Alderman. She was the first woman on the Committee of the Essex County Hospital. Her services to local government in Essex were recognised in January 1944 in the King's New Year Honours List, when she was awarded the MBE. Religion Unsurprisingly, as a daughter of a Congregationalist Minister, she was herself a Congregationalist. She was President of the National Congregational Women's Guild of England and Wales from 1926 to 1928 and from 1928 to 1930. She was President of the National Sisterhood Movement in 1929, 1931–32 and 1934–35. External links 1923 portrait in mayoral robes: References 1869 births 1951 deaths Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates English suffragists Mayors of Colchester Women mayors of places in England