Dorothy Jewson

Dorothy Jewson
Member of Parliament for Norwich with Walter Robert Smith
In office 6 December 1923 – 28 October 1924
Preceded by	Hilton Young George Henry Roberts
Succeeded by	Hilton Young James Griffyth Fairfax
Personal details
Born	(1884-08-17)17 August 1884 Norwich
Died
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	R. Tanner Smith (m. 1936, d. 1939) Campbell Stephen (m. 1945, d. 1947)

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.

Early life

The daughter of Alderman George Jewson, a prosperous coal merchant, Jewson was born in Norwich.

Education and early career

Jewson 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.

Political career

At the 1923 general election, she was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich, one of the first three women—Margaret Bondfield and Susan Lawrence were the others—to be elected as Labour MPs. 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.

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