Mabel Tylecote
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Dame Dr Mabel Tylecote, née Phythian, DBE (4 February 1896 - 31 January 1987) was a British Labour Party
politician, activist and adult educationist from Manchester
, England
.
Born to John Ernest Phythian and Ada Crompton Prichard in Manchester, her father was a solicitor, local politician and a lay preacher, with a great interest in the arts and education.
Mabel Tylecote was on the (Manchester) Committee of the Free German League of Culture in Great Britain, founded by published by German and Austrian refugee organisations and supportive British groups, including Albert Einstein
, the artist Oskar Kokoschka
, writer Thomas Mann
and actress Sybil Thorndike
. The League had its own publishing company, Inside Nazi Germany, and a major artist, John Heartfield
, producing most of its illustrative material.
Tylecote served as a Manchester City Council
lor, and stood as a Labour Parliamentary candidate on several occasions. In later years, her husband, Frank Edward Tylecote
, a doctor and early researcher into the link between smoking and lung cancer, also served as a City Councillor as a Conservative
.
, provides administrative support for the schools' Acting programme.
, from Tylecote and others; Sidebottom family correspondence, including earlier letters from A. J. Balfour (1888, 1893), John Bright (1848, 1864) and Richard Cobden
(1864); personal diaries; and photograph albums. There is also a collection of 67 watercolours and drawings of scenes from the First World War by her brother, Wilfrid Phythian.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician, activist and adult educationist from Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Born to John Ernest Phythian and Ada Crompton Prichard in Manchester, her father was a solicitor, local politician and a lay preacher, with a great interest in the arts and education.
Mabel Tylecote was on the (Manchester) Committee of the Free German League of Culture in Great Britain, founded by published by German and Austrian refugee organisations and supportive British groups, including Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
, the artist Oskar Kokoschka
Oskar Kokoschka
Oskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes.-Biography:...
, writer Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual...
and actress Sybil Thorndike
Sybil Thorndike
Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike CH DBE was a British actress.-Early life:She was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Arthur Thorndike and Agnes Macdonald. Her father was a Canon of Rochester Cathedral...
. The League had its own publishing company, Inside Nazi Germany, and a major artist, John Heartfield
John Heartfield
John Heartfield is the anglicized name of the German photomontage artist Helmut Herzfeld...
, producing most of its illustrative material.
Tylecote served as a Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council is the local government authority for Manchester, a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. It is composed of 96 councillors, three for each of the 32 electoral wards of Manchester. Currently the council is controlled by the Labour Party and is led by...
lor, and stood as a Labour Parliamentary candidate on several occasions. In later years, her husband, Frank Edward Tylecote
Frank Edward Tylecote
Frank Edward Tylecote CBE was a British doctor, and one of the first physicians to draw attention to the connection between smoking and lung cancer....
, a doctor and early researcher into the link between smoking and lung cancer, also served as a City Councillor as a Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
.
Mabel Tylecote Building
The Mabel Tylecote Office, in the Mabel Tylecote Building, located at Manchester Metropolitan UniversityManchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University is a university in North West England. Its headquarters and central campus is in the city of Manchester, but there are outlying facilities in the county of Cheshire. It is the third largest university in the United Kingdom in terms of student numbers, behind the...
, provides administrative support for the schools' Acting programme.
Personal papers
Her personal papers are located at the John Rylands University Library of Manchester. They comprise her career in the Labour Party, Manchester local politics, and adult education. The collection comprises: general correspondence, both personal and official; letters of congratulation and condolence; files relating to particular topics such as adult education, by-elections and general elections, her career in Manchester politics and Mechanics' Institutes; Phythian family correspondence; letters to Lucile Keck of ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, from Tylecote and others; Sidebottom family correspondence, including earlier letters from A. J. Balfour (1888, 1893), John Bright (1848, 1864) and Richard Cobden
Richard Cobden
Richard Cobden was a British manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League as well as with the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty...
(1864); personal diaries; and photograph albums. There is also a collection of 67 watercolours and drawings of scenes from the First World War by her brother, Wilfrid Phythian.