Dorothy Jewson

Dorothy Jewson
Born	17 August 1884(1884-08-17) Norwich
Died	29 February 1964(1964-02-29) (aged 79)
Occupation	Teacher & Politician
Political party	Labour Party

Dorothy Jewson (17 August 1884 – 29 February 1964) was a British teacher, trade union organiser, Labour Party politician, and one of her party's first female Members of Parliament.

The daughter of Alderman George Jewson, a prosperous coal merchant, Jewson was born in Norwich and was educated at Norwich High School for Girls and Girton College, Cambridge, before becoming a teacher. With her brother, she carried out a large-scale investigation into poverty in the city. It was published as The Destitute of Norwich.

As a pacifist she opposed the First World War.

At the 1923 general election, she was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich, one of four women to be elected as Labour MPs at that election. However, she lost her seat at the 1924 general election, and never returned to Parliament.

From 1927 to 1936, she was a member of Norwich City Council. In 1936 she married firstly R. Tanner Smith, who died in 1939. She married secondly, in 1945, Campbell Stephen, member of parliament for Glasgow Camlachie. He died in 1947.^[1]

References

1. ^ Obituary, Mrs Dorothy Stephen Former Labour M.P. For Norwich in The Times, March 3, 1964, Issue 55950, p. 14, col. B

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Dorothy Jewson
• Dorothy Jewson on Schoolnet
• Dorothy Jewson at the Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Hilton Young George Henry Roberts	Member of Parliament for Norwich 1923–1924 With: Walter Robert Smith	Succeeded by Hilton Young James Griffyth Fairfax

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Name	Jewson, Dorothy
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Date of birth	17 August 1884
Place of birth	Norwich
Date of death	29 February 1964
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