Acheson, Nora 171
Agricultural Organisation Society 63
Aldeburgh Festival 10, 147, 156, 166, 170–171
Aldeburgh, Suffolk 10, 13–14, 174
Gower House 3, 6, 14, 107, 132
in World War II 132
Alexander Discount Company 70
Allbutt, Henry A. 40
Allen, Harvey and Ross 36
American Birth Control League 99
American Junior Red Cross 132
Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett 1, 6, 10–11, 15, 39–40, 174–175
Franco-Prussian War 12
Girton College 25
religion 20
Sam’s ‘third parent’ 12
suffrage and 33
Anderson, James (Shaemas) 93
arts and crafts movement 13
Assisi 18
Baldwin, Robert 29
Balfour, Arthur 39
Banderet, Rita 140
Barry, James. See Bulkley, Margaret, alias James Barry
Bedford College, London 22
Beecham, Thomas 33
Benson, Stella 72, 89, 93–94, 97
death 113
Bentwaters, Suffolk 120
Berger, Anya (née Zisserman, later Bostock) 116, 118
Berger, John 118
Besant, Annie 78
Best, Edith 107
birth control. See contraception
Birth Control Investigation Committee (1927) 87
birth rate 124
Blake, Elise 69
Blake, Morgan Dix 69
Bledlow Ridge 89
Boer War 12
Bombay Military Board 13
Bombay Native Infantry, 4th 13
Bostock, Stephen 118
Boudica 177
Bourne, Aleck 123
Bradlaugh, Charles 78
Briscoe, Edward 58
British Eugenics Society 121
Britten, Benjamin 138, 145–147, 166, 169, 173
Albert Herring 10
Gloriana 148
Let’s Make an Opera 147
Saint Nicolas 146
War Requiem 146
Bronowski, Lilli 101
Brook Advisory Centres 85, 88, 158
Brooke, Rupert 53
Buckmaster, Lord 83
Bulkley, Margaret, alias James Barry 10
Cable, George 14
Calder, Jenni 89
Cambridge
contraceptive clinic 79–80, 87
in World War II 131
Cambridge University. See also Girton College, Cambridge; See also Newnham College, Cambridge; See also Pembroke College, Cambridge
Apostles Society 70
Moral Sciences at 27
Canada 29
Cardew, Arthur 45
opposition to contraception 80
Cecil, Robert 64
Chaplin, Charlie 99
Chelmsford Police 137
Childers, Erskine 72
Childers, Molly 66
children
Chiswick, London 90
Church of England Children’s Society. See Waifs and Strays Society
Church of England, opposition to contraception 80
Claremont, Mrs A.W. 65
Cohen, Arthur and Emmeline 2
Cole, Margaret 90
Collins, Michael 72
contraception 40, 85, 86, 159, 175. See also North Kensington Women’s Welfare Centre
importance for women’s health 111
in medical curriculum 108
in US 99
unmarried people and 88, 122–125, 158
Crabbe, Pauline 85
Cranbrook. See Gathorne-Hardy, Fidelity, Countess of Cranbrook
Crimean War 12
Crim Tartary, Prince of 154–155
Crommelin, Constance (later Masefield) 16
Cross, Mrs Richard 65
Cullis, Winifred 87
Currie, Donald 17
cycling 6
Cyprus 152
Dalton, Hugh 46
Dalton, Ruth 46
divorce 155
history 112
doctors and contraception 81, 108
Draper, Elizabeth 122
dress, ‘rational’ 7
Dugdale, Thomas 3
Dunnell, John 8
Durham University, women at 26
East India Company, Bombay Presidency Army 13
Edinburgh University, women at 26
Edward VII, coronation 17
Egypt 152
Ehrlich, Bettina (née Bauer) 116
Ehrlich, Georg 116
Eliot, George 18
Ellis, Christopher 106, 140, 169
eugenics 121
evacuees 131, 132. See also war nursery
Evans, Nancy 147
Fabian Society 64
Family Planning Association 87, 122, 158, 163–164
Fascism 100
Fawcett, Henry 20
Fawcett, Millicent (née Garrett) 11, 15, 27, 42, 57, 175
Newnham College 25
religion 20
report on South African concentration camps 12
Sam Garrett 4
Ferdinand, Archduke, assassination 47
Ferrier, Kathleen 156
Fisher, Kate 85
Fitzgerald family 96
Florence, Lella Secor 79
Forster, E.M. 18
Freethought Publishing Company 78
Friedrich Leopold, Prince of Prussia 99
Fry, Isabel 16
Fry, Ruth 60
Fry, Sophia 42
Game, Kingsley (brother-in-law) 34, 89
Garrett, Alasdair 167
Garrett, Catriona (née Robertson) (sister-in-law) 29
Garrett, Clara (née Thornbury) (mother) 2, 7
character 4
death 112
health 20
patriotism 53
relationship with Margery 4, 31, 38, 57
women’s rights 4
Garrett, Douglas (brother) 2, 38, 138
advisor to Margery 6, 90, 95, 97, 112, 128
at Cambridge 21
death 163
Margery’s children and 102, 105
Garrett, Elizabeth (née Dunnell) 8
Garrett, Frieda (née Calaminus) (sister-in-law) 112
Garrett, Geoffrey (brother) 2, 20, 51–52, 59, 112
death 163
hatred of Communism 104
in World War I 50
Garrett, Harry (brother) 2, 6, 22, 35, 53
Garrett, Josephine (later Salmon) 12
Garrett, Louisa (née Dunnell) (grandmother) 8–10, 12–13
religion 20
Garrett, Margery. See Spring Rice, Margery (née Garrett, later Garrett Jones)
Garrett, Newson (grandfather) 8–9
career and building work 6, 8, 10, 14, 115
education 12
religion 20
Garrett, Richard 8
Garrett, Ronald (brother) 2, 20, 29, 163, 167–168
Garrett, Sam (father) 1
character 4
death 75
Franco-Prussian War 12
interests 18
President of Law Society 5
relationship with Margery 31, 60
Garrett Anderson, Elizabeth. See Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett
Garrett Jones, Charles (son) 41, 68, 173
career 151
Dominick 68
father’s death 61
Garrett Jones, Daphne (née Lindner) (daughter-in-law) 143
Garrett Jones, Isabel (daughter) 41
death 46
Garrett Jones, Margery. See Spring Rice, Margery (née Garrett, later Garrett Jones)
Garrett Jones, Maurice (grandson) 139, 168
Garrett Jones, Paula (née Reinhardt) (daughter-in-law) 103, 139, 142
Garrett Jones, Rachel (granddaughter) 165
Garrett Jones, Ronald (son) 41, 68, 108, 120, 165
career 104
Dominick and 68
in World War II 126
Garrett Jones, Stella (née Ashton) (daughter-in-law) 165
Garrett Jones, Susan (granddaughter) 139
Garrett Smith, Louisa. See Smith, Louisa Garrett
Gartz, Kate Crane 99
Gathorne-Hardy, Fidelity, Countess of Cranbrook 146–147
Gibb, Dorothea (née Garrett Smith) (‘Aunt Theo’) 6, 21–22
criticism of Margery 47, 98–99
Gibb, Roger 6, 39, 51, 61, 64, 125
Gillingham, Anthony 106, 112, 115, 118, 140, 169
view of Margery 106
Gillingham family 158
Girton College, Cambridge 4, 25–26, 28
Gladstone, Mary 58
Glendalough House, Co. Wicklow, Ireland 72
Grace Brothers 70
Graves, Robert 90
Greenwell, Bernard 115
Gutmann, Willy and Myra 116
Hague, the
1915 Peace Conference 89
court of arbitration in 64
Hammersmith, London 91
15 St Peter’s Square 89, 115, 142
Harvey, Ernest 71
Health Insurance Act (1911) 109
Health, Ministry of 82–83, 132
Health Service (Family Planning) Act (1967) 173
Henderson, Brooks 73
Herbert, Isabella 164
holidays. See travel and holidays
Holland, contraceptive clinics 80
Holland Festival 147
Holst, Imogen 147
Hopkinson, Stephan 141
housing 78
Hubback, Eva 87
Ibberson, Mary 145
Iken, Suffolk 115, 117, 153, 160, 174
Iken Hall 115–116, 119, 147–148
Industrial Law Committee 33
infant mortality 82
Ireland 29
Home Rule 66
Irish Dominion League 66
Irish Protestant Ascendancy 96
Israel 152
Jacoby, Mary (later Garrett Jones) (daughter-in-law) 126–129
Jenkins, Roy 173
Jones, Charles (father-in-law) 29–30
Jones, Edward (first husband) 32, 34–35, 38–39, 42
career 36
character 37
escape from Germany, 1914 47, 49–50
in World War I 51–52, 54–56, 58
Jones, Emily (later Lucas) (‘Topsy’) (sister-in-law) 31, 41, 68
Jones, Hilda (sister-in-law) 34, 103, 127, 139, 155
Jones, Lilian (‘Gil’) (sister-in-law) 30, 34, 45–47, 68, 103, 126, 139, 155
Jones, Margaret (later Game) (‘Puppy’) (sister-in-law) 29–30, 33–34, 89
Jones, Mary (née Ross) (‘Muz’) (mother-in-law) 29–31, 56, 61, 113
Jones, William (brother-in-law) 50, 59, 68
Jones family 29–31, 36, 45, 60, 126
Jordan, Karl 102
Karsavina, Tamara 71
Kensington, London. See also North Kensington Women’s Welfare Centre
55 Victoria Road 67
Fathers’ Councils 108
