Mabel Ridealgh
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Mabel Ridealgh Template:Nee (11 August 1898 – 20 June 1989) was an English Labour and Co-operative politician. She was member of parliament for the Ilford North constituency between 1945 and 1950, before becoming General Secretary of the Women's Co-operative Guild.
Career
Mabel Jewitt was born on 11 August 1898 to Mark Jewitt and Lucy Template:Nee in Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland.[1] She began her career working in the civil service. She joined the Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) in 1920 and the Labour Party the following year. During World War II she worked for the Board of Trade.[1]
Ridealgh was elected as a Labour and Co-operative member of parliament for the newly created seat of Ilford North constituency in the 1945 general election.[2][1] She campaigned on issues such as National Insurance, housing and nursery schools. She lost the seat in 1950, when it was gained by the Conservatives.[1] She then became General Secretary of the Women's Co-operative Guild from 1953 until 1963.[1]
Personal life
Jewitt married Leonard Ridealgh in 1919 and the couple moved to Enfield in north London. She had a daughter and a son, before her husband died in 1956. She died on 20 June 1989 and was then cremated at the City of London crematorium.[1]
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- 1898 births
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- Labour Co-operative MPs for English constituencies
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
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- 20th-century British women politicians
- Co-operative Women's Guild