including english domestic workers stephen later involved formal political parties elected local councillor standing candidate general elections moving bristol woman president appointed life commemorated blue plaque bristol biography stephen recorded labour activist described working class childhood family sources stephen place birth london glasgow eldest children closely family father tailor described virtually scottish working class women social political union member known attended sunday schools separately linked church socialism educated won scholarship train pupil teacher father low variable income meant afford pursue teacher domestic worker age father founder member established described mother quiet opposite dad early career referred young activist joined aged youngest member glasgow delegation chancellor member led scottish involving attacks pillar boxes glasgow february stephen approached moved glasgow london considered active members workers suffrage federation april stephen number speakers address crowd people opposing speakers included active member conference argued use force events preceding treaty creation ussr 1920s visited united_states holding public meetings immigrant communities scotland wales fund raising visited vancouver encouraged english domestic workers middle years stephen later lived lancashire london involved sold women dreadnought elected labour borough councillor failing selected parliamentary candidate worked stood labour candidate general elections worked freelance journalist established agency joined time second world war worked garden city later moved bristol worked branch operative later chair local management committee time spoke publicly gave advice birth control elected city council woman president later life general election candidate labour_party super mare constituency appointed services trade union movement june died life commemorated blue plaque
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