Minnie Pallister (12 March 1885 – 26 March 1960) was an English political activist, political writer, self-described "Socialist propagandist", unsuccessful political candidate for the Independent Labour Party, and radio personality. Pallister was born in Cornwall, and was the daughter of a clergyman. She was trained as a teacher at Cardiff University, and worked for a decade as a schoolteacher in a Welsh elementary school. She joined the Independent Labour Party, and in 1914 became the president of the party's federation in Monmouthshire. During World War I, Pallister helped organise the pacifist organization No-Conscription Fellowship. Also during the war, she was an active orator for the causes of peace and Labour. In the general elections of 1923 and 1924, Pallister was an unsuccessful candidate for the Bournemouth constituency in Hampshire. Due to health problems, Pallister retired from active politics in the 1920s. In the 1920s, she wrote a number of books on the topic of socialism. In the 1930s, she wrote books about gardening. In 1936, Pallister joined the pacifist organisation Peace Pledge Union, and in 1945 she was elected as a member of the organization's council. In the 1950s, Pallister was affiliated with BBC Radio as a regular contributor in the radio magazine programme Woman's Hour. She died in 1960, at the age of 75. Early life and education Minnie Pallister was born in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, the middle of three daughters of William and Rose (Parsons) Pallister. Her father was a clergyman. She attended Tasker's High School for Girls and earned a teaching credential at Cardiff University. Career Minnie Pallister taught for ten years in an elementary school in Brynmawr, where she became familiar with Welsh working lives. Her piano skills were also welcomed by local musicians. By 1914 she was president of the Monmouthshire Federation of the Independent Labour Party (the first woman elected to that position), and serving on the Breconshire Education Committee. Keir Hardie described her "like a new meteor on the horizon" for her eloquence. In World War I and later she was busy as a speaker for the peace and Labour movements, and organised the No-Conscription Fellowship in Wales. In 1922, as ILP organiser for South Wales, she was quoted on the front page of the Labour Leader declaring: "We were right on the War. We were right on the Peace. We were right on Reparations." She was advertised as "Wales' Greatest Woman Orator" in