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Ethel Snowden
1881–1951
A spirited British socialist and feminist, she turned first-hand experience of poverty and politics into books that are vivid, outspoken, and full of conviction. Her writing brings together social reform, women's rights, and a sharp eye for public life.
2 Audiobooks
A political pilgrim in Europe
by Ethel Snowden
Through Bolshevik Russia
by Ethel Snowden
About the author
Born Ethel Annakin in Yorkshire in 1881, she trained as a teacher and became active in social work in Liverpool, where her experiences drew her toward Christian socialism, temperance campaigning, and the fight for women's rights. She became a well-known public speaker and political campaigner, and later married Labour politician Philip Snowden.
As an author, she wrote books and pamphlets that mixed travel, politics, and social criticism. Her work is closely tied to the causes she championed: socialism, suffrage, peace, and reform. That gives her writing an energetic, direct quality that still feels personal rather than distant.
She was also a notable public figure in Britain beyond party politics, serving in prominent cultural and civic roles later in life. She died in 1951, remembered as both a campaigner and a writer whose books capture the urgency of early twentieth-century debates about justice, equality, and public responsibility.