Marjory Lees

Marjory Lees (9 September 1878 – 11 May 1970) was a British suffragist and local politician. Lees was active in the local women's movement in Oldham, Greater Manchester where she became the honorary secretary of the local branch of the National Union of Women Workers.[1][2]

Marjory Lees
Born(1878-08-13)13 August 1878
Oldham, Greater Manchester
Died11 May 1970 (aged 91)
Oldham, Greater Manchester
Occupation(s)Suffragist, local politician
FamilySarah Lees (mother)

Life

Marjory Lees was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester in 1878, her mother was politician and activist Dame Sarah Lees.[3][1]

Marjory, like her mother, became active in local politics and the wider women's suffrage movement.[4] She made charitable to donations to the local community, began a career as a poor law guardian and became president of the Oldham Women's Suffrage Society.[1] Lees also took part in the Suffrage Pilgrimage in 1913.[1]

In 1919, she was elected to Oldham council following her mother's resignation from the same seat, serving on the council until she stepped down in 1934.[1]

Lees donated Werneth Park, her family home, to the people of Oldham in 1936 after the death of her mother.[5]

References
  1. Wildman, Charlotte (2019). "Lees [née Buckley], Dame Sarah Anne (1842–1935), local politician, philanthropist, and suffragist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.41212. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  2. "FreeBMD Entry Info". www.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. "Lees, Marjory, (1878-1970), suffragist". The National Archives.
  4. Wyke, Terry (2005). Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. p. 299. ISBN 0853235678.
  5. Cook, Hannah. "Werneth Park". www.oldham.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
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