Marjorie Pease
Mary Gammell Pease (11 December 1861 – 23 February 1950), known as Marjorie Pease, was a British politician.
Born Mary Gammell Davidson in Kinfauns in Perthshire, she was educated at Cheltenham College, where she qualified as a teacher. She then worked at several schools in London, and joined the Fabian Society in 1886. Through the society, she met Edward R. Pease, and the two married in 1889, Mary at this time adopting the first name "Marjorie".[1]
Following her marriage, Pease worked as an assistant to her husband, who was the secretary of the Fabians. Early in the 1900s, she formed a women's Liberal Party group for Oxted and Limpsfield in Surrey, where she was then living. In 1907, she formed a Kent and Sussex branch of the Land Club League, which later became part of the Land and Home League, with Pease as its honorary secretary.[1]
In 1911, Pease was elected to Godstone Rural District Council, and successfully campaigned for the council to become one of the first to build municipal housing. She also became a magistrate, and sat on numerous local committees. In 1918, she left the Liberals and joined the Labour Party, and stood for her new party in East Surrey at the 1922 UK general election. She was not elected, and thereafter devoted her time to the Fabians, with a particular focus on local government matters.[1]