Jamesina Anderson

Jamesina Anderson (1885–1977) was a Scottish politician, socialist, and advocate of the rights of working-class people, especially the elderly and children.

Jamesina Anderson
Born1885 (1885)
Glasgow, Scotland
Died1977 (aged 91–92)
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityScottish
OccupationPolitician
Known forLocal Politics

Early Life and education

Jamesina McKenna was born in Glasgow, Scotland in December 1885. Her father, a cab driver, had died three months before her birth. Her mother remarried in 1888. Jamesina left school aged 13–14 and was a hand-loom weaver and milliner until 1906 when she married John Anderson, an iron-milling machinist and a foreman at Singer's sewing machine factory in Clydebank. They had eight children, of whom six survived her.[1] They lived in Maryhill, Glasgow.

Welfare and Workers' Rights

She was a founding member of the Maryhill Ward Committee in 1920 and was elected several times as chair, until it was disbanded following local government reconstruction in 1977.[1][2] She had a particular interest in the welfare of the elderly, organising fund-raising and holiday events for older people during her working life, and after she retired from the council.[1][2][3][4]

Political career

She was elected to Glasgow Town Council as a Labour Party Councillor for Maryhill in 1945, and represented Maryhill Ward 18 from 1945 to 1962. She was elected as magistrate in 1947, was a Baillie from 1947 to 1951, and served as a Police Court Judge for the burgh of Maryhill from 1951.[1][5][6] On the council, she served on a variety of standing committees and was convenor of the Children's Committee.[1][6][7] She was also on the sub-committee for Boarding-Out, in which role she travelled to check on children who had been boarded-out to be looked after[1]

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References
  1. "The woman Bailie who fought for young and old". Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1977. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Andrew S (1975). The 18th Maryhill Ward Committee: A Backward Look.
  3. "At Maryhill: Wartime Difficulties and Old Folks' Treat". The Western Leader. 20 April 1940.
  4. "Maryhill Ward Committee's Old Folks' Treat". Maryhill Clarion. November 1949.
  5. "Glasgow Appointments". The Scotsman. 7 November 1947.
  6. City of Glasgow Corporation Diary 1945–1963. Glasgow Corporation.
  7. "Progressives hope to win Maryhill". Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1960.
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