{"id":840,"date":"2019-04-03T15:28:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T13:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/?p=840"},"modified":"2019-04-03T15:29:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T13:29:38","slug":"ruth-dodds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/2019\/04\/03\/ruth-dodds\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth Dodds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesda<a href=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-841 alignleft\" src=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-1-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-1.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/a>y March 26th, our speaker was Margaret Bozic, who gave an interesting and lively talk about Ruth Dodds. Her talk was based on Ruth\u2019s diaries written in the 1920\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth was born in 1890 in Gateshead, and was an author, playwright and councillor of Gateshead. She was one of three daughters of bookbinder and historian Edwin Dodds. She joined the Labour Party after the First World War and was elected to Gateshead Council in 1929. Ruth was passionate about the theatre. Together with her sisters, she was a member of the Progressive Players (formed by Gateshead Independent Labour Party Amateur Dramatic Club). She helped to finance the building of the Little Theatre in Gateshead in 1943. She wrote a number of plays which drew upon both her historical and political interests. This included the \u2018The Pitman\u2019s Pay\u2019, about Thomas Hepburn, the miners\u2019 union pioneer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-843 alignleft\" src=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-3.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-2.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-842\" src=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-2-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-2-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-2.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRuth was Secretary of the Gateshead branch of the National Union of Women\u2019s Suffrage Societies and became more politically active around 1915. She became more politically active around 1915. Her family had started a printing business during WW1. However, a disagreement with her brother about the General Strike in 1926, led to her leaving the business. She had previously joined the labour Party, and in 1925 took over as editor of their monthly newsletter, Gateshead Labour News (later renamed Gateshead Herald). From 1929, she was a labour Councillor but, in line with her Quaker principles, resigned from the labour Party in 1939 over its support for the Second World War.<br \/>\nHer contribution to her hometown was recognised in 1966 when she became the first woman to be made a Freeman of Gateshead. Ruth died in 1976.<\/p>\n<p>An extract from Ruth\u2019s diary which was written while she was working in Armstrong\u2019s factory during WW1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-844\" src=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-4-213x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-4-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-4.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-845\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-845\" src=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-5-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-5-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2019\/04\/ruth-dodds-5.png 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruth in later life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday March 26th, our speaker was Margaret Bozic, who gave an interesting and lively talk&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates-from-meetings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ruth Dodds | News | Blog | Events | SI Newcastle upon Tyne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Newcastle upon Tyne : Blog &amp; News : Ruth Dodds : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Newcastle upon Tyne . 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