Louie Simpson
Sarah Louisa Simpson (1864 – 10 February 1941) was a British political activist.
Born in
In Plymouth, Simpson became active in the
Board of Guardians. In this role, she worked to improve conditions in the workhouse infirmary, served on the city's Distress Committee, and from 1910, chaired its Children's Committee.[1][2]
Simpson was a founder member of the Plymouth branch of the
National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, in 1909. During World War I, she served with the Medical Electrical Treatment Mission. After the war, she joined the Labour Party, and in 1919 was elected to the town's borough council, representing Stoke ward, one of the first two women councillors in the town. In 1919, she was appointed as a magistrate, one of the 172 women appointed on the first day they were permitted to hold the position.[2]
In 1921, the Simpsons moved to
1924 UK general election, but fell to only 31.7% of the vote.[3]
Simpson was later elected to the Edmonton Board of Guardians, also serving on the Middlesex Education Committee and the Enfield Labour Exchange.[1] She died in Winchmore Hill in 1941.[5][2]
References
- ^ a b c d The Labour Who's Who. London: Labour Publishing Company. 1927. p. 199.
- ^ a b c d "SIMPSON, MRS SARAH LOUISA". Devon History Society. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ "Party prospects in Dorset". The Times. 1 December 1923.
- ^ "Formerly of Plymouth". Western Times. 21 February 1941.