Letter from Annie Kenney to Nell and Frank Clarke, 1942
War
Letter from Annie Kenney to Nell (her sister) and Frank Clarke describing life in Letchworth during WWII.
Kenney, Annie
Kenney Papers, University of East Anglia (UEA) Archives
Unknown
9 January 1942
Copyright: Estate of Annie Kenney. All rights reserved. Included here by kind permission of Warwick Kenney-Taylor (son of Annie Kenney) and later generations of the Kenney and Taylor families.
Source: UEA Archives. Transcript: Jules Robbins
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Letter from Annie Kenney to Nell and Frank Clarke, 1943
War
Letter from Annie Kenney to Nell (her sister) and Frank Clarke describing life in Letchworth during WWII.
Kenney, Annie
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
Unknown
12 October 1943
Copyright: Estate of Annie Kenney. All rights reserved. Included here by kind permission of Warwick Kenney-Taylor (son of Annie Kenney) and later generations of the Kenney and Taylor families.
Source: UEA Archives. Transcript: Zoe Kelly
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<em>Calling All Women </em>(News Letter of the Suffragette Fellowship), 1954
Reputation
February 1954 issue of Calling All Women (News Letter of the Suffragette Fellowship). The issue celebrates the unveiling of Emmeline Pankhurst’s statue at Westminster and a photo of it features on the cover. The stated purpose and objectives of the Fellowship were “to perpetuate the memory of pioneers and outstanding events connected with women’s emancipation and especially the militant suffrage campaign 1905-1914; “to secure women’s political, civil, economic, educational and social status on the basis of the equality of the sexes.” The issues also includes a feature on Annie Kenney by Teresa Billington-Greig on page 4.
Pankhurst, Christabel and Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline
The Suffragette Fellowship
February 1954
Billington-Greig, Teresa
E.G.B
Catlin, Shirley
Newsome, Stella
Mayo, Winfred
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Letter from Annie Kenney to Nell and Frank Clarke, 1946
War
Letter from Annie Kenney to Nell (her sister) and Frank Clarke describing life in Letchworth in the immediate aftermath of WWII.
Kenney, Annie
Unknown
15 July 1946
Copyright: Estate of Annie Kenney. All rights reserved. Included here by kind permission of Warwick Kenney-Taylor (son of Annie Kenney) and later generations of the Kenney and Taylor families.
Source: UEA Archives. Transcript: Pam Sayle
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Letter from Jessie Kenney to Prime Minister Anthony Eden and Thank You card, 1957
War
Jessie Kenney wrote to Sir Anthony Eden, UK Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957, to express her support of his methods for dealing with the Suez Crisis. The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab-Israeli War, was an invasion of Egypt in 1956 followed by the UK and France, aiming to regain control of the Suez Canal. Political pressure from the other global powers, including the United Nations and the Soviet Union, forced them to withdraw. The episode is regarded as a failure of British foreign policy and put an end to Eden’s political career. Jessie’s view was that the British invasion was justified and she commended Eden on his show of courage and strength. “We [the British] have been taking it ‘on the chin’,” she writes, “ever since we won the war of 1939, and the more we have worked for peace, the more we have subscribed to it, when we could ill afford it, and to the backward nations to help them get independence.”
Also included is a Thank You card sent from PM Eden's Office.
Kenney, Jessie, and Eden, Anthony
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
Unknown
3 November 1957
Copyright: Estate of Jessie Kenney. All rights reserved. Included here by kind permission of Warwick Kenney-Taylor (son of Annie Kenney) and later generations of the Kenney and Taylor families.
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Letter from Warwick Kenney-Taylor to his uncle Frank Clarke, 1941
War
Letter from Warwick Kenney-Taylor to his uncle Frank dated 21 May 1941
Warwick writes to his uncle to update him on “the goings on of our little family group”. He talks about his auntie Jessie having to leave her flat in South London and move to Hertfordshire with Annie and James due to the danger of a German attack. Jessie works long hours as a night supervisor of female labour at the same firm as Warwick. Annie, we are told, is keeping the “home flag flying” and caring for everybody. In the second half of the letter, he begins to talk about the ongoing WWII, stating that Air Raids have not reached their part of England. At this stage, Warwick has joined the Home Guard and serves as a “Corporal in the Machine Gun Section” in his local company. In the following October, he hopes to be called in to serve in the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. He also mentions food rationing, which was imposed in Britain during WWII, stating that it is “getting a bit tight, but there’s still plenty of grub”. Warwick closes the letter by wishing his uncle and family health and luck in the years to come.
Kenney-Taylor, Warwick
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
Unknown
21 May 1941
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Letter from Jane Kenney to Warwick Kenney-Taylor, 1953
Family
Letter from Jane Kenney to Warwick dated 11 July 1953.
