Background
The daughter of Alderman George Jewson, a prosperous coal merchant, Jewson was born in Norwich.
The daughter of Alderman George Jewson, a prosperous coal merchant, Jewson was born in Norwich.
Jewson was educated at Norwich High School for Girls and Girton College, Cambridge, before becoming a teacher.
lieutenant was published as The Destitute of Norwich. As a pacifist she opposed the First World War. However, she lost her seat at the 1924 general election, and never returned to Parliament.
He died in 1947.
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At the 1923 general election, she was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Norwich, one of the first three women—Margaret Bondfield and Susan Lawrence were the others—to be elected as Labour MPs. From 1927 to 1936, she was a member of Norwich City Council.