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Agatha Harrison
Agatha Mary Harrison (1885–1954) was an English industrial welfare reformer and unofficial diplomat. Life Harrison was born in Sandhurst, Berkshire to a Methodist minister and his wife. She did not attend university but she gained some education as a pupil teacher. In the 1920s she went to America to continue her work with the YWCA. She returned to the UK in 1928 to work for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She served as an assistant to Beryl Power who was working for the Whitley Commission looking at labour conditions. She met Gandhi and agreed to help him with the cause of India's independence. She spent long periods in India working so closely with Gandhi that she was a go-between during his hunger strike in 1939. After the war she returned to help with negotiations. She and Charles Freer Andrews arranged for Gandhi to visit the UK. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandhurst, Berkshire
Sandhurst is a town and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest borough in Berkshire, England. It is in the south eastern corner of Berkshire, and is situated west-southwest of central London, north west of Camberley and south of Bracknell. Sandhurst is known worldwide as the location of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (often referred to simply as "Sandhurst", "The Academy" or "The RMA"). Despite its close proximity to Camberley, Sandhurst is also home to a large and well-known out-of-town mercantile development. The site is named "The Meadows" and has a Tesco Extra hypermarket and a Marks & Spencer, two of the largest in the country. A large Next clothing and homeware store is open on the site of the old Homebase. Geography Sandhurst is in South East England near the junction of Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey. The town has four main districts, from west to east: Little Sandhurst, Sandhurst (central) and College Town, with Owlsmoor to the northeast. North of the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
