Project Gutenberg 2012-10-11 Public domain in the USA. 75 Haw, George Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874 1936 Chesterton, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Gilbert K. (Gilbert Keith) From Workhouse to Westminster: The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.P. Produced by sp1nd, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "From Workhouse to Westminster: The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.P." by George Haw is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This biography chronicles the life of Will Crooks, a notable figure who rose from humble beginnings in a poor working-class family in East London to become a respected Labour Member of Parliament. The narrative centers on his struggles with poverty, the workhouse system, and his dedication to the working class, offering a look at the socioeconomic challenges of his time. The opening of the biography introduces Will Crooks's early life, detailing his family's hardships and his experiences growing up in a one-room home. Crooks's father, a ship's stoker, lost an arm in an accident, plunging the family into deeper poverty, while his mother worked tirelessly to support her seven children. These formative experiences, including witnessing the dire conditions at the workhouse and the influence of his mother, molded Crooks's character and instilled in him a strong sense of justice and advocacy for the poor. As a child, he begins to exhibit a spirited indignation against inequality, setting the stage for his future public service and commitment to improving the lives of working-class families like his own. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41023/41023-h/images/cover.jpg en Legislators -- Great Britain -- Biography Crooks, William, 1852-1921 Social reformers -- Great Britain -- Biography DA Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British 540436 540442 2024-09-17T09:21:12.339942 2023-09-18T04:34:30.576281 text/html text/html 545043 2012-10-11T08:22:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 648366 2012-10-11T08:22:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 677406 2024-09-17T09:21:21.081879 application/epub+zip 682627 2024-09-17T09:21:13.603945 application/epub+zip 272406 2024-09-17T09:21:12.952933 application/epub+zip 864196 2024-09-17T09:21:26.715885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 801365 2024-09-17T09:21:20.366886 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391857 2022-09-18T18:08:06.987539 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471435 471234 2024-09-17T09:21:10.818973 2023-09-18T04:34:29.171255 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 471056 2012-10-11T08:22:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 178989 2012-10-11T08:22:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 471070 2012-10-11T08:22:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 178944 2012-10-11T08:22:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21307 2024-09-17T09:21:26.872849 application/rdf+xml 21190 2024-09-17T09:21:13.084910 image/jpeg 3343 2024-09-17T09:21:13.016931 image/jpeg 647670 2024-09-17T09:21:12.397951 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia