Margaret Cole

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Margaret Cole in 1944–45, painted by Stella Bowen

Margaret Isabel Cole (* May 6, 1893 as Margaret Isabel Postgate in Cambridge , † May 7, 1980 in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire) was a British socialist , politician , author and poet . She held important positions in the Fabian Society and in the Government of London .

Life

John Percival Postgate, her father

Before the First World War

Margaret Cole was born on May 6, 1893, to John Percival Postgate, a professor at Trinity College and later professor at the University of Liverpool , and Edith Postgate (née Allen) in Cambridge. She was the eldest of two daughters and 4 sons.

She was taught at the Roedean School and later studied Classical Studies at Girton College . During her studies she read books by authors such as HG Wells and George Bernard Shaw , which led to her becoming socialist. After graduating in 1914 (women were banned from formal degrees in Cambridge until 1947), she taught Classical Studies at St Paul's Girls' School for two years.

First World War and the interwar period

During the First World War , in addition to a campaign against conscription , she helped her brother Raymond Postgate achieve conscientious objection status. However, Raymond was only granted the status of a non-combatant serving in the army, which he refused. He was then arrested. During this time she wrote the poem The Falling Leaves , which was published in 1918 along with poems such as Afterwards and Præmaturi in Margaret Postgate's Poems collection .

At the same time she joined the Fabian Society, where she worked in the Fabian Research Department. It was there that she met George Douglas Howard Cole in 1916 , whom she married two years later. They worked together in the Fabian Society until they moved to Oxford in 1924 , where they worked in the Labor Research Department. Cole soon became a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian and a reader at University College Oxford . She also became a friend of Beatrice Webb .

In 1931 she and her husband founded the Society for Socialist Inquiry and Propaganda , which was later renamed the Socialist League . A year later, she and her husband also founded the New Fabian Research Bureau .

Later life and death

In 1941, after an appointment by Herbert Stanley Morrisons, she was accepted into the Education Committee of London County Council , where she was an advocate of the integrated comprehensive school . From 1952 she was also Alderman of the London County Council. She was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1965 and a Lady of the Order of the British Empire 5 years later .

She died on May 7, 1980 in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

bibliography

Detective Stories (All written with her husband)
  • The Death of a Millionaire , 1925
  • The Blatchington Tangle , 1926
  • The Murder at Crome House , 1927
  • The Man from the River , 1928
  • Superintendent Wilson's Holiday , 1928
  • Poison in the Garden Suburb aka Poison in a Garden Suburb , 1929
  • Burglars in Bucks aka The Berkshire Mystery , 1930
  • Corpse in Canonicals aka The Corpse in the Constable's Garden , 1930
  • The Great Southern Mystery aka The Walking Corpse , 1931
  • Dead Man's Watch , 1931
  • Death of a Star , 1932
  • A Lesson in Crime , 1933
  • The Affair at Aliquid , 1933
  • End of an Ancient Mariner , 1933
  • Death in the Quarry , 1934
  • Big Business Murder , 1935
  • Dr Tancred Begins , 1935
  • Scandal at School aka The Sleeping Death , 1935
  • Last Will and Testament , 1936
  • The Brothers Sackville , 1936
  • Disgrace to the College , 1937
  • The Missing Aunt , 1937
  • Mrs. Warrender's Profession , 1938
  • Off with her head! , 1938
  • Double Blackmail , 1939
  • Greek Tragedy , 1940
  • Wilson and Some Others , 1940
  • Murder at the Munition Works , 1940
  • Counterpoint Murder , 1940
  • Knife in the Dark , 1941
  • Toper's End , 1942
  • Death of a Bride , 1945
  • Birthday Gifts , 1946
  • The Toys of Death , 1948
Poems (selection)
  • The Falling Leaves , 1915
  • Afterwards , 1918
  • Præmaturi , 1918
  • The Veteran , 1918
Books (selection)
  • Margaret Postgate's Poems , 1918
  • The New Economic Revolution , 1938
  • Marriage Past and Present , 1938
  • Makers of the Labor Movement , Longmans, Green and Co., London 1948
  • Growing up into Revolution , 1949
  • Servant of the County , 1958
  • The Story of Fabian Socialism , 1961
  • The Life of GDH Cole , 1971, ISBN 0333002164

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Margaret Postgate Cole. Poetry Foundation, accessed May 10, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Cole, Margaret (1893-1980). encyclopedia.com, accessed May 10, 2020 .
  3. ^ A b c Marc Stears: Cole [nee Postgate], Lady Margaret Isabel. Dictionary of National Biography , accessed May 10, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c Margaret Cole. Spartacus Educational, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  5. ↑ The Falling Leaves. Poetry Foundation, accessed May 12, 2020 .
  6. ^ Afterwards. Poetry Foundation, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Præmaturi. Poetry Foundation, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Jackson, W. Eric: Achievement. A Short History of the London County Council . Longmans , p. 258, 1965
personal data
SURNAME Cole, Margaret
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cole, Margaret Isabel (full name); Postgate, Margaret Isabel (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British socialist, politician, author and poet
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Cambridge
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1980
Place of death Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire