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            <title type="main">Postcard to Margaret McCoubrey, 23 January 1916</title>
            <title type="sub">Letters 1916-1923</title>
            <author>M. Lewall</author>
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               <p>In this letter written to Margaret McCoubrey (1880-1956) the sender writes that she had resigned from the Committee some time ago and therefore has no right to attend a meeting the following day.Margaret McCoubrey was a suffragette, pacifist and Labour activist. She was committed to helping women, children and the working class with local, national and international causes.</p>
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                 43 Marsden Garden    <hi rend="underline">23.1.16.</hi>   Dear Mrs. Mc. Coubrey,   I thought I had <lb/>resigned from the Committee <lb/>ages ago, so have no right <lb/>to come tomorrow even <lb/>if I could spare time <lb/>which I canât  Wishing you all success. <seg type="closer"> Yrs sincerely  M. Lewall </seg>  
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