Daisy Postgate
Daisy Postgate (9 December 1892 – 20 April 1971) was a British political activist.
Born in Bow, London as Daisy Lansbury, she was the sixth child of George and Bessie. When she was born, the family were living in poverty, but their situation steadily improved, and she attended school until the age of fourteen. She then spent three years assisting her mother with housework and caring for her younger siblings, then studied shorthand and typing, becoming a bookkeeper and typist for her brother Edgar.[1]
In 1912, Daisy became her father's personal secretary, a position she held until his death in 1940. In this role, she supported the
Through the
Daisy increasingly worked as a secretary for her husband, it being her main job after her father's death, and she played a leading role in the first years of the
References
- ^ a b c d Margaret Cole, "Postgate, Daisy", Dictionary of Labour Biography, vol.II, pp.303–304
- ^ Maurice Casey (speaker) (11 Sep 2017). To Abduct the Mistresses of the Commissars (video). Connolly Mediagroup. Event occurs at 5:17.
- ^ Shepherd 2002, p. 121 and p. 354
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