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'''Mary Amelia Macpherson''' was a [[British people|British]] socialist activist.
Born as '''Mary Fenton''', she studied at the [[University of London]]. She lived for a time in [[Paris]], where she became a socialist and trade unionist, but later returned to London. There, she joined the [[Independent Labour Party]] and took a prominent role in campaigning in the [[Barnsley by-election, 1897]]. She was also part of the [[Clarion (magazine)|Clarion]] movement, and organised the Clarion Van tour of the West of England in 1897.<ref name="fabian">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Macpherson retained links with the French socialist movement, as the English correspondent of ''Le Mouvement Socialiste''. She also became the London representative of the ''[[Labour Leader]]'', and contributed to the ''[[Railway Review]]'' under the pseudonym "Margery Daw".<ref name="fabian" />
In 1898, Macpherson joined the [[Fabian Society]], and she served on its executive for a year in 1900/01.<ref name="fabian" /> That year, she organised a conference of wives of members of the [[Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants]], which formed the Railway Women's Guild. Under her guidance, this guild became supportive of the [[Labour Representation Committee (1900)|Labour Representation Committee]], and passed a motion calling on it to form a women's committee.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Macpherson wrote to [[Ramsay Macdonald]], proposing this, and after initial resistance, it was founded as the [[Women's Labour League]]. Macpherson served on its early executives.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==References==
<references />
[[Category:Alumni of the University of London]]
[[Category:Members of the Fabian Society Executive Committee]]
Born as '''Mary Fenton''', she studied at the [[University of London]]. She lived for a time in [[Paris]], where she became a socialist and trade unionist, but later returned to London. There, she joined the [[Independent Labour Party]] and took a prominent role in campaigning in the [[Barnsley by-election, 1897]]. She was also part of the [[Clarion (magazine)|Clarion]] movement, and organised the Clarion Van tour of the West of England in 1897.<ref name="fabian">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Macpherson retained links with the French socialist movement, as the English correspondent of ''Le Mouvement Socialiste''. She also became the London representative of the ''[[Labour Leader]]'', and contributed to the ''[[Railway Review]]'' under the pseudonym "Margery Daw".<ref name="fabian" />
In 1898, Macpherson joined the [[Fabian Society]], and she served on its executive for a year in 1900/01.<ref name="fabian" /> That year, she organised a conference of wives of members of the [[Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants]], which formed the Railway Women's Guild. Under her guidance, this guild became supportive of the [[Labour Representation Committee (1900)|Labour Representation Committee]], and passed a motion calling on it to form a women's committee.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Macpherson wrote to [[Ramsay Macdonald]], proposing this, and after initial resistance, it was founded as the [[Women's Labour League]]. Macpherson served on its early executives.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==References==
<references />
[[Category:Alumni of the University of London]]
[[Category:Members of the Fabian Society Executive Committee]]
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