Marjorie Pollitt

Marjorie Pollitt, born Marjorie Brewer (1902–1991) was a British teacher and communist activist.

Marjorie Brewer was a founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in 1920. In 1925 she married Harry Pollitt.[1] During the 1926 General Strike she was arrested and charged with sedition for distributing The Workers Bulletin, a Communist newsletter. Fined £50, she was dismissed from her teaching post, and risked having her teaching certificate suspended.[2]

In the 1950 general election she unsuccessfully contested Hendon North for the Communist Party.[3]

Works
  • Defeat of Trotskyism. London: Communist Party of Great Britain, 1937.
  • A Rebel Life: Marjorie Pollitt recalls her life and times. Ultimo: Red Pen Publications, 1989. With an introduction by Laurie Aarons. ISBN 9780909913687

References
  1. Matthew R. Kavanagh, British Communism and the Politics of Education, 1926–1968, PhD thesis, University of Manchester, 2015, pp.11, 30
  2. Rowbotham, Sheila (1977). Hidden From History: 300 Years of Women's Oppression and the Fight Agai. Pluto Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-904383-56-0.
  3. 'Obituary. Mr. Harry Pollitt: Communism in Britain', The Times, 28 June 1960, p.15
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