Marjorie Brown (politician)
Marjorie Alice Brown CBE (25 May 1919 – 8 January 2015) was Lord Mayor of Birmingham in 1973–74. Brown was the first woman to be Lord Mayor of Birmingham.
Early life
[edit]Marjorie Alice Poole was born in 1919, the daughter of William and Beatrice Brown.[1]
Councillor and Lord Mayor
[edit]Brown was elected as a Labour councillor to Birmingham City Council in 1954 for Small Heath Ward, remaining a councillor until 1986.[2] She was Lord Mayor in 1973–74.[3]
She was awarded the CBE in 1977.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Brown married Marwood Eric Brown in 1940; they had two daughters, Jackie and Carol.[5][6][7] She died in 2015, aged 95.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ GRO, Aston registry, Vol 6d, p 511, June quarter, 1919.
- ^ "Brum's first woman Lord Mayor dies at 95", Birmingham Mail, 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Brum's first woman Lord Mayor dies at 95", Birmingham Mail, 14 January 2015.
- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 47234". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1977. pp. 7079–7118.
- ^ GRO, Warwickshire, Vol 6d, p 113, March quarter, 1940.
- ^ "Brum's first woman Lord Mayor dies at 95", Birmingham Mail, 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Business Live: Former Councillor Marwood Dies". 29 September 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Brum's first woman Lord Mayor dies at 95", Birmingham Mail, 14 January 2015.