Adelaide Livingstone

Who was Adelaide Livingstone?

Dame Adelaide Stickney Lord Livingstone, DBE was responsible for organising the Peace Ballot in 1934-35 to gauge the British public's sentiment in the winds of upcoming war with a rearming and aggressive Germany led by Adolf Hitler.

Livingstone, described as "a nominal Conservative", was appointed secretary of the National Referendum Committee on 11 April 1935. She later became Vice President of the United Nations Association.

Livingstone authored The Peace Ballot: The Official History in 1935; although publisher Victor Gollancz was criticised for reportedly rushing to publish before the final votes had been tabulated.

Correspondence regarding the above; including Trades Union Congress ... support for; subsequent National Peace Ballot ... results of the ballot ... [and] [d]ocuments including reports, memoranda are located in the Trades Union Congress archives.