14 Facts About Dorothy Jewson

Dorothea Jewson, better known as Dorothy Jewson, was a British teacher, trade union organiser, Labour Party politician, and one of her party's first female Members of Parliament.

Dorothy Jewson became the "Chief Organiser" of the women's section of National Union of General Workers, before leaving to work as a housemaid at a London hotel, investigating the working conditions there.

Dorothy Jewson was a member of committees looking into legal aid and adoption.

Dorothy Jewson lost her seat in the 1924 general election, and went on to become president of the Women's Birth Control Group, then a councillor in Norwich City Council, where she ensured the building many of Norwich's parks.

Dorothea Jewson was born on 17 August 1884 in Thorpe Hamlet to Alderman George Jewson and Mary Jane Jewson.

George Dorothy Jewson's family had established a business in timber mills, Dorothy Jewson, which would go on to be a well known builders merchant chain.

Dorothy Jewson was educated at Norwich High School for Girls before going on to Cheltenham Ladies' College and finally completing Classical Tripos at Girton College, Cambridge in 1907.

Dorothy Jewson shared a mice infested room on the tenth floor with four other housemaids, and ate cold, stale, leftover food from the guests in the windowless basement.

When Parliament re-opened on 6 January 1924, Dorothy Jewson arrived early to ensure she had a seat, but she and Bondfield caused some controversy by not wearing a hat.

While, Nancy Astor made light of the topic, Dorothy Jewson was clear that the women were "not in Parliament to discuss dress or millinery, but to do something" and then carried on attending without a hat.

Dorothy Jewson was appointed as part of committee to look at problems with Child Adoption and another to look into ensuring that the poor could access legal advice.

Dorothy Jewson did get elected on a local level and acted as Councillor for Norwich City Council between 1929 and 1936.

Dorothy Jewson was willing to get involved at the ground level, at one point she stated she "nearly had the clothes torn off her back" due to suffrage activities, which endeared her to the crowds.

Dorothy Jewson was included in a project commemorating suffrage pioneers across the country.