| Evidence: | 'But in "Current History" for September, Bruce Bliven, an editor of "The New Statesman", ventured upon a prophecy: "An active progressive movement is needed as it has never been before.... Such a progressive movement may not play a part in the national campaign in 1928 or 1932, but when it finally comes it will amount to something!"' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Sep 1925 and 30 Sep 1925 | ||||||||||
| Country: | America | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Ithaca county: New York State |
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| Reader: | Vera Brittain |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1893 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | America |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Bruce Bliven |
| Title: | Current History |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | September 1925 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27071 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Experience | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 31 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 31, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27071, accessed: 04 December 2023 | |
| Vera Brittain goes on to comment that Franklin D.Roosevelt's "New Deal" was the fulfilment of this prophecy. |
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