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Ref NoMS 466/1/1/13/17/1
Finding NumberMS 466/170/8
TitleLetter from Agatha Harrison to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury
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Date28 May 1943
DescriptionAgatha Harrison wrote to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury concerning the public statement which she was preparing with the suffragette Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867-1954) for the 'Indian Deadlock British Women's Appeal'. Harrison comments on the difficulty of preparing a statement which would 'satisfy everybody'. She remarks on the importance of Taylor Cadbury's support and refers to their mutual friend the Quaker envoy and mediator Horace Alexander (1889-1989).
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Related MaterialInformation of Agatha Harrison taken from Geoffrey Carnall, 'Harrison, Agatha Mary (1885-1954)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47749] accessed 10th August 2009. Information about Horace Alexander taken from Geoffrey Carnall and J. Duncan Wood, 'Alexander, Horace Grundy (1889-1989)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47749] accessed 10th August 2009.
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AdminHistoryAgatha Harrison (1885-1954) was an industrial welfare reformer and unofficial diplomat. She was involved in international peace work throughout the first half of the twentieth century focussed particularly on Anglo-Indian relations. Working with Carl Heath as Secretary for the India Conciliation Group, Harrison campaigned for Indian independence throughout the 1930s before becoming joining the Religious Society of Friends in 1940 when she became involved in the work of Quaker international committees.
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