Amy Morant Explained

Amy Constance Morant (1864  - 1918) was a British political activist who moved from liberalism to socialism.

Born in Hampstead, Morant was the younger sister of Robert Laurie Morant.[1] She won scholarships to study at Bedford College, London, and Newnham College, Cambridge. From 1887 to 1888, she worked with unemployed people in London,[2] and this led her to become involved in the Women's Liberal Federation, for which she became an organiser. She also translated a number of German works on the social sciences, and wrote her own poetry.[3]

In the 1890s, Morant left the Liberal Party and joined both the Independent Labour Party and the Social Democratic Federation. She wrote a pamphlet about her experience, "Liberalism unveiled; or, a Creed without a Programme".

References

  1. Web site: William Morris: in memoriam . The William Morris Society in the United States . 7 November 2018.
  2. Book: Goldman, Emma. Emma Goldman, Vol. 1: A Documentary History of the American Years, Volume 1: Made for America, 1890-1901. 2008-07-16. University of Illinois Press. 978-0-252-07541-4. en.
  3. Book: The Labour Annual . 1898 . Joseph Edwards . Wallasey . 202.