Education
Mann was educated at Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow and became an accountants
Mann was educated at Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow and became an accountants
Married with five children, she was a councillor on Glasgow Corporation from 1931 to 1938, where she served as Housing convenor. She became Vice President of the Scottish Housing and Town Planning Association, and was a senior magistrate in Glasgow. She unsuccessfully contested the Renfrewshire West constituency at the 1931 general election and again in 1935.
After she had taken the oath, it was noticed that her position on the Rent Tribunals under the Rent of Furnished Houses Control (Scotland) Acting 1943 was remunerated and that she therefore might hold an "office of profit under the Crown" which would disqualify hier from election.
A Select Committee was set up which reported that her election was invalid. A Bill was rushed through validating it and indemnifying her from the consequences of acting as an Member of Parliament while disqualified.
When the constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, she was returned for the new Coatbridge and Airdrie constituency, holding the seat until she retired at the 1959 general election. Her memoir, "Woman in Parliament", recalled the difficulties facing women MPs and their efforts to improve legislation for women and families.
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However, in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, Mann was elected as Member of Parliament for Coatbridge.
Mann was a member of the Labour Party"s National Executive Committee from 1953 to 1958.
