Annie Tomlinson
Annie Tomlinson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 June 1870 Rochdale |
| Died | 6 April 1933 Blackpool |
| Nationality | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Subject | British co-operative movement |
Annie Tomlinson or Annie Bamford (29 June 1870 – 6 April 1933) was a British journalist and co-operative movement supporter.
Life[edit]
Tomlinson was born in Rochdale. Her parents were Elizabeth and Samuel Bamford who published the Co-operative News. She was given a liberal education at home and she attended the Manchester High School for Girls.[1] In 1904 she became the editor of her fathers paper's Woman's Section.[2] This was a prestigious role that had been created for Alice Acland on 6 January 1883. Acland went on to found the Co-operative Women's Guild.
Tomlinson found her lifetime passion for the Co-operative Women's Guild when she heard their inspiring general secretary Margaret Llewelyn Davies speak. By the age of 22 she was the secretary of the guild's northern section.[1] In 1907 she published a children's journal titled Our Circle. In 1919 she became the first editor of Women's Outlook.[2]
Tomlinson stopped editing Women's Outlook[2] and died soon after in Blackpool in 1933. She was buried in her home town.[1] Her husband Charles Ernest Tomlinson, who she had married nearly 30 years before, had a gravestone made that recorded her achievements.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Tomlinson [née Bamford], Annie (1870–1933), journalist and co-operator | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70666
- ^ a b c Bradbury, Natalie (21 May 2013). "Womens Outlook 1919-1967". Rochdale Pioneers Museum.
- ^ Flickr pic of her gravestone