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567: 870: 338: 24: 493:, serving on several committees and organising the enquiry into home work in London, which was published in 1897. She met Ramsay MacDonald through this work in 1895 and they married in 1896. She was comfortably off, although not wealthy. This allowed them to indulge in foreign travel, visiting 132: 968: 1198: 937: 355: 41: 700: 566: 455: 1104: 532: 402: 88: 478:, who later became a noted social reformer, and an expert on London's burial grounds. By 1890, Margaret was a keen socialist, influenced by the 374: 60: 520:
After her marriage she was concerned about the need for skilled work and training for women and played a key part in establishing the first
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who had political ambitions. After Margaret MacDonald's death on 8 September 1911, Ramsay MacDonald became
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The marriage to Ramsay MacDonald was a very happy one, and they had six children, including
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three times but did not remarry. Ishbel and Sheila served as his hostess at functions.
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Margaret Gladstone was born on 20 July 1870 in Kensington, London, to
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was said to be designed by her husband, and sculpted by
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from 1896 until her death from blood poisoning in 1911.
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for girls in 1904. She continued this work until 1910.
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by James Ramsay MacDonald, Hodder and Stoughton, 1913
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Isabella Holmes
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