social conditions 77–78, 82, 175
Kent, Edward, Duke of 169
Kuwait 165
Langford, Bill 143
Law Society 5
League of Free Nations Association 65
League of Nations 64
League of Nations Society 64–65, 67, 89
League of Nations Union 65
Lebanon 151
Leiston, Suffolk 8
Long Shop Museum 8
Letchworth Garden City 145
Lindley, Francis 71
local authorities 110
on contraception 83
London. See also Chiswick, London; See also Hammersmith, London; See also Kensington, London; See also Marylebone, London
air raids 131
contraceptive clinics 80, 87. See also North Kensington Women’s Welfare Centre
evacuees 131, 132. See also war nursery
floods 1927–28 92
transport 16
London School of Medicine for Women\ 40
London Society for Women’s Suffrage 42
London University, women at 26
Los Angeles breakfast club 99
Macarthur, Mary 65
MacDonald, Margaret 82
MacDonald, Ramsay 82
Madras Native Infantry 13
Mallock, Grace (née Thornbury) 3, 13
malnutrition 77
Malthusian League 81
Manton, Jo 174
marriage, attitudes to 85
Married Women’s Property Act (1870) 11
Married Women’s Property Act (1882) 11
Marshall, F. H. A. 79
Marylebone, London, 13 Nottingham Place 3
Masefield, John 16
Masterman, Charles 134
Masterman, Heather 134
Masterman, Lucy 134
Maternity and Child Welfare Act (1918) 80
Matrimonial Causes Act (1923) 112
Maze, Margaret 100
Maze, Paul 100
men and contraception 85
Meredith, H. O. M. 113
Metcalf, Percy 14
Middleton, Mary 82
misogyny 79
Mitchison, Geoff 92
friendship with Margery 89–90, 92
Mitchison, Richard (Dick) 82, 127
Mitrany, David 100
Monckton, Lady 158
Morning Post 70
Murray, Gilbert 64
National Birth Control Association 87
National Birth Control Council 87
National Health Service 77
National Secular Society 78
National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies 42
Navy League 51
Nazism 121
Nettleship, Ursula 138, 156, 166, 172
Newnham College, Cambridge 25
Newson, Annie 155
nicknames 30
Nixon, William 108
Normandy landings 134
Nörpel, Leni 115
North Kensington Women’s Welfare Centre 82, 84, 86, 108, 120, 151, 159
falling population and 122
Family Planning Association and 163–164
long-term outcomes 88
medical education and 108
unmarried people and 123–125, 158
North Russia, British mission to 71
Obscene Publications Act (1857) 78
Olympic games 21
Orford, Suffolk 133
Orme, Eliza 5
Owen, Wilfred 53
Oxford University, women at 26
pacifism 60, 64–65, 106, 121, 131
Pankhurst, Emmeline 33
Eileen Power in 28
Pembroke College, Cambridge 22, 53
Planned Parenthood Federation of America 99
Political Economy Club 70
Pollock, Margaret Dighton 82–83
Poole, Frederick 71
population 122
Power, Eileen 28–29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 61, 96, 154
death 131
Power, Rhoda 103
Price, Violet 37
Quakerism 21
Ramsay, Agnata 25
Raverat, Gwen 6
Reade, Herbert 88
Rea, Mrs Walter 65
Representation of the People Act (1918) 5
Ritchie, Margaret 141
Robertson, Cecil. See Spring Rice, Cecil (later Robertson) (daughter)
Robertson, Donald (brother-in-law) 30, 41
Robertson, Martin (son-in-law) 68, 142, 156, 167
Robertson, Petica (née Jones) (sister-in-law) 30, 41, 80, 87, 127, 130–131
on parenting 46
Robertson, Stephen (grandson) 163, 169
Rokeling, Mary Hope 127
Rome 18
Rose, Ronald 51
Ross, Augusta 29
Ross family 29
Ross, Robbie 29
Rostropovich, Mstislav 166
Royal Commission on Population 122
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 130
Rural Music Schools 145
Ruskin, John 18
Scotland 19
universities, women at 26
Sebastopol 12
Seebohm, Hugh 146
sex
attitudes to 85
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act (1919) 5
Sheppard, Dick 106
Shipwash light-ship 7
Sicily 168
Sidgwick, Henry 25
Siena 18
Simpson, Wallis 111
Slyboots sailing vessel 120
