Williamson, Catherine Ellis, 1896-1977

Mrs Catherine Ellis Williamson (1896-1977) was educated at Cheltenham Ladies College. She was a director and manager for 35 years of her husband's family business of tanners in Canterbury. A Labour member of the City Council in 1936 to 1943, she was the City's first woman mayor. She contested parliamentary elections at Ashford (1943) and Canterbury (1945) as a candidate for the Common Wealth political party and East Grinstead (1950) and Hastings (1951) as a Labour candidate. (See Who was who, 7, 1971-1980 .)

From the guide to the The Williamson Papers, 1942-1945, (University of Sussex Library)