Jane writes to her nephew, Warwick, to express her sadness at the passing of her sister and his mother, Annie Kenney, who died on 9 July 1953. “My heart’s love, and my prayers are with Annie for quiet rest and loving reception, and with you all in deepest sympathy. Jane shares her feelings of grief and loss, remembering Annie as having “developed her soul far higher and better than any of the rest of us”. She recalls spending time with Annie in London during WWI, mentioning Lord Northcliffe, publishing magnate and one of the masterminds behind much of the WWI propaganda, calling Annie “the finest little diplomat in Europe”. The letter ends with an emotional call to Annie and an expression of regret for the distance separating Jane from Jessie and the rest of her family.
Kenney, Jane
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
Unknown
11 July 1953
Justine Mann to confirm
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"Roll of Honour: Suffragette Prisoners 1905-1914"
Direct action
Political activists
Roll of Honour. Suffragette Prisoners, 1905-1914, printed by John Wadsworth Ltd, The Rydal Press, Keighley, n.d. two copies.
Contains an alphabetical list of the names of hundreds of suffragettes who were imprisoned and in many cases forcibly fed as punishment for their fight for women’s freedom.
Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
John Wadsworth Ltd, The Rydal Press
1914
Copyright: Estate of Christabel Pankhurst (c/o Helen Pankhurst). All rights reserved.
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"Letter to the Editor: Memories of the Kenneys", <em>The Oldham Chronicle</em>, 1966
Family
Jessie Kenney article in the Oldham Chronicle: “Letter to the Editor: Memories of the Kenneys”
Published on 17 September 1966, Jessie’s letter addresses some inconsistencies in a previously printed article about the Kenney family in the same newspaper. These “grave mistakes” as she refers to them convey misinformation about her siblings. Her brother Rowland, for example, “was not the youngest son, he never emigrated to America, and never became editor of the New York dailies.” She also makes a point of objecting to the article’s representation of Annie. Instead of being educated by Mrs Pankhurst, as the article claimed, “my sister Annie got most of her education [. . .] at Whams House with her brothers and sisters,” writes Jessie. She also includes an account of Annie’s life and importance for the suffragette movement.
Kenney, Jessie
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
The Oldham Chronicle
17 September 1966
Copyright: Estate of Jessie Kenney. All rights reserved. Included here by kind permission of Warwick Kenney-Taylor (son of Annie Kenney) and later generations of the Kenney and Taylor families.
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Programme for Reginald Kenney's Folk Recital Concert, 1912
Family
This is a Programme for old song and folk speech recital concert featuring Reginald ‘Reg’ Kenney (1873-1954), held on 17 October 1912. Singing was a talent that distinguished him among the variously gifted Kenney siblings. He was the eldest child of Horatio Nelson Kenney and Ann Wood and Annie and Jessie’s oldest brother. He started his life working in the cotton mills, like his sisters, and became a representative for a firm of wholesale booksellers later on. He had a profound influence on his younger brothers and sisters and influenced their political sensibilities and interest in social welfare.
Kenney, Reginald
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
Unknown
17 October 1912
Copyright: Estate of Reginald Kenney. All rights reserved. Included here by kind permission of later generations of the Kenney and Taylor families.
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Reference letter from David Lloyd George's Office for Jessie Kenney, 1919
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Reference letter from David Lloyd George’s Office for Jessie Kenney, 1919
Sent from No 10 Downing Street, this is a letter of recommendation for Jessie Kenney for a “responsible secretarial post”. F. L. Stevenson, Secretary to the Prime Minister, who signed the letter applauds Jessie’s “great gift of organisation” as well as her “keenness and ability”.
The letter is a mimeograph copy on the back of the first leaf of chapter 1 of 'The Romance of Madame Curie'.
Stevenson, Frances
Unknown
September 1919
Copyright: Believed to be expired. Please notify archives@uea.ac.uk if you have reason to believe this is not the case.
Source: UEA Archives. Transcript: Pam Sayle
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<em>Suffragette Fellowship Newsletter</em>, 1957
Work
Jessie Kenney’s tribute to Vera Wentworth of September 1957 recalls the life and achievements of her suffragette friend and colleague. “Vera was one of the early members of the WSPU [Women’s Social and Political Union] and a great worker for the Suffragette Movement,” Jessie writes. “From the moment that she volunteered to help there was nothing that she would not do. She gave out handball, chalked pavements, sold the paper at street corners, spoke at outdoor meetings, went to prison and was forcibly fed.” Jessie recalls their stay at Holloway Prison, where they played “follow my leader” and got in trouble. She also writes about Vera’s life outside the Movement, particularly her war work and writing.
The Suffragette Fellowship
Kenney Papers, University of East (UEA) Anglia Archives
The Suffragette Fellowship
September 1957
Kenney, Jessie and Pearson, B.M
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