15 Facts About Winifred Griffiths

Winifred Griffiths born Winifred Ritley was a British and Welsh politician.

Winifred Griffiths published her autobiography "One Woman's Story" in 1979.

Winifred Griffiths wrote about the life of a clever girl who went into domestic service.

Winifred Griffiths's husband became a minister but "she was clearly proud of her own" achievements.

Winifred Griffiths's mother Rose and her father William George Rutley had four children and her father was a paper mill worker and Methodist lay-preacher.

Winifred Griffiths's earned thirty shillings a week so lack of funds, and as she later found out good advice, led to her leaving school.

Winifred Griffiths tried to become a teacher by correspondence but she could not afford the text books.

Winifred Griffiths's work was not intellectual, she worked at a gabardine factory and then in tailoring.

Winifred Griffiths worked happily for four years in domestic service, but a chance view of a magazine changed her life.

Winifred Griffiths took an interest in socialism and she was advised to contact a Welsh politician named Jim Griffiths.

Winifred Griffiths corresponded and she went to visit him in 1916 and by the end of the trip they had privately agreed to marry.

Winifred Griffiths led the women's section of the local Labour Party, she was a magistrate, a district councillor and she served on the board of guardians.

Winifred Griffiths started to publish her life story in 1974 and she completed her autobiography, "One Woman's Story", in 1979.

Winifred Griffiths died in hospital in Teddington, having outlived her husband.

Winifred Griffiths and Jim had four children, the last, Arthur, was born in 1931.