Smuts, Jan 65
Snape Maltings 10–11, 115, 145, 166, 170
Snape, Suffolk, in World War II 134
Society for Constructive Birth Control 80
Society for the Provision of Birth Control Clinics, 81
Somme, battle of 58
Southwold, Suffolk 135
Sprigge, Ethel (née Jones) (sister-in-law) 41, 82
Sprigge, Samuel Squire (brother-in-law) 41, 50, 82
Spring Rice, Cecil (Dominick’s uncle) 70, 104
Spring Rice, Cecil (later Robertson) (daughter) 68, 157, 168, 171, 174
contribution to Working-Class Wives 120
marriage 142
North Kensington clinic 164
Spring Rice, Dominick (second husband) 65, 67–68, 94
character and career 69, 71, 73, 93–94, 96
children 104
death 113
remarriage 113
separation and divorce 96–97, 111
Spring Rice, Francis 68
Spring Rice, Julia (née Fitzgerald) (mother-in-law) 67, 70, 111
Spring Rice, Margery (née Garrett, later Garrett Jones) 1, 17, 35, 82, 126, 136, 154, 159, 170
appearance 152
Bedford College, London 22
children 41, 45–46, 74, 101–102, 108, 140, 142
contraceptive advice to unmarried 122–124
cultural interests 15–16, 19, 33–34, 145, 166
death 172
marital problems 69, 72–73, 92, 94–95
separation and divorce 69, 72, 93, 96–97, 111
escape from Germany, 1914 47, 49–50
factory inspector training 32–33
friendships and social life 28–29, 32, 100, 115, 118, 155–156, 161
gardening 119
Garrett family influence 15, 175
grandchildren 103, 139–140, 142, 152, 158, 161, 165–166
health 120, 157, 166, 168–169, 171
holidays. See travel and holidays
in Oxfordshire 168
Jones family and 30, 68–69, 126
League of Nations Society 65
move to Suffolk 115
North Kensington clinic 82–84, 86, 88, 99, 120, 122, 151, 159
relationship with parents 4, 31, 38, 57, 60
sexual knowledge before marriage 39–41
US tour 99
Working-Class Wives 109–110, 120
Spring Rice, Mary 66
Spring Rice, Stephen (father-in-law) 67, 70
Spring Rice, Stephen (son) 68
death 141
parents’ separation and 96, 111
Spring Rice, Thomas, 2nd Baron Monteagle 66
Spring Rice family 96
St Stephen’s church, Walbrook, City of London 21, 39
Stevens, John 120
Stocks, Mary 87
Strachey, James 71
Strachey, Ray 175
Stuart, Tessa Cameron 16
submarines 130
Sudbourne, Suffolk 133
in World War II 134
Suffolk County Council, health committee 151
Suffolk, floods and storms 14, 156–157, 167
Suffolk Rural Music School 145–146
suffrage, women’s 11, 13, 30, 33, 66, 80
suffragists and suffragettes 15
Switzerland 166
Syria 152
Thiepval war memorial 58
Thornbury, Brian 2, 13, 50, 52
Thornbury, Bruce 13
Thornbury, Edward Barton 13
Thornbury, Frank 13
Thornbury, Helen (née Madge) 13
Thornbury, Louisa Jane (née Kelly) (grandmother) 13
Thornbury, Nathaniel Henry (grandfather) 13
Times, The 159
Toronto 101
Austria 47
Ireland 107
Malta 151
Switzerland 166
USA 99
Tring Zoological Museum 102
Tristan und Isolde 33
tuberculosis 77
United States of America
Air Force 120
University College Hospital, London 109
University College London 5
unmarried people, contraceptive advice to 88, 122–125, 158
vaginismus 159
Varengeville, France 89
Venice 18
Verona 18
Victoria, Queen, death and funeral 17
Waddington, Betty 155
Wade-Gery, H.T. 90
Wagner, Richard, Tristan und Isolde 33
Waifs and Strays Society 132, 134–135
Walworth Women’s Welfare Centre 81
Ward, Jumbo 149
Wheatley, John 83
Wheeler, Angela 155
Wilson, Woodrow 65
women. See also contraception
education 4
suffrage 11, 13, 15, 30, 33, 66, 80
Women’s Health Enquiry Committee 109
Women’s Liberal Association 33
Women’s Liberal Federation 42, 66
Women’s Trade Union League 65
Women’s Voluntary Service 132, 135
Wood, Janet 4
Working-Class Wives 109–110, 120
Garrett family and 8
World War II 126
population in 122
Wright, Helena 84, 86, 88, 158, 165
Wycombe Abbey School 97
Wylson, Stella 125
Young, Charles Wright 31