Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or at least hope, that co-operation for the common good might gradually replace the competitiveness of capitalism.

Marie Stopes had established the first birth control clinic in Britain; the whole question of informing women, especially those who were poor, about methods of contraception, began to be discussed.

Industrial societies can only be run successfully by dictators or oligarchs.

anybody who has anything abusive to say of women, whether ancient or modern, can command a vast public in the popular press and a ready agreement from the average publisher.

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance.

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.

Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation.