Jane Cobden (1851–1947) was a British Liberal politician and radical activist. An early proponent of women's rights, she was one of two women elected to the inaugural London County Council in 1889, although legal challenges prevented her from being a councillor. Throughout her life she sought to protect and develop the legacy of her father, the Victorian reformer Richard Cobden, in particular the causes of land reform, peace, social justice and women's suffrage. She was also a consistent advocate for Irish independence. In the 1890s she extended her interests to advancing the rights of the indigenous populations within colonial territories. She opposed the Boer War of 1899–1902, and after the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910 she attacked its segregationist policies. Before the First World War she spoke out against Joseph Chamberlain's tariff reform crusade on the grounds of her father's free trade principles, and was prominent in the Liberal Party's revival of the land reform issue. In 1928 she presented the old Cobden family residence, Dunford House, to the Cobden Memorial Association as a centre dedicated to the issues and causes that had defined "Cobdenism".
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1519:
Zhu Chenhao declared the Ming Dynasty emperor Zhengde a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and led his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Ning_rebellion
1553:
Four days after the death of her predecessor, Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey was officially proclaimed Queen of England, beginning her reign as "The Nine Days' Queen". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey
1806:
Indian sepoys mutinied against the East India Company when they broke into Vellore Fort and killed or injured 200 British troops. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore_Mutiny
1940:
The German Luftwaffe began attacks on British convoys in the English Channel to start the Battle of Britain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain
1966:
Martin Luther King, Jr. led a rally in support of the Chicago Freedom Movement, one of the most ambitious civil rights campaigns in the northern United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Freedom_Movement
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
badinage: Playful raillery; banter. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/badinage
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
 Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play. --Carl Orff https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Orff