Annie Tomlinson Explained

Annie Tomlinson
Birth Date:29 June 1870
Birth Place:Rochdale
Death Date:6 April 1933
Death Place:Blackpool
Nationality:United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Subject:British co-operative movement

Annie Tomlinson or Annie Bamford (29 June 1870 – 6 April 1933) was a British journalist and co-operative movement supporter.

Life

Tomlinson was born in Rochdale. Her parents were Elizabeth and Samuel Bamford who published the Co-operative News. She was given a liberal education at home and she attended the Manchester High School for Girls. In 1904 she became the editor of her fathers paper's Woman's Section. This was a prestigious role that had been created for Alice Acland on 6 January 1883. Acland went on to found the Co-operative Women's Guild.thumb|left|Her gravestoneTomlinson found her lifetime passion for the Co-operative Women's Guild when she heard their inspiring general secretary Margaret Llewelyn Davies speak. By the age of 22 she was the secretary of the guild's northern section. In 1907 she published a children's journal titled Our Circle. In 1919 she became the first editor of Women's Outlook.[1]

Tomlinson stopped editing Women's Outlook[1] and died soon after in Blackpool in 1933. She was buried in her home town. Her husband Charles Ernest Tomlinson, who she had married nearly 30 years before, had a gravestone made that recorded her achievements.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Bradbury. Natalie. 21 May 2013. Womens Outlook 1919-1967. Rochdale Pioneers Museum.
  2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/8118630@N08/9489867934 Flickr pic of her gravestone