From Workhouse To Westminster - The Life Story Of Will Crooks, M.P.
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From Workhouse To Westminster - The Life Story Of Will Crooks, M.P.

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From Workhouse To Westminster - The Life Story Of Will Crooks, M.P.

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A fascinating biography of a man who came from the poorest class in 19th century London, who rose up through society and became the first working class Mayor of London.

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Information

Publisher
Gallaher Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781446521328
eBook ISBN
9781473384880

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Preface
  5. Contents
  6. List of Plates
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter I. Earliest Years in a One-Roomed Homb
  9. Chapter II. As a Child in the Workhouse
  10. Chapter III. Schools and Schoolmasters
  11. Chapter IV. Round the Haunts of his Boyhood
  12. Chapter V. In Training for a Craftsman
  13. Chapter VI. Tramping the Country for Work
  14. Chapter VII. One of London’s Unemployed
  15. Chapter VIII. The College at the Dock Gates
  16. Chapter IX. From the Cheering Multitude to a Sorrow-Laden Home
  17. Chapter X. A Labour Member’s Wages
  18. Chapter XI. On the London County Council
  19. Chapter XII. Two of his Monuments
  20. Chapter XIII. The Task of his Life Begins
  21. Chapter XIV. The Man who Fed the Poor
  22. Chapter XV. Turning Workhouse Children into Useful Citizens
  23. Chapter XVI. On the Metropolitan Asylums Board
  24. Chapter XVII. A Bad Boys’ Advocate
  25. Chapter XVIII. Proud of the Poor
  26. Chapter XIX. First Working-Man Mayor in London
  27. Chapter XX. The King’s Dinner—and Others
  28. Chapter XXI. The Man who Paid Old-age Pensions
  29. Chapter XXII. Election to Parliament
  30. Chapter XXIII. Advent of the Political Labour Party
  31. Chapter XXIV. The Living Wage for Men and Women
  32. Chapter XXV. Free Trade in the Name of the Poor
  33. Chapter XXVI. Preparing for the Unemployed Act
  34. Chapter XXVII. Agitation in the House of Commons
  35. Chapter XXVIII. The Queen Intervenes
  36. Chapter XXIX. Home Life and Some Engagements
  37. Chapter XXX. Colonising England
  38. Chapter XXXI. The Revival of Bumbledom
  39. Chapter XXXII. Appeal to the People
  40. Index