Campaigners Make an Impact in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

People in Yorkshire have been campaigning for peace and justice for a long time.  The Peace Museum explores the events and history of people and organisations that have worked to promote peace, non-violence and conflict resolution.

Isabella Ford: The greatest woman in the peace history of Leeds

Brought up in a liberal Quaker family in Adel near Leeds, Isabella Ford (1855-1924) was an early member of the left-wing Fabian Society and helped to form the Independent Labour Party in Leeds.  She supported Leeds tailoring women, helping to form a Machinists' Society, the Leeds Tailoresses' Union and the Leeds Women's Suffrage Society.  She became a national figure in Labour and suffrage movements.

Isabella Ford was passionately opposed to war.  As war approached in 1914, she helped to run a London peace demostration.  Most suffrage campaigners backed the 1914-1918 war but she took a stand against it.  She wanted women's groups to urge a cease-fire and a negotiated peace.  On a world stage, she was a delegate to the Women's International League Congress.

If you would like to learn more about how we can use the Campaign! Make an Impact model to inspire change today, please contact The Peace Museum on 01274 434009 or peacemuseum@bradford.gov.uk .