Christiana Hartley
Christiana Hartley
Family and education
Christiana Hartley was born at
Career
Christiana was associated with the family jam and marmalade business, being sometime chairman and a Director of the company.[4][5]
Politics
Following her Methodist beliefs, Christiana started her religious and social campaigning in 1907 in Southport, where her family home was situated. She served as a Poor Law guardian on the Ormskirk Board of Guardians for 18 years. In 1920, she became a member of Southport Town Council, a County borough, and served until 1932. In 1921–22, she was elected the first woman Mayor of Southport, causing what has been described as ‘trepidation’ among the male councilors. During her term she handed over her mayoral salary of £500 to one of the Labour members of council for a project to assist Southport's poor and arranged for this sum to be matched by her father. She made the welfare of children and young people her especial focus and was rewarded with the soubriquet of the ‘Children’s Mayor’.[6] As part of her political apprenticeship, Hartley spent seven nights, George Orwell style, in typical lodging houses, later speaking of her experiences and bringing them to bear in her public life.
Other public appointments
In 1923, Hartley was appointed a
Honours
Hartley was made a
Philanthropy and welfare work
Maternity
Hartley served as a member of Southport's Maternity and Child Welfare sub-committee. In 1926, she opened the Liverpool maternity Hospital where John Lennon of the Beatles was born in 1940. In 1928, she proposed the construction of a fully equipped
Unemployment relief
In no way politically tribal in her good works, Hartley made donations to Southport Trades Council and Labour Party for work on behalf of the unemployed.
Education
Recognising the need to help other women and the importance of education, Hartley endowed two
Death
Hartley died of
References
- ^ Cheryl Law, Women: A Modern Political Dictionary; I B Tauris, 2000 p77
- ^ Who was Who, OUP online, 2007
- ^ Cheryl Law, Women: A Modern Political Dictionary; I B Tauris, 2000 p78
- ^ Who was Who, OUP online, 2007
- ^ The Times, 25 May 1936, p.21.
- ^ Cheryl Law, Women: A Modern Political Dictionary; I B Tauris, 2000 p77
- ^ Cheryl Law, Women: A Modern Political Dictionary; I B Tauris, 2000 p78
- ^ Who was Who, OUP online, 2007
- ^ 'Birthday Honours List', The Times, 2 June 1943, p.4.
- ^ Cheryl Law, Women: A Modern Political Dictionary; I B Tauris, 2000 p78
- ^ "NHS - Southport&Ormskirk NHS Hospital Trust -". Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ Cheryl Law, Women: A Modern Political Dictionary; I B Tauris, 2000 p78
- ^ Cheryl Law, Women: A Modern Political Dictionary; I B Tauris, 2000 p78
- ^ The Times, 16 December 1948, p.1.