Labour History Review Volume 88 (2023), Issue 3 has now been published. The journal appears both in hard copy and online formats.

Through here role as Chief Woman Officer, Marion Phillips was already a significant figure in the Labour Party when she became Sunderland’s first female MP in 1929. In this issue of Labour History Review, Sarah Hellawell argues that Phillips’ relatively brief time as an MP, before her early death in 1932, has not had the attention it deserves, and examines the importance of her engagement and networks within the local labour movement. Such a focus on local-level politics, she concludes, contributes to the shift from national histories of the Labour Party and the women’s movement to consider the complexities of the local dimensions of Labour women’s politics. Read more.

Also in this issue:

• How British was Larkinism? Big Jim Larkin and the British Labour Movement, 1907–1914, by Emmet O’Connor. Read more.
• Of Red Flags and Red Dragons: Welsh Labour History in Retrospect and Prospect, by Martin Wright. Read more.
• Obituary: Dick Geary (1945-2021), by Chris Wrigley. Read more.

This issue also includes book reviews by Hester Barron, Micaela Panes, James Davis, Neville Kirk, Keith Laybourn, and Mark Crail. Read more.

Finally, entries are now open for the Labour History Review postgraduate essay prize for 2024. Find out more and download an entry form.

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