From Workhouse to Westminster
- Subtitle
- The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.P.
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1. Front matter2. FROM WORKHOUSE TO WESTMINSTER The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.P. By George Haw3. PREFACE4. LIST OF PLATES5. INTRODUCTION6. CHAPTER I EARLIEST YEARS IN A ONE-ROOMED HOME7. CHAPTER II AS A CHILD IN THE WORKHOUSE8. CHAPTER III SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS9. CHAPTER IV ROUND THE HAUNTS OF HIS BOYHOOD10. CHAPTER V IN TRAINING FOR A CRAFTSMAN11. CHAPTER VI TRAMPING THE COUNTRY FOR WORK12. CHAPTER VII ONE OF LONDON'S UNEMPLOYED13. CHAPTER VIII THE COLLEGE AT THE DOCK GATES14. CHAPTER IX THE COLLEGE AT THE DOCK GATES15. CHAPTER X A LABOUR MEMBER'S WAGES16. CHAPTER XI ON THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL17. CHAPTER XII TWO OF HIS MONUMENTS18. CHAPTER XIII THE TASK OF HIS LIFE BEGINS19. CHAPTER XIV THE MAN WHO FED THE POOR20. CHAPTER XV TURNING WORKHOUSE CHILDREN INTO USEFUL CITIZENS21. CHAPTER XVI ON THE METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD22. CHAPTER XVII A BAD BOYS' ADVOCATE23. CHAPTER XVIII PROUD OF THE POOR24. CHAPTER XIX THE FIRST WORKING-MAN MAYOR IN LONDON25. CHAPTER XX THE KING'S DINNER—AND OTHERS26. CHAPTER XXI THE MAN WHO PAID OLD AGE PENSIONS27. CHAPTER XXII ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT28. CHAPTER XXIII ADVENT OF THE POLITICAL LABOUR PARTY29. CHAPTER XXIV THE LIVING WAGE FOR MEN AND WOMEN30. CHAPTER XXV FREE TRADE IN THE NAME OF THE POOR31. CHAPTER XXVI PREPARING FOR THE UNEMPLOYED ACT32. CHAPTER XXVII AGITATION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS33. CHAPTER XXVIII THE QUEEN INTERVENES34. CHAPTER XXIX HOME LIFE AND SOME ENGAGEMENTS35. CHAPTER XXX COLONISING ENGLAND36. CHAPTER XXXI THE REVIVAL OF BUMBLEDOM37. CHAPTER XXXII APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE38. CHAPTER XXXIII "THE HAPPY WARRIOR"39. INDEX40. Books by George Haw.