I stumbled across your Twitter feed when looking up Charlotte Despard. I’ve recently found out I have a family connection to her. Being a socialist and only having heard about John French growing up I was more than a little bit excited to discover Charlotte Despard. Your insightful shares have brought this underrecognised, fascinating and radical woman to life. Thank you. Is your PHD available anywhere?
I know an archive rat who discovered an archival reference to Bill Earsman who was an early communist party member in Australia. A 1950 diary entry by the visiting Australian politician Pat Kennelly shows how by the 1950s Earsman had evolved into an Edinburgh Labour Party parliamentary candidate.
Hi,
I stumbled across your Twitter feed when looking up Charlotte Despard. I’ve recently found out I have a family connection to her. Being a socialist and only having heard about John French growing up I was more than a little bit excited to discover Charlotte Despard. Your insightful shares have brought this underrecognised, fascinating and radical woman to life. Thank you. Is your PHD available anywhere?
Hi Liz,
Thank you for getting in touch. What an interesting family connection to have. Do please drop me an email and I will send you a copy of my PhD:
mjcasey [at] tcd.ie
I know an archive rat who discovered an archival reference to Bill Earsman who was an early communist party member in Australia. A 1950 diary entry by the visiting Australian politician Pat Kennelly shows how by the 1950s Earsman had evolved into an Edinburgh Labour Party parliamentary candidate.