newspaper announcements. She also ran for office several times in the 1920s, and was quoted about Ramsay MacDonald in The New York Times in 1924. Pallister stood in Bournemouth at the general elections in 1923 and 1924. In 1923, Pallister gained 5,986 votes, 19.5% of the votes cast. She finished third among the candidates, behind Henry Page Croft of the Unionist Party (with 50.4% of the votes) and Cyril Berkeley Dallow of the Liberal Party (with 30.1% of the votes). In 1924, Pallister gained 7,735 votes, 27.3% of the votes cast. She finished second among candidates, behind Henry Page Croft of the Unionist Party (with 72.7% of the votes). Pallister's health suffered from her constant activity, and she was advised by doctors to change her schedule. She became a full-time writer, though she remained interested in political matters. "My politics are me," she said, "it seems almost impossible that there should still be people who believe that politics do not matter." A lifelong pacifist, she joined the Peace Pledge Union in 1936, was elected to its Council in 1945 and later became a Sponsor. She was a regular contributor to the Woman's Hour BBC radio programme in the 1950s. Works Books by Minnie Pallister include Socialism for Women (pamphlet, 1923); The Orange Box: Thoughts of a Socialist Propagandist (1924); Socialism, Equality and Happiness (pamphlet, 1925); Rain on the Corn and Other Sketches (1928); Gardener's Frenzy: Being an Alphabet of the Garden (1933); and A Cabbage for a Year (1934). Death Minnie Pallister died on 26 March 1960, aged 75. Towards the end of her life, an unspecified illness had forced her to retire from political activities. At the time of her death, she was mainly active as a radio broadcaster. References Sources British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977) External links Historian Alun Burge wrote a four-part profile of Minnie Pallister on his blog in March 2016. 1885 births 1960 deaths 19th-century English people 19th-century English women 20th-century English educators 20th-century English politicians 20th-century English women politicians 20th-century English writers 20th-century English women writers 20th-century women educators English activists English women activists Schoolteachers from Cornwall Independent Labour Party National Administrative Committee members People from Kilkhampton British women in World War I English pacifists Alumni of Cardiff University Independent Labour Party parliamentary candidates BBC people English pamphleteers Writers from Cornwall English political